Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Safety

Volunteers showed up at San Pablo and Virginia to bring attention to the difficulties bicyclists and pedestrians have crossing here. All photos by Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

Calling Attention to a Dangerous Crossing in Berkeley

By Melanie Curry | May 8, 2018 | 20 Comments

Caltrans plans to add a pedestrian beacon at a busy crossing, but will it make anything safer for bicyclists?

Is this wooden wave a sine of things to come? Photo: Anne Brask

This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

SF Wanted $900 to Use a Bit of Street for a Pop-Up Party

By Roger Rudick | May 7, 2018 | 4 Comments

Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California. Unless noted in the story, GJEL Accident Attorneys is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. This past weekend marked the fourth ‘Sunday Streets’ event of the year–this time in the Tenderloin. But there was another, lesser-known neighborhood-building […]

Scooters in Hayes Valley. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

SFMTA Passes Scooter Regs

By Roger Rudick | May 2, 2018 | 30 Comments

During its regular meeting yesterday, the SFMTA board of directors voted unanimously to start a pilot program to issue permits for electric dockless scooter rentals in the city of San Francisco. What do the new regulations entail? Tom McGuire, Director of SFMTA’s Sustainable Streets Division, explained it in a blog post: The SFMTA’s new “Powered […]

The ribbon was one last obstacle to closing the gap along the Ohlone Greenway between Richmond and El Cerrito. Photos by Melanie Curry/Streetsblog unless indicated otherwise

Advocates and City Luminaries Celebrate Gap Closure on Richmond-Ohlone Greenway

By Roger Rudick and Melanie Curry | Apr 27, 2018 | 8 Comments

There’s the Richmond Greenway. There’s the Ohlone Greenway in El Cerrito. And then there was the gap between the two. This morning advocates joined city councilmembers, mayors, and local legislative representatives to celebrate the completion of a critical improvement to bicycle and pedestrian connections between Richmond and El Cerrito with the opening of Baxter Creek […]

Eyes on the Street: New Green Paint at Emeryville Public Market

By Melanie Curry | Apr 25, 2018 | 8 Comments

The changes bring a dramatic difference in feel to Shellmound Street; what had been a vehicle through-way now has a walkable, pedestrian-oriented scale.

This concrete-protected, on-street bike-path could one day grow into a route across the island. All photos Streetsblog/Rudick unless indicated

Eyes on the Street: Alameda Island’s Short but Awesome Protected Bike Lane

By Roger Rudick | Apr 6, 2018 | 15 Comments

Alameda has a pretty nice (and relatively new) bi-directional protected bike lane on Clement Ave. And if advocates with BikeWalkAlameda get their way, it could eventually stretch clear across the island. The lane–with smooth pavement, clear signage, and concrete curbs keeping motor traffic out of the bike space–runs from Entrance Road to Paru, a distance of […]

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