Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Infrastructure

Safer Polk Street Supporters Rally for Neighborhood Meeting Monday

By Aaron Bialick | | 44 Comments
With flyers stuck on storefront windows along Polk Street spreading misinformation about the SF Municipal Transportation Agency’s developing plans to make the street a safer, more inviting place to walk and bike, local supporters of the project are rallying neighbors and merchants to attend a public meeting on Monday. There, city officials including SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin […]

Wiener Proposes Bills to Hack Through Red Tape for Ped Safety Upgrades

By Aaron Bialick | | 9 Comments
The bureaucratic red tape encumbering the city’s progress on life-saving pedestrian safety measures is the target of a new legislative package set to be introduced by Supervisor Scott Wiener at today’s Board of Supervisors meeting. “Current city procedures and rules significantly undermine the delivery of pedestrian safety improvements, with insufficient agency coordination and policies that […]

A Safer Polk Street vs. Preserving a Sliver of Parking

By Aaron Bialick | | 80 Comments
A new entity that calls itself the “Save Polk Street Coalition” has come out against the developing plan to improve safety for people walking and biking on Polk Street because it would entail removing some parking spaces. The group’s website, which doesn’t identify any of the businesses or residents it claims to represent, decrees: “STOP the radical agenda […]
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