Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Safety

Chris Hwang, President of Walk Oakland Bike Oakland. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Checking out Oakland Bike Infrastructure with WOBO

By Roger Rudick | Mar 28, 2017 | 32 Comments

Streetsblog did a survey tour of Oakland bike infrastructure last Friday with Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO) president Chris Hwang. The group’s mission statement, from its web page, is a familiar one for safe-streets advocates: “We want every person who lives, plays, and works in Oakland to feel safe and comfortable walking and bicycling, and that they know how to […]

Silicon Valley Bike Vision Plan Is a Great Tool for Advocates Everywhere

By Melanie Curry | Mar 24, 2017 | 5 Comments

The Silicon Valley Bike Vision report shows what peninsula cities are doing right, as well as what they could do better to improve conditions for bicyclists and encourage more people to ride. It serves as a vision of what bicycling could be like, and provides a general roadmap on how to get there.

Jason Henderson, geography professor, at SFMTA/SF Planning's Lower Haight Open House. Photo: Streetsblog

Lower Haight, Page Street Open House

By Roger Rudick | Mar 16, 2017 | 6 Comments

Representatives from San Francisco’s Planning Department, the Municipal Transportation Agency, and Public Works were on hand last night at John Muir Elementary School to hear more public comment on the Lower Haight Public Realm Plan, a project that promises, among other things, better bike and pedestrian amenities for the neighborhood. From the Planning Department’s website about the […]

Mary Ann Blackwell at the location where she was punched by a motorist last week. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Punched for Riding a Bike

By Roger Rudick | Mar 14, 2017 | 220 Comments

Last Wednesday, March 8, at 9:15 am, Mary Ann Blackwell was riding her bike down Martin Luther King in Oakland, on her way to the MacArthur BART station, to get to an appointment in San Francisco. She turned left onto 40th, to reach the station entrance. The long-time cycling advocate saw something familiar to cyclists […]

Some unusually tall people enjoyed strolling down Valencia during yesterday's Sunday Streets event in the Mission. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Eyes on the Street: Sunshine for First Sunday Streets of 2017

By Roger Rudick | Mar 13, 2017 | 1 Comment

Yesterday afternoon, thousands of people strolled, biked, skate boarded, and just generally had a good time on Valencia Street in the Mission, during the first Sunday Streets of 2017. After a long, wet winter, everyone seemed in especially good spirits on such a warm day. That said, there were serious overtones to the festivities and advocates […]

Only a few months remain to fulfill a specific requirement of Mayor Lee's order on safety. Photo: Streetsblog

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Will SFMTA Make its Deadlines for Protected Bike Lanes?

By Roger Rudick | Mar 7, 2017 | 46 Comments

Recently, District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy committed to protected bike lanes in his district from Octavia to Duboce on Market, as part of the Upper Market Street Safety project. But despite Sheehy’s support, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) leadership delayed a key hearing and, according to a report in the SF Examiner, the protected bike lanes were […]

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