Crash on the Hairball as Dangerous Conditions Persist
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Streetsblog caught up with Crosby shortly after the crash. His hands were still a bit bruised, but he's recovering.
Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Safety
SPUR Talk: Location Data and the Future of the City
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Yesterday afternoon, at a presentation at the SF Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association’s (SPUR) downtown San Francisco center, Rob Hranac of Swift Navigation and Andreas Viglakis of Mapbox discussed how developments in mapping and location technology will enhance safety, bring about truly autonomous cars, and improve our understanding of demographics and the urban environment. Autonomous […]
Pedestrian Death Shakes Cow Hollow Neighborhood
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Yesterday afternoon marked San Francisco's first death from traffic violence for 2017.
SPUR Talk: Streamlining Bureaucracies and Activating City Spaces
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This afternoon, at the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), a panel of public officials spoke about how San Francisco’s different departments are collaborating to create more livable spaces under the new “Places for People” ordinance, passed last year. “Streets represent 35 percent of the city’s total area,” explained Robin Abad […]
SF Prof Studies Copenhagen’s Bike Infrastructure
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Jason Henderson is a geography professor at San Francisco State, writer of the book Street Fight: The Struggle over Urban Mobility in San Francisco, co-author of Low Car(Bon) Communities: Inspiring Car-Free and Car-Lite Urban Futures, and a Streetsblog contributor. Henderson recently returned from a sabbatical in Denmark, where he studied the intersection of bicycle infrastructure, housing, […]
Survey War Over Panhandle Protected Bike Lanes
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There's a new survey out from the Panhandle Residents Organization (PRO) asking local residents whether they would like parking-protected bike lanes added to Fell and Oak along the length of the Panhandle.