Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic Calming

Without Traffic Calming, Sunset Blvd. Project a Missed Chance to Save Lives

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 22, 2013 | 9 Comments

Six-lane Sunset Boulevard is one of the city’s most dangerous streets to cross, but that won’t change under plans being developed by the SF Public Utilities Commission. The SFPUC’s Sunset Boulevard Greenway project is aimed at replacing the underground sewer system and re-landscaping the corridor’s grassy medians, which are half a block wide and separate […]

SFMTA Looks to Tame Sixth Street With Road Diet, Temporary Parklet

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 11, 2013 | 5 Comments

Sixth Street, which has one of the highest rates of pedestrian injuries in the city, could receive a road diet after the SFMTA analyzes the impacts of removing two of its four traffic lanes to improve safety. In the meantime, the agency is planning a pilot project this fall on the street’s northern end at […]

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Planning Department Sets Out to Create “Living Alleys” Around Hayes Valley

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 10, 2013 | 8 Comments

The Planning Department held a community workshop yesterday to field ideas on how to turn the numerous alleyways in and around Hayes Valley into calmer, greener, more inviting respites from the major traffic-heavy streets. The “Living Alley Project” is an effort conceived in the Market Octavia Area Plan to re-think the neighborhood’s alleys as people-oriented […]

City Agencies Unveil Final Design for Bartlett “Mercado Plaza”

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 1, 2013 | 9 Comments

The final designs for a people-friendly block of Bartlett Street in the Mission were presented [PDF] last week by the Planning Department, Department of Public Works, the SFMTA, and the design firm Rebar. The plan retains the sidewalk extensions that are key to calming traffic and inviting social activity outside of events like the weekly Mission Community Market, when […]

SFCTA Board Approves Funding For Masonic, Second Street, and More

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 26, 2013 | 11 Comments

Federal funding for street redesigns on Masonic Avenue, Second Street, and other improvements was unanimously approved yesterday by the Board of Supervisors, acting as the board of the SF County Transportation Authority. The projects selected to receive a chunk of the regional One Bay Area grant also include a bike/ped path on Mansell Street in […]

City Officials Unveil a People-Friendly Street in Fisherman’s Wharf

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 20, 2013 | 7 Comments

Two blocks of Jefferson Street in Fisherman’s Wharf have been revamped to prioritize walking and biking after the project was expedited with support from political leaders. Car traffic on Jefferson between Hyde and Jones Streets has been tamed, with formerly one-way traffic now running two-way. Sidewalks were expanded with new planters and seating, on-street parking was removed, […]

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