Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrians

Will “Crash-Proof” Cars Make Drivers More Dangerous?

By Ben Fried | Oct 28, 2009 | 4 Comments

Via TreeHugger, Copenhagenize reports that Volvo is in the final stages of testing technology to improve safety for people outside its products — a "pedestrian detection" system available in S60 models next year: It is meant to spot all pedestrians in front of the car as well as off to the sides in a 60 […]

News from NY: What We Can Learn from Times Square’s Public Spaces

By Matthew Roth | Oct 28, 2009 | No Comments

This used to be the scene of gridlocked traffic. A pedestrian plaza was carved out the the old roadbed of Broadway in NYC’s Times Square. Photo: berk2804 When Tim Tompkins took over as President of the Times Square Alliance, one of New York City’s largest Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), the primary concerns were the security […]

SFPD and Health Department Announce Pedestrian Safety Campaign

By Matthew Roth | Oct 22, 2009 | 4 Comments

Photo: Thomas Hawk The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) and the Department of Public Health (DPH) recently announced a pedestrian safety program funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS, tag: "Toward Zero Deaths, Every 1 Counts"), a joint initiative that aims to increase enforcement of dangerous and illegal driver behavior, […]

What Kind of Pedestrian Are You?

By Mathew Katz | Oct 8, 2009 | No Comments

Categories of pedestrians, based on their walking patterns. Courtesy: Norbert Brändle, Austrian Institute of Technology. Part of designing more walkable cities — a goal of this week’s Walk21 Conference — is figuring out how pedestrians actually interact with the space around them, something that seems inherently difficult because of the erratic and unique behavior of […]

WalkSF Hosts Fifth Annual Peak to Peak Walk

By Michael Rhodes | Oct 8, 2009 | 2 Comments

Peak to Peak Walk 2007. Flickr photo: jeffluszcz Tomorrow is the early-registration deadline for Walk San Francisco’s fifth annual Peak to Peak Walk, a 12-mile challenge designed give even avid walkers a workout. The fully guided walking tour features some of the city’s finest vistas, covering 15 peaks in total, and will help the organization […]

Work Begins on Divisadero Ped Upgrades, but Skinny Sidewalks Remain

By Michael Rhodes | Sep 25, 2009 | 12 Comments

Widening the median on Divisadero Street. Photo: Janel Sterbentz Ninety years after city traffic managers widened Divisadero Street between Haight and Sacramento Streets, skimming off five feet of sidewalk and adding a travel lane on both sides, the Department of Public Works (DPW) is spending $3.3 million to upgrade the landscaping on the median, without […]

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