Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic Calming

Han Cheng Li, 62, Killed by Driver at 16th and Potrero

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 28, 2013 | 16 Comments

Han Cheng Li, 62, was struck and killed by a driver on 16th Street at Potrero Avenue in the Mission at about 11:38 p.m. Saturday night, according to reports. Police have not released details about how the crash occurred or the name of the driver, but he has been identified as a 54-year-old man. Li […]

SFMTA Shops Folsom Buffered Bike Lane at Crowded Community Meeting

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 24, 2013 | 5 Comments

The SFMTA’s proposal to widen the Folsom Street bike lane with a buffer zone and remove a general traffic lane drew significant turnout at a community meeting in SoMa yesterday evening. The project, set to be installed by the end of the year, seems to have strong support from residents and livable streets advocates as […]

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Eyes on the Street: New Bike Lanes, Road Diet on Folsom in the Mission

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 15, 2013 | 19 Comments

The Mission’s stretch of Folsom Street, between 19th and 24th Streets, just got safer with bike lanes and a road diet striped along with a road-repaving. Formerly two general traffic lanes in each direction, the street now consists of one bike lane and one general lane on each side, resulting in a calmer environment and […]

New Options Arise for Greener, Calmer Streets on the Wiggle

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 26, 2013 | 18 Comments

Plans to create calmer, greener streets on the Wiggle came into clearer focus Tuesday after the SFMTA presented more refined proposals for raised crosswalks and intersections, bulb-outs with greenery, traffic circles, traffic diverters, and other safety improvements. The proposed treatments [PDF] are aimed at improving stormwater drainage while also calming motor and bicycle traffic. One […]

Caltrans Installs Small Road Diet on Outer San Jose Where Man Was Killed

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 9, 2013 | 2 Comments

Caltrans has converted two general traffic lanes to bike lanes and a center turn lane on a deadly stretch of San Jose Avenue just south of highway 280, where 69-year-old Hector Arana was killed by a driver while crossing the street in March. Instead of six speed-inducing through lanes, the five-block stretch of San Jose […]

As SFMTA Looks to Calm Traffic on Scott, Parking Warriors Get Loud

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 3, 2013 | 111 Comments

The SFMTA held a public meeting last week about how to calm traffic on three blocks of Scott Street along the Wiggle. On the table are design features that would signal drivers to slow down and possibly prevent them from using the street as a cut-through route. Even though planners say the project may remove few, if any, […]

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