Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic Calming

Newcomb Ave. Sustainable Streetscape Model Breaks Ground in Bayview

By Aaron Bialick | May 11, 2011 | 6 Comments

Construction began on a model for sustainable streets in San Francisco today when Mayor Ed Lee and city officials broke ground on a block of Newcomb Avenue in the Bayview District, promising a much friendlier streetscape for residents and the environment. “You see a vision right in front of your door,” Mayor Lee told an […]

Reduced Car Traffic for Subway Construction Praised by Businesses

By Aaron Bialick | May 4, 2011 | 15 Comments

Many merchants often dread street construction projects because they fear it will keep shoppers away from their stores, rarely considering the impacts everyday automobile traffic has on business. They’re more likely to defend automobile traffic and parking based on the myth that most of their customers drive. But on Stockton Street in the Union Square […]

SFMTA Board Sees Past “Traffic Jam” Rhetoric in Favor of Two-Way Hayes

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 20, 2011 | 15 Comments

The SFMTA Board of Directors yesterday approved a plan to restore a one-way arterial section of Hayes Street to a calmer two-way street that would help favor walking, bicycling and transit on the commercial corridor. However, despite the extensive planning process and community support for the project, the discussion wasn’t without contention. “There is no answer, as […]

SFMTA Engineers Inform SFPD Officers on More Inclusive Crash Reporting

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 13, 2011 | 3 Comments

When someone is hit by a driver on the streets in San Francisco, cultural attitudes typically dictate that the person police determine to be at fault should shoulder the blame. But a new collaborative effort between SFPD and the SFMTA could help expand the scope of crash investigations. Without taking into account environmental factors, crash […]

Hugo and Kezar: A San Francisco Gem of Walkable, Bikeable Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 25, 2011 | 17 Comments

Finding great examples of bike-friendly streets doesn’t always mean looking across borders to international cities. Here in San Francisco, gems of physically separated bikeways and traffic-calmed neighborhood streets can be found on an oft-overlooked bicycle route along Hugo Street and Kezar Drive that connects the Inner Sunset to areas east. Nearly all of my bicycle […]

Fell and Oak Street Neighbors Want Livable Streets, Not Residential Freeways

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 8, 2011 | 74 Comments

Parents seeking a vibrant, community-filled urban lifestyle filled with chance street corner chats on the walk to the grocery store may find living on Fell Street leaves a lot to be desired. That is, unless, crossing the street alongside four full lanes of car traffic is your idea of community. “It’s ridiculous,” says Daniel, a father of two […]

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