Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrians

Great Streets Project Quantifies the Impacts of Parklets

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 5, 2012 | 3 Comments

Nearly two years after the first parklet arrived in San Francisco, a new study provides an empirical assessment of reclaiming parking spots for public space. The 2011 Parklet Impact Study [PDF], released yesterday by the SF Great Streets Project, measures changes in pedestrian volumes and activity at three new parklets built last year. The study, […]

Will DA Gascón Reform the Double Standard for Drivers Who Kill?

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 20, 2011 | 12 Comments

At least 13 pedestrians have been killed on San Francisco streets this year, all but one of them by motor vehicle drivers. The toll is all too typical for the city, as is the fact that most of those drivers won’t face prosecution. Last month, District Attorney George Gascón seemed to employ a tough new […]

5-year-old Critically Hurt by Driver at 3rd Street and Williams in Bayview

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 8, 2011 | 9 Comments

View Larger Map A 5-year-old boy walking across 3rd Street with his family is in critical condition at San Francisco General Hospital after being run over by the driver of a shuttle bus. Here the details the SFPD is choosing to release, from Officer Albie Esparza: On 9/8/11 at 339PM an auto vs pedestrian collision […]

Anger Follows William Cox’s Violent Death on the Streets of Duboce Triangle

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 8, 2011 | 32 Comments

On most recent mornings, 59-year-old William Cox walked several blocks from his Mission District apartment to the bustling Peet’s store on Market Street in the Castro for his daily dose of coffee, crossword puzzles and conversation. He had given up his Jeep Cherokee shortly after moving to San Francisco from San Rafael two-and-half years ago […]

New Designs to Be Presented for Eastern Cesar Chavez Street

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 17, 2011 | 9 Comments

New designs have been drawn up for eastern Cesar Chavez Street and will be presented to the community next week, nearly two months after a contentious meeting in which attendees were told, just days before the striping of new bike lanes, that plans for a road diet were being scrapped by the Mayor’s Office and […]

Doctors Upgrade Condition of 9-year-old Hit-and-Run Victim

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 9, 2011 | 4 Comments

A 9-year-old boy from suburban Philadelphia who was struck and severely injured by a hit-and-run drunk driver in SoMa last week, after watching his hometown team beat the Giants, has been upgraded from critical to serious condition, and his family says he faces a long recovery. Ryan White began speaking in sentences this morning after […]

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