Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Walking

Photo Contest: Send Us Your Soggy, Snowy, Rain-Soaked Walk or Bike Ride!

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 21, 2014 | No Comments

This year has dealt us some crazy weather, from the polar vortex to drenching thunderstorms. We know you didn’t hide all winter in a car. You were out walking the walk and riding the bike, whatever the weather. We hope you got a picture of it! In honor of April showers — and to celebrate […]

Highway Safety Projects Ineligible for Highway Funds in San Mateo County

By Andrew Boone | Apr 11, 2014 | 6 Comments

San Mateo County’s Mid-Coast Multi-Modal Trail just barely made it into the list of Pedestrian and Bicycle Program projects approved for funding by the Transportation Authority (TA)’s Board of Directors last Thursday. Despite this step forward, building the trail will be difficult thanks in large part to restrictions on how TA funds can be spent, which […]

Chevy: What Better Way to Explore the Divisadero “Microhood” Than by Car?

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 11, 2014 | 23 Comments

The marketers at Chevy totally have this urban millennial thing nailed down. The car manufacturer sponsored this promotional video for a Divisadero Microhood Art Walk held last week, along with the website The Bold Italic. In this virtual tour of the microhood, local business owner Erin Fong gets into one of Chevy’s electric Volts, driving an […]

Atherton’s Bike/Ped Plan Calls for Safer El Camino Real and Bike Boulevard

By Andrew Boone | Apr 2, 2014 | 12 Comments

The Atherton Town Council this afternoon will review a draft of its first ever bicycle and pedestrian plan, which it crafted over the past eight months with resident input. The plan has attracted little notice, even though it calls for safety redesigns on major streets like El Camino Real, Middlefield Road, and Marsh Road. The plan’s primary goals are […]

Spectacular New Devil’s Slide Trail Difficult to Reach Without a Car

By Andrew Boone | Apr 1, 2014 | 21 Comments

The 1.3-mile “Devil’s Slide” segment of Highway 1 just south of Pacifica is the latest addition to San Mateo County’s 20 parks. The freshly-paved walking and biking trail offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean and its coastal cliffs, and it’s by far the widest trail in the San Francisco Bay Area, with 12 feet striped for […]

Belmont’s Ralston Corridor Study Ignores Need for Safe, Direct Bicycling

By Andrew Boone | Mar 21, 2014 | 4 Comments

The Belmont City Council is gearing up to decide on a list of infrastructure investments intended to improve safety and reduce traffic congestion on Ralston Avenue. At a community meeting last month, representatives from consulting firms W-Trans and Alta Planning presented their Ralston Avenue Corridor Study, intended “to improve the multi-modal function” of the busy arterial street. Ralston Avenue […]

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