Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Infrastructure

A New Era Begins at the SFMTA with the Appointment of Ed Reiskin

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 21, 2011 | 5 Comments

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board of Directors has appointed a regular bicycle and Muni rider to become its Chief Executive Officer, ushering in a new era of leadership that advocates hoped would dramatically improve sustainable transportation in the city. Ed Reiskin, the current head of the Department of Public Works (DPW) who […]

Powell Street Promenade Enlivens the ‘Heart of San Francisco’s Downtown’

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 13, 2011 | 20 Comments

San Francisco cut the ribbon on an innovative public space “in the heart of downtown” today that will greatly improve the pedestrian realm in the Union Square shopping district. Hundreds of people spilled into the two-block Powell Street Promenade on Powell between Ellis and Geary for the official grand opening. “Two-thirds of the millions of […]

Mica Transpo Bill Would Have Dire Impact on California Transit

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 11, 2011 | 1 Comment

Public transit programs in California could take a $468 million annual hit under the proposed transportation bill unveiled last week by Rep. John Mica (R-FL). The Mica plan would also potentially result in the loss of 17,565 annual jobs, according to an analysis [pdf] by Transportation for America. Overall, T4A predicts the scaled-down bill would […]

Parklets Keep Popping Up Along Valencia, Divisadero and Columbus Corridors

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 6, 2011 | 6 Comments

At least fourteen parklets now grace sidewalks around the city in a movement that has taken San Francisco by storm since the first one was created in March of last year. Three of the newest ones have sprouted up in front of Cafe Abir near Divisadero Street, Tony’s Pizza Napoletana next to Washington Square Park, and […]

How Should Auto Repair Shops Fit in San Francisco?

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 5, 2011 | 24 Comments

San Francisco’s many auto repair shops are mostly concentrated along its motor traffic sewers, but when they’re placed without restriction in the thick of restaurants, shops, and pedestrian traffic, can they hinder our city’s most valuable streets as desirable places to be? “Auto repair shops, and other auto-oriented uses like parking and gas stations, can […]

Man Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver in the Mission is 7th Ped Death This Year

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 22, 2011 | 7 Comments

San Francisco police are trying to find a hit-and run driver who killed 39-year-old Carlos Martinez Saturday morning in the Mission District. Martinez was the seventh pedestrian to be killed by a motor vehicle this year on San Francisco’s streets and the third hit-and-run fatality. “In the middle of the morning on a Saturday, somebody was […]

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