Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic Calming

Bay Bridge Closure Temporarily Tames Some of SF’s Worst Traffic Sewers

By Michael Rhodes | Sep 4, 2009 | 10 Comments

Viaducts leading to the Bay Bridge were empty today but for construction vehicles. Photo: Michael Rhodes The streets of SoMa were eerily silent today, in the words of one resident, who took a break from working at home to enjoy walking his dog down a pleasantly calm Harrison Street. Gone was the persistent hum of […]

Bay Bridge Closure Inspires Curiosity Among Livable Streets Advocates

By Michael Rhodes | Sep 2, 2009 | 3 Comments

The original and a new temporary structure will be swapped this weekend. Photo courtesy of Caltrans. The Bay Bridge closure this weekend will be the third in four years, and drivers are starting to figure out alternatives, including taking BART, carpooling on other bridges, and simply avoiding unnecessary trips. But this year’s closure is different […]

Eyes on the Street: Hit-and-Run Intersection Hazardous to Pedestrians

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 17, 2009 | 5 Comments

A pedestrian crosses Van Ness Avenue, wary of a driver who seemingly intends to switch into the left lane. Photos: Bryan Goebel Details are still trickling in about last Tuesday’s hit-and-run crash near the intersection of Van Ness Avenue and California Street that left a 31-year-old San Francisco woman in the hospital with life-threatening injuries, […]

Supervisor Mar Holds Better Streets Town Hall Meeting in the Richmond

By Susan Vaughan | Jun 1, 2009 | 5 Comments

Pedestrians mix with cars at the intersection of Clement and 5th Avenue. There are stop signs for traffic on 5th Avenue, but not on Clement Street. Photo: Sue Vaughan San Francisco’s Richmond District is blessed with stunning vistas of the Golden Gate Bridge and the Pacific Ocean, but its street grid has turned its roads […]

For a City of Panhandles! Copenhagenize it!

By Chris Carlsson | May 19, 2009 | 14 Comments

Mona Caron’s rendition of 24th and Folsom after we’ve made a few basic changes. (Thanks to Mona Caron for this image, originally published in the Bay Guardian in 2006.) We’ve been waiting for years now to see some physical changes to accommodate the huge increase in daily bicycling. We did get an odd set of […]

Bayview Merchants Hopeful Sunday Streets Will Bring Business

By Matthew Roth | Apr 21, 2009 | 3 Comments

A block of predominantly female-owned businesses that will participate in Sunday Streets It’s been reported that the Fisherman’s Wharf merchants who vocally opposed Sunday Streets along the Embarcadero last year now proclaim their support for the day and are programming numerous events to coincide with the street closures this Sunday. But merchants in Bayview never […]

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