Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Safety

The Central Subway construction. Photo: SFMTA

Transit, Vision Zero, Livable Streets, and other Highlights of the “Focus on the Future” Conference

By Roger Rudick | Oct 31, 2017 | 3 Comments

“What if San Francisco becomes the next Detroit?” asked Jonathan Miranda, Director of Strategy at Salesforce.com, during a keynote speech this morning at the “Focus on the Future” conference in downtown San Francisco. Given the region’s meteoric growth, that may seem far fetched–but no more so than Detroit’s fall after the booming years of the […]

Folsom's protected bike lane quietly started construction this weekend, seen here at Folsom near 6th. All photos Streetsblog/Rudick unless otherwise indicated.

Eyes on the Street: Folsom Protected Bike Lanes Start Construction

By Roger Rudick | Oct 30, 2017 | 4 Comments

Streetsblog tipsters riding on Folsom through SoMa had some good news to report: the parking protected bike lanes, part of the short term improvements planned for this street, are now under construction. Readers will recall that this is the latest in a series of projects to improve bike and pedestrian safety infrastructure in SoMa. The […]

Chance to Improve Freeway Undercrossings in San Francisco

By Roger Rudick | Oct 26, 2017 | 7 Comments

It just got easier for San Francisco to do something productive with land under and next to freeways. With the governor’s signature secured, Assembly Bill No. 857, is now law. That means the space under and next to freeways that pass through San Francisco will be offered on a “right of first refusal” basis by […]

Paul Avenue. This bike lane was installed only a few months ago, but because local residents complained about the loss of parking to Supervisor Malia Cohen, SFMTA is entertaining calls to remove it. Photo: David Froehlich

City Prepares to Remove Paul Avenue Bike Lane

By Roger Rudick | Oct 20, 2017 | 20 Comments

Streetsblog tipster Chris Waddling brought this to our attention: apparently a new bike lane in the Bayview District may soon get removed. “Supervisor Cohen is seriously considering bowing to people demanding that new bike lanes on Paul Ave be removed a mere months after they went in,” wrote Waddling, in an email to Streetsblog. “There […]

Yu Lian Chen, a senior who lives at Mercy, speaking at yesterday SFMTA Board Meeting. Photo: John Entwistle

Seniors Plead with SFMTA for Safer Fell Street

By Roger Rudick | Oct 18, 2017 | 10 Comments

A handful of determined seniors went to yesterday’s SFMTA board meeting to plead with Director Ed Reiskin and members of the board to take immediate action to make the Fell Street and Baker intersection crossing, which connects the Mercy Terrace senior home with the Panhandle Park, safe. “During these past ten years I always go […]

Jodie Medeiros, Walk San Francisco's new Executive Director.

Walk San Francisco Names New Executive Director

By Roger Rudick | Oct 17, 2017 | 4 Comments

Jodie Medeiros, who this week became the new Executive Director of Walk San Francisco, will never forget the moment she became a safe-streets advocate. “I was at the corner of Valencia and Duboce. I was on a sidewalk waiting to cross the street,” she told Streetsblog in a phone interview this morning. The light turned […]

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