Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Safety

Russo with his trusty steed. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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A Talk with the Head of Oakland’s DOT

By Roger Rudick | Jun 19, 2017 | 3 Comments

Streetsblog caught up with Russo on Friday near his office in downtown Oakland to talk about how he's settling in, what he thinks of the strides Oakland has made so far, and how he will shepherd the department towards a safer, more equitable and more sustainable future.

Mark Sloothaak, an urban transportation planner with the City of Amsterdam, says that even parking protected bike lanes need a curb to prevent cars from getting into the bike space. All photos Streetsblog/Rudick unless otherwise indicated

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Dutch Transportation and Planning Official Reflects on SF Infrastructure

By Roger Rudick | Jun 6, 2017 | 29 Comments

As Streetsblog readers are surely aware, when it comes to public transit, pedestrian safety, and above all good bicycle infrastructure, the Dutch are the global champions.

The yellow lines mark Folsom and Howard, the streets slated for a resdesign. Image: SFMTA

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Bike Coalition Preps for Next Round of SoMa Fight

By Roger Rudick | Jun 5, 2017 | 16 Comments

There are now four design options for a San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)'s project to add parking-protected bike lanes, possible transit lanes, and wider sidewalks on Howard and Folsom Streets in SoMa. All four of these designs are pretty darned good. All four have pretty good protected bike lanes.

Looking north during one of last year's people-protected bike lane protests on Valencia, between 16th and 17th. Photo by Brandon Splane

Valencia Human-Protected Bike Lane Protest #2

By Roger Rudick | May 26, 2017 | 10 Comments

Before everyone heads out for the Memorial Day weekend, Streetsblog wanted to do a quick update on yesterday evening’s successful Valencia Street human-protected bike lane protest in the Mission District. Readers will recall that a group of bike advocates did the first of this type of protest on Golden Gate on May 1. That one […]

Want to See a Safer El Camino Real? Redwood City Survey Closes Tonight

By Damien Newton | May 19, 2017 | 4 Comments

As part of its ongoing efforts to create a safer El Camino Real, the City of Redwood is seeking input from the public through an online survey that closes tonight.

From the 2017 'Ride of Silence' in San Francisco. That's Kate Slattery's ghost bike. She was killed in 2016. Unfortunately, numbers are continuing in the wrong direction. Perhaps 2020 can be the year that changes. Photo: Paul Valdez

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A Sadly Longer ‘Ride of Silence’ in 2017

By Roger Rudick | May 18, 2017 | 3 Comments

Robert Clark’s son Gashaw, 25, died in a bike crash three weeks ago. Gashaw was riding through the large intersection at Third Street and Mission Bay Boulevard, when he collided with a car. “There were over 600 people at his memorial,” said Clark, fighting through tears as he spoke to about 40 people in the […]

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