Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrians

Commentary: Sidewalk Sitting? No Way! Sidewalk Parking? Stay All Day!

By Fran Taylor | Jun 10, 2010 | 96 Comments

Photo: San Francisco Department of Sidewalk Parking. One weighs 200 pounds or less, the other maybe two tons or more. One is involved in odd scuffles, the other in nearly 40,000 deaths nationwide each year. One is being targeted by the mayor and the press in San Francisco, the other sails under the radar. Even […]

Richmond Seeks Community Input on Bicycle and Pedestrian Plans

By Matthew Roth | May 14, 2010 | 1 Comment

Photo: Jeremy Brooks While San Francisco’s battle to implement its Bicycle Plan has generated national press attention, cities like Richmond in the East Bay have been quietly developing bicycle and pedestrian plans, hoping to reduce high rates of injury collisions between pedestrians, cyclists, and motor vehicles. In Richmond this week and next, the city is […]

Dreaming of Pedestrian Heaven on San Francisco’s Oldest Street

By Michael Rhodes | May 4, 2010 | 35 Comments

Enjoying a car-free Grant Avenue at Noodle Fest. Photo: Michael Rhodes Could San Francisco’s first and oldest thoroughfare become the city’s first true pedestrianized street? Since the day in 1835 when William Richardson drew the first map of Yerba Buena that included just one street, called "Calle de la fundacion" — Foundation Street, which ran […]

Making Streets for Walking: Dan Burden on Reforming Design Standards

By Noah Kazis | Apr 8, 2010 | No Comments

A template for an urban street in "Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares." Source: Claire Vlach, Bottomley Design & Planning. One of the foundational documents in our country’s history of car-centric street design is what’s known as the Green Book. These engineering guidelines, which have been published in various editions by the American Association of State Highway […]

Tea Partying and Beanbagging on Shotwell

By Chris Carlsson | Mar 29, 2010 | 57 Comments

24th and Shotwell Tea Party The citywide Stand Against Sit Lie campaign Saturday March 27 was a big success by all accounts. The website claims over 100 events took place on San Francisco sidewalks, and over 1000 people participated. That doesn’t sound overwhelming at first glance, but if you recall that this began as a […]

Hairball Study Coughs Up Ideas, Memories

By Fran Taylor | Feb 19, 2010 | 20 Comments

Click to enlarge. Bird’s-eye view of the hairball shows how much real estate it takes up and how it creates a daunting barrier between neighborhoods. Photo: mike.teczno.com. “You can’t get there from here” is a joke phrase, but trying to travel through the Highway 101 freeway maze at Cesar Chavez/Potrero/Bayshore is no laughing matter. Four […]

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