Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic Calming

Woman Hit By Driver on Park Presidio Remains in Critical Condition

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 24, 2011 | 14 Comments

View Larger Map A woman struck by an SUV driver while crossing Park Presidio Boulevard in the Richmond District Tuesday afternoon remains in critical condition, according to San Francisco Police. Officer Eric Chiang told Streetsblog the woman was crossing the residential highway westbound along Anza Street when a 92-year-old male driver turning left onto Park Presidio from […]

Folsom Street Road Diet Includes Bike Lanes, Bus Bulbs in the Mission

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 8, 2011 | 65 Comments

A redesign of Folsom Street in the Mission District aimed at calming motor traffic and improving conditions for walking and bicycling is one step closer to becoming a reality. A proposal to add bike lanes and bus bulbs is now on its way to the SFMTA Board of Directors. The street “was identiﬁed through the Eastern Neighborhoods process […]

Cesar Chavez Street Redesign Approved by SFMTA Board

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 1, 2011 | 49 Comments

A long-awaited blueprint to significantly improve safety and livability conditions on Cesar Chavez Street was approved by SFMTA Board today, culminating nearly a decade of community input and planning. “This is the final step for approval of this really great project,” said Marc Caswell, program director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. “This project has […]

Two-Way Hayes Street Proposal Wins Approval at SFMTA Hearing

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 21, 2011 | 18 Comments

A plan to restore two-way traffic on several blocks of Hayes and Fell Streets in Hayes Valley that were converted to one-way streets in the 1950s was approved at an SFMTA hearing today following a strong show of support from residents, merchants and neighborhood associations. It now goes to the SFMTA Board for approval. The […]

The Sinister Logic of Old-School Traffic Engineering, in XtraNormal

By Matthew Roth | Dec 8, 2010 | 3 Comments

There is a strange world where up is down, in is out, right is wrong, and black is white. I’m not just talking about the San Francisco Planning Department’s indefensible trip-generation analysis for new parking spaces. No, I mean the world of old-school traffic engineers, where improving safety on the streets means reducing conflicts with […]

The Long and Winding Road to Traffic Calming the Bernal Cut

By Matthew Roth | Aug 25, 2010 | 26 Comments

Photo: Rick Mordesovich. When a group of Bernal Heights and Glen Park neighbors began discussing the need for traffic calming last year on San Jose Avenue between Interstate 280 and Randall Street, a one mile segment known as the Bernal Cut, they had no idea it would take so long to get the attention of […]

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