Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Infrastructure

Advocates: San Mateo County Needs Full-Time Bike/Ped Coordinator

By Bryan Goebel | Nov 1, 2012 | 1 Comment

Margaret Pye has been bike commuting from San Carlos to her job at a law firm in Palo Alto for the past 10 years. Pedaling home on Middlefield Road through Menlo Park and Atherton, there are bike lanes, but when she gets to North Fair Oaks in unincorporated San Mateo County, the bike lanes suddenly […]

Divided By a Highway, East Palo Alto Looks to Reconnect Its West Side

By Bryan Goebel | Oct 25, 2012 | 3 Comments

This is the first in a series of stories on East Palo Alto’s proposed bicycle and pedestrian overcrossing. It takes Maria del Socorro Macias about 40 minutes to walk from her neighborhood on the west side of East Palo Alto to her kids’ schools on the east side of Highway 101. To get there, she […]

On the Ballot: A Key to Alameda County’s Sustainable Transportation Future

By Judy Silber | Oct 24, 2012 | 5 Comments

Alameda County could usher in a new era of progressive transportation projects if voters pass a proposed half-cent sales tax increase known as Measure B1 on November 6. Measure B1 would generate a projected $7.8 billion over the next 30 years for projects selected using a “complete streets” approach aimed at improving the county’s streets, […]

Protected Bike Lanes Selected as Preferred Option for 2nd Street Project

By Robert Prinz | Oct 23, 2012 | 25 Comments

Following a public process that revealed a strong preference for protected bike lanes, the SF Department of Public Works yesterday announced the selection of the preferred option for the Second Street Improvement Project. And yes, the design includes one-way protected bike lanes on each side of the street. The redesign will extend from Market Street to King Street, […]

Mini-Stretch of 15th St. Goes on Road Diet for SFMTA’s “Home Zone” Project

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 19, 2012 | 16 Comments

Two blocks of 15th Street, from South Van Ness Avenue to Mission Street, went on a road diet this week. It’s part of the SF Municipal Transportation Agency’s “Home Zone” pilot project to study the effects of concentrated traffic calming measures on a few blocks around Marshall Elementary School, with the aim of creating a […]

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SFMTA Reveals Strategy to Streamline Traffic Calming Projects

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 18, 2012 | 4 Comments

Swamped by demand for safer streets, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency has been working to overhaul the way it delivers speed humps, sidewalk bulb-outs, chicanes, and other measures proven to tame traffic speeds and save lives. By next spring, the SFMTA intends to implement its revamped traffic calming program, which was put on hold this year […]

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