Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Safety

Let’s Make “Bike to Work Day” a “Check-Up Day” On Bay Area Bike Lanes

By Roger Rudick | May 11, 2016 | 29 Comments

Behold, in the photo above, San Francisco bicycle infrastructure, at the end of St. Charles way, where it deadends at Brotherhood Way in Oceanview. There’s a walking path at the end that leads to Brotherhood Way. There’s a large curb. Exactly what this sharrow marking is supposed to accomplish is difficult to imagine. Perhaps a […]

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SFMTA Open House Gets Feedback on Bike Lanes and More

By Roger Rudick | May 10, 2016 | 12 Comments

Some 30 residents of the Western Addition, Lower Haight and Hayes Valley neighborhoods (plus some interested folks from outside the area) showed up Monday night to the auditorium at John Muir Elementary School to learn about SFMTA’s plans on three different, but related, projects: the Western Addition Community-Based Transportation Plan, the Lower Haight Public Realm […]

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L-Taraval and the Concrete Boarding Island Question

By Roger Rudick | May 9, 2016 | 25 Comments

Back in February, Streetsblog reported on one of three meetings about SFMTA’s planned “Muni Forward” improvements to the L-Taraval line. Since then, SFMTA has held various smaller meetings with local stakeholders, confirmed SFMTA. But rumors have grown that, under the direction of Supervisor Katy Tang, the SFMTA was backing off safety improvements, such as adding […]

El Camino Real to Remain Deadly

By Andrew Boone | May 5, 2016 | 3 Comments

On Tuesday, Menlo Park’s City Council postponed a pilot project to replace parallel car parking with buffered bike lanes on El Camino Real, deciding that neighboring Palo Alto and Atherton should also agree on a common design for bike lanes before proceeding with the permitting process required by Caltrans. Despite strong community support to fix […]

Oakland’s New Parking Protected Bike Lanes Are Challenging to Some

By Melanie Curry | May 4, 2016 | 14 Comments

With a road diet, new parking configuration, and protected bike lanes on Telegraph Avenue, Oakland is saying to its car drivers: slow down, take it easy. And to its bike riders: you’re welcome here and safe. Not everyone is listening. The new parking-protected bike lanes have been in place for a week. In that time, […]

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San Francisco Needs to Get Out of the Car Storage Business

By Roger Rudick | Apr 28, 2016 | 35 Comments

Marco Salsiccia is a blind resident of the Sunset District. Last month, while stepping off an L-Taraval train at a stop without a boarding island, he got his cane stuck in the wheel well of a car as it illegally passed the train. His cane snapped in two. The motorist stopped briefly and then took […]

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