Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Safety

Advocates pushing fro safe streets, last year at SF City Hall. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

SPUR Talk: the Future of Advocacy in the Bay Area

By Roger Rudick | Feb 7, 2018 | 1 Comment

“I lived in Noe Valley, in a rent-controlled unit, and a neighbor wanted to turn a one-story building into a two-unit building–and the neighborhood lost their mind,” recalled Laura Clark, at Tuesday evening’s panel discussion on the future of advocacy in the Bay Area. She got so mad at her neighbors’ reactions that she started […]

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Marin IJ Editors Join Push to Abort Bridge Bike and Pedestrian Path

By Roger Rudick | Feb 5, 2018 | 8 Comments

Momentum is growing to eliminate the planned bike and ped path on the upper deck of the San Rafael Bridge.

Mayor Jesse Arreguin, flanked by other county and city officials, cutting the ribbon on the new Hearst Avenue protected bike lane. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

Berkeley Celebrates Hearst Avenue and Bancroft Way Protected Bike Lanes

By Roger Rudick | Jan 26, 2018 | 1 Comment

Berkeley christened two protected bike lanes today, one on Hearst Avenue on the north side of the UC Campus, and the other on Bancroft, on the university’s southern border. “Hopefully, this is the first of many,” said Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin, during the celebratory event on Hearst. “Let’s make every street in our city a […]

Some images of the bleak current conditions for pedestrians in unincorporated Alameda County. Photo: from the Public Works Agency Study

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Bike and Ped Master Plan for Alameda County’s Unincorporated Areas

By Roger Rudick | Jan 18, 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. Joe Lamberti, who rides his daughter to Golden Oak Montessori School in Castro Valley on his cargo bike, was stark about bike and pedestrian […]

A rendering of the bridge bike and ped path. This will soon be changed into another car lane if pro-car politicians in Marin and elsewhere have their way. Image: MTC/HTNB

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Marin Supervisor Asks Officials to Study Converting Future San Rafael Bridge Bike and Ped Path into Another Car Lane

By Roger Rudick | Jan 16, 2018 | 27 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. A Marin County Supervisor, who represents San Rafael, apparently wants to look at nixing plans for the long-planned bike and ped path on the […]

Matthew Marshall Engle, a Ross motorist who was caught on video threatening to kill a cyclist. Image: Jan Weissenberger

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Marin Decision Highlights Urgent Need for State Legislation to Protect Vulnerable Road Users

By Roger Rudick | Jan 10, 2018 | 17 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. Last February, Jan Weissenberger was riding his bike from the Larkspur Ferry terminal to his home in San Rafael, when, as he was heading […]

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