Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Safety

SFMTA Takes Public Input to Make SoMa Safer

By Roger Rudick | | 9 Comments
Last night, SFMTA held an open house at the Bayanihan Community Center in the Mission to get input on the 7th and 8th Streets safety project, which will include parking-protected bike lanes on both streets on the six-block stretch between Market and Folsom. Some 45 people showed up to learn about the designs and give […]

Eyes on the Street: The Kinda Raised Crosswalk at Duboce Park

By Roger Rudick | | 10 Comments
Streetsblog was thrilled to hear about the quiet unveiling of San Francisco’s first raised crosswalk on a through city street, at Steiner and Hermann, across from Duboce Park. For a safe-streets advocate, raised crosswalks represent a clean break from the auto-über alles perspective that has so dominated our streets. By keeping the crosswalk at the level […]

Guest Editorial: Safety Must Come First on Taraval

By Nicole Ferrara | | 11 Comments
Every day 29,000 Muni riders and countless walkers travel on Taraval Street, one of the city’s 12 percent of streets responsible for over 70 percent of traffic deaths and life-changing injuries. On average, every five and-a-half weeks someone is hit while walking on Taraval. This afternoon, walkers and MUNI riders will have a once-in-a-generation chance […]

Vision Zero Committee Hears Radio Spot and Other Efforts to Curtail Speeding

By Roger Rudick | | No Comments
Note the ‘call to action’ at the end of this post. Thursday afternoon, Supervisors Norman Yee and David Campos, commissioners on the County Transportation Authority Vision Zero Committee, heard updates from SFMTA officials on plans to install safety infrastructure and increase educational awareness on the dangers of speeding. They also discussed Mayor Ed Lee’s Executive Directive to, […]

The Streetsblog California Park(ing) Day Post

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Today is Park(ing) Day, the now-ten-year-old celebration that repurposes street parking spots for people rather than cars. The concept is simple. People “take over” a parking space and use it for something other than car parking for a day, or a couple of hours, or until the meter runs out. As you would expect, Streetsblog […]
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