Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Infrastructure

San Francisco’s Latest Pavement to Parks Project Brought to You by Audi

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 17, 2010 | 22 Comments

Mayor Gavin Newsom has announced the city’s latest Pavement to Parks project, a two-block pedestrian promenade [pdf] on Powell Street between Ellis and Geary near Union Square that will provide sorely needed public space for one of San Francisco’s most crowded commercial districts. In a heavy dose of irony, the car-free space will be financed […]

How Would You Redesign Market Street at Van Ness?

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 9, 2010 | 31 Comments

With the SFMTA poised to install green bike boxes in both directions of Market Street at Van Ness Avenue, it got me thinking about how the agency could better design that intersection for the huge numbers of bicyclists who pass through it on a daily basis, particularly on eastbound Market where drivers and people on […]

Eyes on the Street: Raised Crosswalk Installed at Stonestown Galleria

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 30, 2010 | 11 Comments

A raised crosswalk was recently installed on 20th Avenue where it runs through the parking lot of the Stonestown Galleria in the city’s southwestern Parkside District. It provides access to the parking lot in front of the Olive Garden restaurant near the mall’s front entrance, where there was previously no designated crossing. Where implemented, raised […]

Chinatown Group Analyzes Pedestrian Safety, Offers Plan for Improvements

By Matthew Roth | Nov 30, 2010 | 14 Comments

Chinatown’s crowded sidewalks, unsafe crosswalks and poor pedestrian signage are not likely to be among the endearing physical characteristic featured in any tourist brochure. Yet in a recent study — the San Francisco Chinatown Pedestrian Safety Needs Assessment [pdf] and Safety Plan [pdf] conducted by the Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC) — those issues were […]

SFPD Seeks Help Indentifying Suspect in Pedestrian Hit and Run

By Matthew Roth | Oct 28, 2010 | 4 Comments

The San Francisco Police Department is asking the public for help in identifying a suspect from an alarming hit and run incident from early August, when a vehicle slammed into a pedestrian and carried him on the hood of the car, before fleeing the scene. The victim, a 23 year old San Francisco man, was […]

San Mateo County to Update Bike Plan for First Time in 11 Years

By Bryan Goebel | Oct 28, 2010 | 8 Comments

In parts of San Mateo County, a quiet street with a bike lane can abruptly lead a bicyclist onto a dangerous six-lane traffic sewer with no bike infrastructure or wayfinding signs. Pedaling over a highway overpass or traveling to and from Caltrain can also be a daunting trip. “You find stretches where it’s good and […]

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