Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Commuting

Census: 95% of New SF Commuters Since 2006 Don’t Drive Solo

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 25, 2015 | 13 Comments

As San Francisco’s economy booms, a lot more people are commuting, and very few are doing it in a car. Between 2006 and 2014, the city saw a net growth of about 86,400 commuters, and 95 percent of them don’t drive, according to data from the US Census American Community Survey. The ACS numbers provide the best available […]

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Bay Area’s New “Vital Signs” Website Tracks Transportation Stats

By Melanie Curry | Feb 6, 2015 | No Comments

Data lovers can now nerd out on a new website that collects Bay Area transportation data and puts it into customizable maps and charts to play with. Vital Signs is part of an effort by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to make its performance measures and data more accessible to the public. It also lays the […]

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Study: All Across America, Car Commuting Is Dropping

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 4, 2013 | No Comments

U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group are on a mission to explore the downward trend in driving. In a series of reports, they point to evidence that it isn’t just a temporary blip, but a long-term shift in how Americans get around. Today, the two organizations released a new report, “Transportation in Transition: A Look at Changing Travel Patterns in […]

San Francisco’s Downtown Commute Patterns, Animated

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 11, 2013 | 2 Comments

Note: Use the top left drop-down menu to select “Bay Area” and get a view of San Francisco. A new interactive map provides a glimpse into how San Francisco workers and residents commute — where they go, which modes of transport they use, and how much money they make. The map, created by UC Berkeley planning […]

Ripping on Silicon Valley Shuttles Won’t Solve SF’s Parking-Induced Problems

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 4, 2013 | 60 Comments

The corporate shuttles that whisk tech workers from the highly-valued urban habitat of San Francisco down to the burgeoning suburban campus job centers of Silicon Valley are the newest additions to San Francisco’s streets. But while it’s become convenient for critics to point the finger at this increasingly-visible symbol of gentrification as the cause of […]

Transit Incentives Can’t Make Up for Parking Glut at Cathedral Hill CPMC

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 22, 2011 | 15 Comments

Nearly 10,000 additional cars [PDF] are predicted to travel every day to the gigantic Cathedral Hill California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) at Van Ness and Geary after it opens in 2016. While the city is negotiating how much the institution will pay to help mitigate the impacts those cars will have on Muni and pedestrian and […]

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