Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrian Safety

A center-running bike lane in DC. Photo by Ole Kassow. All other photos by the author except where indicated

A Deep Dive Into Center-Running Bike Lanes, a Known Infrastructure Failure

By Mikael Colville-Andersen | Mar 22, 2023 | No Comments

In 2016, urban design expert Mikael Colville-Andersen, founder of the Copenhagenize blog, wrote a great post he shouldn't have had to write in the first place, explaining why center-running bike lanes are dangerous and stupid. Given the recent push to repeat this failed design on Valencia, Streetsblog decided to run it here.

AVs Probably Won’t Revolutionize Parking

By Kea Wilson | Mar 20, 2023 | No Comments

Replacing human drivers with self-driving taxis might not actually remove many space-wasting parking lots from dense American cities, a new study finds, throwing doubt onto one of the core arguments in favor of the autonomous vehicle revolution.

A 2017 protest for safety on Valencia between 16th and 17th. SFMTA wants to betray the years of protest and public support with its center running crap. Photo by Brandon Splane

Advocates Push Back Against Valencia Center-Running-Bike-Lane Bait-and-Switch

By Roger Rudick | Mar 17, 2023 | No Comments

Let's be clear: center running is worse than nothing

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Study: Pedestrian Death Rate More Than 2x Higher in Historically Red-Lined Neighborhoods

By Kea Wilson | Mar 17, 2023 | No Comments

Communities that were red-lined in the 1930s are still experiencing more than twice the rate of pedestrian deaths today than more privileged neighborhoods — and we can't achieve Vision Zero until we reckon with racist and classist policies that contribute to the disparity, a groundbreaking new study argues.

A lone cyclist goes contraflow on SFMTA's new plastic and paint only two-way bike lane on Battery. Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick

San Francisco Officially Opens Two-Way Battery Bike Lane

By Roger Rudick | Mar 15, 2023 | No Comments

It's sad that SFMTA, in 2023, with record fatalities due to traffic violence in 2022, is still "experimenting" on humans and building and boasting about such bare-bone, "better than nothing" designs.

Councilmember Carroll Fife and advocate Dave Campbell at a demonstration and vigil for safe streets in June 2022. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

Q&A: Councilmember Fife has had it with Oakland’s Dangerous Streets

By Roger Rudick | Mar 14, 2023 | No Comments

"I'm willing to go all the way to keep people safe" says District 3 Oakland City Councilmember Carroll Fife

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