Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrians

Tomorrow: Why Is the SFMTA Raising a Speed Limit and Closing Crosswalks?

By Aaron Bialick | May 17, 2012 | 25 Comments

Tomorrow’s bi-weekly SFMTA engineering hearing has a couple of peculiar items on the agenda: ESTABLISH – 30 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT Winston Drive between Buckingham Way and Lake Merced Boulevard (existing speed limit is 25 miles per hour) ESTABLISH – CROSSWALK CLOSURE Closing of the western crosswalk (between the northwest and southwest corners) at the […]

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SFMTA Brings Humane, Two-Way Traffic Back to Ellis and Eddy

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 24, 2012 | 7 Comments

The SFMTA began converting several blocks of Ellis and Eddy to two-way streets in the Tenderloin last week. The conversion is expected to calm motor traffic on the former multi-lane, one-way arterial streets designed to rush car traffic through one of the city’s densest neighborhoods. “Converting one-way streets to two-way is a proven way to slow traffic, […]

SFPD Corrects 2011 Pedestrian Fatality Count: 17 Killed, Not 13

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 17, 2012 | 12 Comments

Seventeen pedestrians were killed in San Francisco in 2011 — four more than previously reported by the SFPD. Although SFPD spokesperson Albie Esparza had previously given a count of 13 fatalities as late as last week, Officer Linda Chen of the Mission Station said she reviewed the data and found the actual number to be 17. Three […]

No Citation for Driver Who Ran Over Woman at Pine and Front

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 16, 2012 | 17 Comments

The driver who ran over a woman in a crosswalk at Pine and Front Streets in the Financial District last Thursday will not receive a citation despite being found at fault, the SFPD told Streetsblog. Police confirmed that the victim had the walk signal as she made her way through the west crosswalk along Front […]

Driver Injured Woman in Crosswalk at Pine and Front Yesterday

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 13, 2012 | 11 Comments

A woman was injured by a driver yesterday while crossing Pine Street at Front in the Financial District, according to Streetsblog reader Patrick Carroll. Police confirmed that the crash happened at 11:55 a.m., though they couldn’t provide details yet. Carroll said the woman was taken to a hospital in an ambulance and her condition was unknown. […]

Ped Action Plan Ready Soon. Will SF Commit to Building Ped Infrastructure?

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 11, 2012 | 17 Comments

More than a year after the mayor’s Pedestrian Task Force began meeting to develop San Francisco’s Pedestrian Action Plan, the SFMTA said the agency expects to finalize the document by late summer. Unclear, however, is whether the plan will include a measurable commitment to implementing physical pedestrian safety infrastructure. To meet the targets set in […]

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