Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Infrastructure

Fell and Oak Safety Features to Finally Be Installed By April

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 9, 2015 | 28 Comments

The final pieces of the protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety upgrades on three blocks of Fell and Oak Streets are now due to be finished by April, according to the Department of Public Works. Assuming this timetable holds up, construction of the project will conclude two years after the originally promised date in spring […]

Momentum Builds to Eliminate Dangerous Gap in SF Bay Trail

By Andrew Boone | Jan 29, 2015 | 3 Comments

Prospects for a safer and more convenient San Francisco Bay Trail are looking brighter as momentum builds for strengthening environmental protections along the bay in San Mateo County. On Tuesday, Menlo Park planning staff reported that the city, in partnership with neighboring East Palo Alto and Palo Alto, as well as the Midpeninsula Regional Open […]

Stockton Street “Winter Walk” Plaza to Return Next Holiday Season

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 28, 2015 | 4 Comments

The incredibly popular (but temporary) “Winter Walk” plaza will return to Stockton Street in Union Square for another holiday season in December, the local business improvement district announced. The news isn’t a huge surprise, given the boost to business brought by the plaza and the fact that the one-block section of Stockton is already filled with […]

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When Streets Are Torn Up, SF Agencies Are Failing to Build Them Back Safer

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 14, 2015 | 23 Comments

Opportunities to expand sidewalks and make streets safer go to waste too often when the pavement is torn up in SF. A year ago, the city announced efforts to improve coordination between agencies so that when a street undergoes repairs, safety measures are added, saving time and money in addition to saving lives. But agencies still […]

SFMTA’s Tom Maguire Promises Reforms to Streamline Safe Street Fixes

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 16, 2014 | 3 Comments

Tom Maguire, the SFMTA’s new Sustainable Streets Director, said he’s working on reforms that will fast-track implementation of numerous street safety fixes that will help SF accomplish Vision Zero. Maguire, who started at the SFMTA two months ago after serving in an executive role in New York City’s Department of Transportation, told the supervisors’ Vision […]

Union Square’s “Winter Walk” Plaza on Stockton a Hit – Why Bring Cars Back?

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 8, 2014 | 33 Comments

Families are loving “Winter Walk SF,” the temporary holiday plaza filling two blocks of Stockton Street in Union Square. As CBS reporter John Ramos put it, the on-street downtown play space “represents the San Francisco everyone wants it to be.” “I didn’t expect to see this,” one smiling girl told Ramos, standing on the green […]

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