Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic Calming

It’s Not the Bulb-Outs: Poor Management Blamed for Slower SFFD Response

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 23, 2014 | 1 Comment

The SF Fire Department’s top brass, who have recently blamed safer street designs for slowing emergency response times, are coming under fire as evidence mounts that SFFD’s own management problems may be to blame. The department lacks sufficient medical staff, equipment, and emergency vehicles, according to a report released in June, and officials apparently neglected […]

Tell SFMTA How the New San Jose Ave Bike Lane and Road Diet Are Working

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 8, 2014 | 8 Comments

How does northbound San Jose Avenue feel ever since it got a road diet and buffered bike lane? The SFMTA has launched an online survey where you can weigh in on the project. It’s your chance to let planners know if you think the street’s safer and calmer, and how it could be improved. As we’ve […]

SPUR Ocean Beach Erosion Plan Shelves Road Diet for Great Highway

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 27, 2014 | 22 Comments

SPUR has set adrift its proposal to halve the size of the Great Highway along Ocean Beach, as the group strives to avoid distracting attention from implementing the other priorities in its Ocean Beach Master Plan. A road diet may be revisited later, once more pressing concerns have advanced. SPUR calls the OBMP “a comprehensive vision to […]

SFPD Cites Light-Running Driver in Crash at Speed-Plagued Oak and Octavia

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 21, 2014 | 2 Comments

The SFPD cited a driver for running a red light at Oak Street and Octavia Boulevard on Tuesday night, then crashing into a van and sending three vehicle occupants to the hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the blue Infiniti was traveling north on Octavia when he broadsided the van and sent it into a […]

Removing Center Lines Reduced Speeding on London Streets

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 15, 2014 | No Comments

On some streets, getting drivers to stop speeding might be as easy as eliminating a few stripes. That’s the finding from a new study from Transport for London [PDF]. TfL recently examined the effect of eliminating center lines on three London streets. The agency found it slowed average driving speeds between 5 and 9 miles per hour, […]

Supervisor Mar Wants to Study How Lower Speed Limits Could Improve SF

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 1, 2014 | 7 Comments

Supervisor Eric Mar requested a city study last week about how lower speed limits could benefit San Francisco. Although lowering speed limits without implementing physical traffic calming measures isn’t a panacea for safer streets, the measure does hold promise as a first step toward saving lives and implementing Vision Zero. San Francisco would follow in the […]

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