Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic

The More Space SF Uses to Store Cars, the Less We’ll Have to House People

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 14, 2014 | 51 Comments

What if San Francisco stopped adding car parking? The idea might sound a little odd to the average person, but when you look at where the city is heading, the really crazy scenario would be to keep on cramming more cars into our neighborhoods. Under current policies, SF is poised to build 92,000 spots for […]

What Will Our Future Be Like If We Don’t Change How We Get Around?

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 5, 2013 | No Comments

How will Americans get around in the year 2030? A recent report from the RAND Corporation lays out two “plausible futures” developed though a “scenario analysis” and vetted by outside experts. While RAND takes a decidedly agnostic stance toward the implications of each scenario, the choice that emerges is still pretty stark. In the first […]

Oakland Planning Director Cuts Off Latham Square Pilot, Lets Cars Back In

By Laura McCamy | Nov 1, 2013 | 47 Comments

The crowning achievement for Oakland’s new planning and building director so far might be ensuring that cars are being driven through the Latham Square pilot plaza once again. The Latham Square pilot was supposed to last for six months, but after just six weeks, the widely-lauded, one-block plaza at the foot of Telegraph Avenue is no longer car-free. […]

SFCTA Considers Removing Freeway Ramps at Balboa Park Station

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 3, 2013 | 9 Comments

Balboa Park may be a major transit hub for BART and Muni, but it’s hard to tell as you approach the station, which is surrounded by dangerous roads swarming with car traffic moving to and from six nearby freeway ramps. The design of the area around the station — not to mention the 24,000 people […]

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 […]

Yes, We Can Fit Protected Bike Lanes and Two Transit Lanes on Potrero

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 2, 2013 | 56 Comments

After listening to city planners say there’s no practical way to redesign Potrero Avenue with protected bike lanes and two transit lanes, Josh Handel didn’t buy it. Handel shared a plan in the Streetsblog comments that includes protected bike lanes and two transit lanes wide enough to fit buses comfortably (unlike those in the city […]

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