Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Safety

Dropping in some traffic cones helped stop motorists from parking on the Valencia protected bike lane. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

Eyes on the Street: Valencia Protected Bike Lane

By Roger Rudick | Mar 3, 2017 | 8 Comments

As Streetsblog readers have no doubt seen in Hoodline, the SF Examiner, Curbed, Bernalwood, or on various social media, the newly opened stretch of protected bike lane on Valencia Street, from Cesar Chavez to Mission, got off to a bad start, with confused motorists parking all over it. Fortunately, the protected bike lane was open for […]

Key S.F. Supervisor Commits to Protected Bike Lanes on Upper Market

By Roger Rudick | Feb 24, 2017 | 6 Comments

Last week, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) launched a letter-writing drive to make sure protected bike lanes are part of SFMTA's Upper Market Street Safety Project from Octavia to the start of the Duboce bicycle path. It looks as if the campaign worked.

SFMTA's Mike Sallaberry addressing the room Wed. night. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Safety Changes Explored for 17th and Church

By Roger Rudick | Feb 23, 2017 | 24 Comments

Last night, at the Mission Police Station on Valencia, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) held an open house on making 17th Street, between Church and Sanchez, safer for cyclists. As many Streetsblog readers are aware, the railway tracks and the width of the street make for particularly hazardous conditions for cyclists traveling between […]

Jeff Jones, whose partner was killed in 2015, and Devon Warner, starting the long process of prep for this year's Ride of Silence. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

Help Needed to Commemorate the Fallen

By Roger Rudick | Feb 16, 2017 | 2 Comments

Devon Warner is a volunteer and advocate who has organized San Francisco's "Ride of Silence," which commemorates cyclists killed, for the past three years. She kicked off this year's round of prep last night at Cafe International in the Lower Haight.

Walk SF's Nicole Ferrara gave a presentation on Vision Zero, as part of a forum on safety in transportation. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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SPUR Talk: Safer Walking, Biking and Taking Transit

By Roger Rudick | Feb 15, 2017 | 6 Comments

Want people to walk, bike and use transit? Then it's got to feel safe.

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Moving Forward on Automatic Speed Enforcement Cameras

By Roger Rudick | Feb 13, 2017 | 38 Comments

Last week, Assemblymember David Chiu, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, representatives from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), traffic injury victims, surviving family members, and others met at Zuckerberg San Francisco Hospital trauma center to announce the introduction of Assembly Bill 342, also known as the Safe Streets Act […]

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