Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrians

San Francisco’s Latest Pavement to Parks Project Brought to You by Audi

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 17, 2010 | 22 Comments

Mayor Gavin Newsom has announced the city’s latest Pavement to Parks project, a two-block pedestrian promenade [pdf] on Powell Street between Ellis and Geary near Union Square that will provide sorely needed public space for one of San Francisco’s most crowded commercial districts. In a heavy dose of irony, the car-free space will be financed […]

Chinatown Group Analyzes Pedestrian Safety, Offers Plan for Improvements

By Matthew Roth | Nov 30, 2010 | 14 Comments

Chinatown’s crowded sidewalks, unsafe crosswalks and poor pedestrian signage are not likely to be among the endearing physical characteristic featured in any tourist brochure. Yet in a recent study — the San Francisco Chinatown Pedestrian Safety Needs Assessment [pdf] and Safety Plan [pdf] conducted by the Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC) — those issues were […]

Driver of UCSF Shuttle Bus Hits and Kills Pedestrian in Tenderloin Crosswalk

By Bryan Goebel | Nov 17, 2010 | 9 Comments

Surveillance video from a Tenderloin market shows that a 65-year-old woman was in the crosswalk on Geary Boulevard and Leavenworth Street Wednesday afternoon and clearly had the right-of-way when the driver of a UCSF shuttle bus loaded with passengers struck and killed her. Suman Dhakal, who works at Star Market Liquor and Deli on the […]

SFPD Seeks Help Indentifying Suspect in Pedestrian Hit and Run

By Matthew Roth | Oct 28, 2010 | 4 Comments

The San Francisco Police Department is asking the public for help in identifying a suspect from an alarming hit and run incident from early August, when a vehicle slammed into a pedestrian and carried him on the hood of the car, before fleeing the scene. The victim, a 23 year old San Francisco man, was […]

CA Pedestrian Groups Gather For Conference on Improving Data and Advocacy

By Matthew Roth | Oct 1, 2010 | No Comments

Pedestrian advocates, public health professionals and transportation planners and engineers will gather in Berkeley from Sunday through Tuesday to discuss how to improve pedestrian trip and injury data collection, both to inform pedestrian safety campaigns and influence the targets for walkable communities under California’s SB 375. The conference, Pedestrians Count!, is being organized by California […]

New Route Chosen for Walk SF’s Sixth Annual ‘Peak to Peak Walk’

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 29, 2010 | No Comments

The organizers of Walk SF’s annual “Peak to Peak Walk” October 16th have mapped out a new “North by Northwest” route this year that will take participants from the heart of the Mission to Land’s End, a 13-mile trek along some of San Francisco’s hidden stairways, paths and streets. In all, the walk will span […]

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