Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrians

Learning From Other Cities, Planners Shop Early Visions for Market Street

By Aaron Bialick | | 13 Comments
Planners presented early concepts for a new Market Street to the public yesterday, moving the discussion forward on revitalizing San Francisco’s grand boulevard with features like car-free zones, raised bike lanes, faster transit, and more inviting public spaces. The ideas and visualizations, which are available on the Better Market Street website, were presented by planners […]

8th St. Buffered Bike Lane a Step Up, But When Will SoMa Really Feel Safe?

By Aaron Bialick | | 24 Comments
A new buffered bike lane was striped on 8th Street last week, re-purposing a traffic lane for bicycles on one of SoMa’s fast, one-way motorways. The new configuration, which removes bicyclists from the door zone and provides a much wider lane, is an improvement over the four speed-inducing traffic lanes and skinny bike lane that […]

UCSF Campus Plan Orders Up an Extension of 4th Street — Hold the Cars

By Aaron Bialick | | 3 Comments
Rarely does the opportunity to create a new street present itself in a densely built-out city like San Francisco. But neighbors and planners at the developing Mission Bay campus of the University of California, SF decided to make the best of such a chance by designing an extension of Fourth Street as a car-free plaza. Fourth […]

In SF, Victims of Traffic Violence Don’t Have Equal Protection

By Aaron Bialick | | 81 Comments
SF District Attorney George Gascón is set to bring felony vehicular manslaughter charges against Chris Bucchere later today for biking into 71-year-old Sutchi Hui in a crosswalk at Castro and Market Streets, killing him. Any traffic death on our streets deserves a thorough investigation with appropriate charges filed against the responsible party. But this high-profile case raises […]

How Can SF Make Streets Safer If We Don’t Know How Dangerous They Are?

By Aaron Bialick | | No Comments
Tracking, analyzing, and reporting pedestrian fatalities should be a basic function of the San Francisco Police Department. But the fact is that SF lacks public access to clear and accurate data about street safety. The information gap is deeply troubling, and city agencies must act quickly to rectify it. In April, Streetsblog reported a discrepancy […]
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