Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic Calming

Tomorrow: Help Envision Better Streets Connecting to Heron’s Head Park

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 9, 2012 | 3 Comments

Tomorrow the SF Planning Department is putting on the first in a series of walks as part of its new Green Connections project, an effort to improve access to parks making better use of city streets. The intent of the program, according to the department’s website, is to create “a citywide network of green streets that can […]

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SFMTA’s Traffic Calming Program Overwhelmed By Demand for Safer Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 23, 2012 | 21 Comments

The demand for projects to calm motor traffic and improve safety on San Francisco streets is far greater than the SFMTA can currently handle. The agency says its Traffic Calming program lacks the staff and funding needed to address the overwhelming number of neighborhood requests for safer streets. As a result, many residents are left […]

City to Expedite Two Blocks of Fisherman’s Wharf Redesign for Summer 2013

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 6, 2012 | 27 Comments

As the plan to revamp the public realm on Jefferson Street in Fisherman’s Wharf develops, planners recently announced that two blocks of the project could be brought to life by summer of 2013 in time for America’s Cup. At a recent public meeting, staff from the San Francisco Planning Department’s City Design Group presented the […]

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Misguided Enforcement Precedes ThinkBike Improvements on the Wiggle

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 31, 2012 | 21 Comments

The Wiggle — the growingly popular, mostly-flat bicycling route connecting SF’s eastern and western neighborhoods — should become more bike-friendly in the next year. After consulting with Dutch bicycle planners, the SFMTA is planning new upgrades to increase the safety and comfort of people walking and biking on the route, including “green-backed” sharrows, zebra-striped crosswalks, […]

Caltrans Slims the Sloat Boulevard Speedway With Buffered Bike Lanes

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 23, 2012 | 29 Comments

The six-lane speedway known as Sloat Boulevard has been somewhat tamed after Caltrans implemented a road diet last week, reclaiming two vehicle lanes for bicycles. Long known as a virtual no-man’s-land for biking and walking, Sloat is technically a state highway that runs through the Parkside District. The stretch between 21st Avenue and Everglade Drive […]

Newcomb Ave. Sustainable Streetscape Project Completed in Bayview

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 21, 2011 | 4 Comments

After a six-year-long process, residents of Newcomb Avenue in the Bayview joined city staffers yesterday to mark the completion of the “Model Block” project, a prototype for street design that’s better for the environment and more conducive to neighborhood life. The block had been characterized by speeding traffic and illegal dumping. With this redesign it […]

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