Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Infrastructure

Street Safety Projects Threatened as States Give Transpo $ Back to Feds

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 18, 2010 | No Comments

It’s payback time again for state DOTs. The fine print on the jobs bill Congress just passed includes a $2.2 billion rescission from state transportation funding, and projects to make biking and walking safer are especially at risk of losing out. State DOTs have to return funding to the feds, and programs to improve biking […]

The Future of the Better Streets Plan Hinges on Political Will

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 16, 2010 | 26 Comments

The Mayor holds up a copy of The Better Streets Plan at a press conference yesterday: "Eat your heart out Portland." Photo by Bryan Goebel. Standing in the glaring Mission District sun yesterday on a wide new sidewalk, before a crowd of advocates, city planners, merchants, construction crews, artists and many others celebrating the completion […]

Eyes on the Street: Hey Driver, Look, I Got the Light!

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 14, 2010 | 28 Comments

Photos: Bryan Goebel The one-way traffic sewers around my neighborhood on Sutter Street in the Tendernob (aka Lower Nob Hill) encourage speeding, so as you can imagine, there are constant near-misses by drivers intent on ignoring the pedestrian right-of-way. What you see in the photo above happened Monday evening on Sutter Street at Jones, as […]

Community Rallies Around Fisherman’s Wharf Public Realm Plan

By Matthew Roth | Jun 15, 2010 | 25 Comments

Rendering of Jefferson Street at Powell Street. Images: Dario Schoulund/SF Planning Dept. After several years of planning, including intense negotiations between merchants, property owners and neighbors who didn’t always see eye-to-eye, the San Francisco Planning Department unveiled a comprehensive draft plan last week to revitalize public space and pedestrian amenities around Fisherman’s Wharf, the second […]

SFMTA: Market Street Traffic Pilot is Meeting Its Objectives

By Michael Rhodes | Jun 7, 2010 | 30 Comments

The Market Street traffic diversion pilot only got better for people on bikes when the SFMTA striped bright green bike lanes. Not all drivers are complying with the required turns, though. Photo: Michael Rhodes It appears the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has come to similar conclusions to Streetsblog’s in its review of the pilot […]

Cyclists Laud LaHood’s Bike-Ped Advocacy

By Elana Schor | May 28, 2010 | No Comments

Several dozen cyclists rode to U.S. DOT headquarters today to present Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood with a letter signed by hundreds of local bike-ped groups, hailing the former GOP congressman’s support for their cause during his first 16 months on the job. LaHood, at far right, during a tabletop speech at March’s National Bike Summit. […]

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