Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Safety

Best Tool for Murder: SUV, Bicycle, or NFL Linebacker?

By Karen Lynn Allen | Jun 10, 2016 | 3 Comments

Streetsblog reader Karen Lynn Allen sent this satirical musing on the physics of road murder about a week ago. Given the recent crash in Michigan that killed five cyclists on a group ride, it seems like an appropriate time to run it. Sometimes we need some dark, quirky slapstick in this asphalt asylum known as the […]

M-Ocean View Subway: Is this Project Really About Trains?

By Roger Rudick | Jun 6, 2016 | 92 Comments

Thursday, SFMTA joined several agencies at the Bay Area 2040 open house in Oakland. One of the projects presented was the M-Ocean View improvement plan. As the Examiner reported today, SFMTA is now leaning towards an all-underground option, with a tunnel stretching from West Portal to Parkmerced. This project, at around $3 billion, would re-align the […]

SPUR Talk: Dancing on the Grave of “Level of Service”

By Roger Rudick | Jun 2, 2016 | 43 Comments

Wednesday evening, SPUR, the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association, sponsored a talk entitled “Reconsidering Transportation to Create Better Urban Spaces” at their new downtown Oakland location. The talk focused on the history and damage done by the almost mindless adherence over the years to Level of Service (LOS) on urban spaces […]

SF Budget: Better Muni and Vision Zero…But November Tax Has to Pass

By Roger Rudick | Jun 1, 2016 | 11 Comments

San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee released his 455-page budget proposal on Tuesday. It includes $9.6 billion in fiscal year 2016-17 for transportation, police officers, and street cleaning, a $700 million increase in funds. The fiscal year runs from July 1 of this year until June 30 of next year. The transportation section runs from pages […]

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Litter and Livable Streets

By Roger Rudick | May 31, 2016 | 16 Comments

A few weeks ago, I found an apartment in the Outer Mission. It had a view of Twin Peaks, plenty of room, and it was in my price range. It is a short bike ride to the great transportation links at Balboa Park Station. It also was a half-block from a stop on the 14-Mission […]

A Safer Masonic on the Way

By Roger Rudick | May 26, 2016 | 11 Comments

Wednesday evening some 130 local residents and other interested parties dropped in at the San Francisco Day School to learn about the construction phase of SFMTAs Masonic Avenue Streetscape Project. To quote SFMTA’s own release about the project: With construction starting in June 2016, the Masonic Avenue Streetscape Project is an effort to improve safety for […]

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