Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Walking

17th Street Closure Will Be First NYC-style Plaza in San Francisco

By Matthew Roth | Mar 25, 2009 | 51 Comments

The future site of a pedestrian plaza at 17th and Market Streets Don’t look now, but NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan’s magic may have rubbed off on DPW Director Ed Reiskin, to San Francisco’s benefit. Reiskin has been leading a multi-agency effort to close a small portion of 17th Street where it meets Market Street […]

Eyes on the Street: A Curb Cut We Can Believe In

By Bryan Goebel | Mar 18, 2009 | 6 Comments

Taylor Street at Sutter. If you’ve pedaled or walked Sutter Street lately, or happen to live on Sutter like me, you’ve probably noticed the curb ramps and streets being torn up. It’s all part of DPW’s $1.2 million Sansome and Taylor Street Pavement Renovation Project, which began in early February. According to the DPW’s Christine […]

DOT and HUD: Transportation and Land-Use Planning Should Prioritize TOD

By Matthew Roth | Mar 18, 2009 | 1 Comment

Sacramento sprawl swallowing farm land It’s a good day to talk about the costs of car ownership on individuals and families and the need to integrate transportation and land use planning regionally. The New York Times Wheels blog today has posted a piece that tries to quantify the costs of car ownership and it is […]

Mission Neighbors Upset Over Proposed Pedestrian Fence

By Matthew Roth | Mar 11, 2009 | 31 Comments

A group of skaters stopped on the Potrero Avenue median half-way between 26th and Cesar Chavez Some community members in the Mission are upset that the MTA has proposed building a fence along a median on Potrero Avenue between Cesar Chavez and 25th Street to prevent jaywalking. Owing to the success of the recently […]

Do We Have to Wait for the Next Mayor for a Car-free Market Street?

By Matthew Roth | Mar 9, 2009 | 10 Comments

Mona Caron’s interpretation of a 21st Century Market Street How hard is it to fix the most important street in San Francisco, one that is vital to transit, that is the spine of the bicycle network, and that could be the crowning jewel of the city, a Champs d’Elysee or a newly pedestrianized Broadway? Without […]

The Nearly Extinct Bipedus Norteamericanus Makes a Comeback

By Matthew Roth | Mar 3, 2009 | 3 Comments

Anthropologists and transit advocates have long bemoaned the rise of The Sacred Rac, its subsequent worship by the majority of the people of the Asu tribe, and the attendant demise of bipedus norteamericanus, or the common pedestrian. But new evidence appears every day that the once-endangered pedestrian may be seeing a resurgence in urban habitats […]

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