Pedestrian Safety

Tuesday morning's vehicular manslaughter speaks to the acceptance of traffic violence--and our society's unwillingness to solve the problem

With the return of traffic and compromises on safety plans, Vision Zero is proving as elusive as ever

Study shows positive results from the installation of protected intersections around the Lake Merritt BART station

A chat with Angie Schmitt, a past editor with Streetsblog USA and author of the upcoming book, "Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America”

The tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic came with one positive aspect: the shutdown meant a drop in traffic-related pollution and a reduction in traffic violence and deaths. However, as advocates for safe streets expected and feared, with the economy partially re-opened, too many people are dying in traffic collisions once again.

We must slow down if we want to vaccinate against that other deadly disease called traffic violence

Streetsblog San Francisco will be taking a much-needed vacation next week, returning after the 4th of July Holiday on Tuesday. Headlines, syndication and some 'light publishing' will be done by other California editors. Before singing off we wanted to leave you with a couple of shorties to start out your summer.

Suburban Fremont puts San Francisco, Oakland, etc., on notice: you can do better bike lanes too

Somewhere along the way California's environmental laws were subverted... SB 288 is a another small step towards correcting that