Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic Calming

Advocates Ask Supes to Support a Two-Way Hayes

By Matthew Roth | Feb 9, 2009 | 2 Comments

Advocates are calling for all livable streets supporters who have the time to turn out to the Board of Supervisors’ Land Use and Economic Development Committee meeting today at 1pm to voice their support for a two-way Hayes Street, as was called for in the Market and Octavia Plan. In 2007, the Hayes Valley Neighborhood […]

Unclogging the Cesar Chavez Traffic Sewer

By Matthew Roth | Feb 4, 2009 | 42 Comments

A 14′ median with trees will be added to Cesar Chavez when the bicycle injunction is lifted One of the many casualties of the bicycle injunction has been the community led plan for reconstruction of Cesar Chavez Street between Guerrero and the 101. Over the past five years, community groups led by CC Puede, the […]

Paradise LOSt (Part I): How Long Will the City Keep Us Stuck in Our Cars?

By Matthew Roth | Jan 26, 2009 | 34 Comments

The idea that the speed and free-flow of cars is the proxy that is being used across the state of California to measure whether a project is [environmentally] impactful is in the long run undermining the very quality of life [we] are working to protect.