Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Safety

A Doggie Diner head, part of an art installation taking shape on the JFK Promenade. Photo: Ben Davis. All other pics Streetsblog/Rudick unless indicated

Eyes on the Promenade: Art on Golden Gate Park’s Newest Public Space

By Roger Rudick | Sep 23, 2022 | No Comments

Remember, to preserve the Promenade and make the park more accessible to all, Yes on Measure J, Yes on Measure N, No on Measure I.

Mayor London Breed in 2018. She has ordered a sweeping review of SF’s Slow Streets program, which could reveal how willing the city is to remake itself to meet climate, transit, and street safety goals.

SF Streets At a Crossroads: One Route Leads to Fewer Cars, Another to the Same Old Traffic

By Kristi Coale | Sep 22, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor Breed says COVID slow streets must ‘evolve.’ Next month brings a key debate on matching our roadways to climate and safety pledges.

Redwood Road, where a motorist slammed into people *inside* this Trader Joe's. Yet cyclists are given a bike lane that crosses slip turns, along a six lane stroad in this grotesque example of how not to make people safe. Image: Google Maps

Commentary: The Dutch Call Dangerous Designs Evil. They’re Right.

By Roger Rudick | Sep 16, 2022 | No Comments

Motorists hit BUILDINGS, but paint is going to keep a cyclist safe on a six lane arterial? Let's use the right word to describe when planners and politicians build things they know will cause death and dismemberment

Franklin Street by Sherman Elementary, where a man was killed last year. SFMTA has pulled back from a planned road diet. Image: Google maps

SFMTA Rolling Back Planned Safety Measures on Franklin

By Roger Rudick | Sep 14, 2022 | No Comments

A man was killed crossing Franklin in 2021 in front of Sherman Elementary. And now promises to make the street safe are coming undone thanks to an engineer who didn't get the memo: LEVEL OF SERVICE is not the way to evaluate projects.

I-980 cuts downtown Oakland from West Oakland. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

USDOT Head Tours Oakland’s Chasms

By Roger Rudick | Sep 9, 2022 | No Comments

Pete Buttigieg met with Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff and others Friday morning and took a bus tour of the city's efforts to repair the damage done by the freeway building age.

Paint and plastic posts in San Jose. Note the cyclist has sense enough to stay well clear of the motor vehicle lane on this garbage, unsafe design. Photo: SJDOT

San Jose Has Lost its Way on Safety

By Roger Rudick | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

A few years ago, San Jose was pioneering bold, Dutch-style, quick build infrastructure. Not anymore.

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