Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Safety

SPUR Talk: Transportation Challenges for Downtown Tech Companies

By Roger Rudick | Aug 11, 2016 | No Comments

The San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), hosted a lunchtime talk in downtown San Francisco today, with representatives from Salesforce and Airbnb, about how the companies help employees commute between work and home. Unlike tech giants based outside of downtown San Francisco, neither company makes heavy use of private buses–so-called Tech […]

A Call to Save Stockton Street

By Adam Greenfield | Aug 8, 2016 | 203 Comments

Societies can rise or fall based on the quantity and quality of their public spaces. New decent public spaces are rare and precious is the day when there’s a chance of a new one. Does it matter if you live near that proposed space? No. Any new public space is a beacon to the world, […]

A Month After Kate and Heather’s Deaths, Mayor Lee Takes Action

By Roger Rudick | Aug 4, 2016 | 11 Comments

It’s a little over a month since two cyclists were killed in one night on San Francisco’s streets: Kate Slattery, who was killed South of Market, and Heather Miller, who died while riding in Golden Gate Park. Today, in a rare move, Mayor Edwin Lee, after talks with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, issued an Executive […]

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Advocates Renew Push for West Alameda Estuary Bike and Pedestrian Bridge

By Roger Rudick | Aug 2, 2016 | 34 Comments

There are few places in the Bay Area where the expression “you can’t get there from here” more aptly applies. Stand at the estuary at Jack London Square, and one can see the west Alameda piers clearly, just a half-mile away. But try to get there and it turns into a two-mile-plus circuitous trek that […]

More Grumbles at Final Hearing on Taraval Changes

By Roger Rudick | Jul 22, 2016 | 221 Comments

SFMTA, at long last, held its final hearing on the proposed Muni Forward safety and speed improvements to the L-Taraval. The two-hour meeting, which started at 10 a.m. at City Hall, was attended by some 60 people. Streetsblog readers will recall the last large hearing for Taraval was held in February and, as with many of […]

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Streetsblog Talks with Supervisor Jane Kim, Part II

By Roger Rudick | Jul 21, 2016 | 14 Comments

Two weeks ago, Streetsblog did a Q&A with San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim. Kim was on a trip to New York and arranged to do the interview by phone. Unfortunately, the connection was intermittent, there was some miscommunication, and the interview had to be cut short. A few days later, Kim asked Streetsblog if we […]

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