Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Infrastructure

Streetscape and Bike Improvements on Tap for Burlingame

By Bryan Goebel | | 48 Comments
Burlingame is moving forward on a project to give its downtown boulevard a much-needed facelift, and planning a number of citywide bike improvements. Key features of the four-block Burlingame Avenue Streetscape Project include a gateway, wider sidewalks, shorter crossings, street furniture, large bulb-outs, “play areas” with public chess sets and parklets. The project was approved earlier […]

Which Street Improvements Will Prop B Fund? Preliminary List Emerges

By Aaron Bialick | | 9 Comments
A list of pedestrian, bicycle, and transit projects that could be boosted by the voter-approved Prop B Street Improvement Bond is making its way through the city legislature, revealing how the $50 million dedicated to streetscape improvements may be divvied up. The projects — which would add safety improvements like pedestrian bulb-outs and islands, crosswalks, […]

Learning From Other Cities, Planners Shop Early Visions for Market Street

By Aaron Bialick | | 13 Comments
Planners presented early concepts for a new Market Street to the public yesterday, moving the discussion forward on revitalizing San Francisco’s grand boulevard with features like car-free zones, raised bike lanes, faster transit, and more inviting public spaces. The ideas and visualizations, which are available on the Better Market Street website, were presented by planners […]

8th St. Buffered Bike Lane a Step Up, But When Will SoMa Really Feel Safe?

By Aaron Bialick | | 24 Comments
A new buffered bike lane was striped on 8th Street last week, re-purposing a traffic lane for bicycles on one of SoMa’s fast, one-way motorways. The new configuration, which removes bicyclists from the door zone and provides a much wider lane, is an improvement over the four speed-inducing traffic lanes and skinny bike lane that […]

UCSF Campus Plan Orders Up an Extension of 4th Street — Hold the Cars

By Aaron Bialick | | 3 Comments
Rarely does the opportunity to create a new street present itself in a densely built-out city like San Francisco. But neighbors and planners at the developing Mission Bay campus of the University of California, SF decided to make the best of such a chance by designing an extension of Fourth Street as a car-free plaza. Fourth […]

SF Planning Unveils Design for a More Ped-Friendly Broadway in Chinatown

By Aaron Bialick | | 19 Comments
The SF Planning Department this week unveiled its final design for pedestrian improvements on a stretch of Broadway in Chinatown. The design, which was narrowed down through an extensive community planning process, would add sidewalk extensions, crosswalk improvements, trees, seating, lighting, and bike sharrows between the Broadway Tunnel and Columbus Avenue. The plan [PDF] would […]
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