Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Walking

Tomorrow: Walk SF Wants to Hear About Your Walk to Work Day

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 5, 2012 | 2 Comments

It’s Walk to Work Day in San Francisco tomorrow and in recognition of the occasion, Walk SF is asking San Franciscans to post about their walking commute on Facebook and Twitter. Participants will not only enter to win a prize from Walk SF, but they’ll be supporting good advocacy. GJEL Attorneys will donate $25 to […]

Which SF Neighborhoods Have the Strongest Walkable Magnetism?

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 28, 2012 | 5 Comments

Walkability, transit access, good local schools — San Franciscans clamor to live in neighborhoods with features like these. Potrero Hill artist Wendy MacNaughton’s “mental map” of the city lists the strongest qualities of seven areas that stand out for her, among them SoMa’s “best transit access in town” and the “convenient, walkable, easy everything” nature of Lower […]

New 15 MPH School Zones Welcome Students on Walk to School Day

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 6, 2011 | 3 Comments

Yesterday marked the first Walk to School Day since San Francisco began installing 15 mph speed limit signs near dozens of schools, and thousands of students were a little safer from speeding cars as they made their way to class. “The new safer speed zones will calm traffic in neighborhoods throughout the city and help […]

House Prepares to Vote on Extension, Coburn Will Try to Kill Bike/Ped

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 13, 2011 | No Comments

In a couple of hours, the House will vote on the transportation extension bill – under unanimous consent rules. That means a single vote in opposition could delay passage. It’s unclear how we went from a House determined to cut spending levels by more than 30 percent to a House unanimously committed to passing a […]

Whose Streets?

By Chris Carlsson | Aug 9, 2011 | 12 Comments

“Whose Streets? OUR Streets!” yell rowdy demonstrators when they surge off the sidewalk and into thoroughfares. True enough, the streets are our public commons, what’s left of it (along with libraries and our diminishing public schools), but most of the time these public avenues are dedicated to the movement of vehicles, mostly privately owned autos. […]

Danish Architect Jan Gehl on Good Cities for Walking

By Jan Gehl | Jun 14, 2011 | 1 Comment

Editor’s note: Streetsblog San Francisco is thrilled to present a three-part series this week by renowned Danish architect and livable streets luminary Jan Gehl. The pieces are excerpts from his book, “Cities for People” published by Island Press. This is part two. Donate to Streetsblog SF and you’ll qualify to win a copy of the […]

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