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A Walk & Roll to School Day Event in San Francisco
Yesterday some 13,000 San Francisco children at 95 schools walked--and in some cases rolled in wheelchairs--to school as part of the 20th annual Walk-to-School Day (now called "Walk-and-Roll-to-School Day," at least locally). The event is intended to encourage kids to walk to school and spend more time walking and playing outside. This is part of a global event, held in early October, that encourages children, parents, and school staff to make their communities safer and more pleasant for walking. In San Francisco, the event is co-sponsored by several Bay Area groups, including the San Francisco Safe Routes to School Partnership, the Vision Zero Coalition, Kaiser Permanente, and, of course, Walk San Francisco.
October 6, 2016
SFMTrA Takes it Up a Notch with Glue-down Safety Posts in Golden Gate Park
San Francisco cyclists may have noticed a safety improvement at JFK and Kezar, where Golden Gate Park meets the Panhandle. That notorious intersection now has more than paint to segregate cars, pedestrians, and cyclists: plastic, safe-hit posts popped up late last week. And they seem to be working, effectively keeping motorists out of the bike lane.
October 5, 2016
Was the Turning Point on Taraval a Teachable Moment?
A week ago today, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency decided unanimously to move forward with concrete boarding islands on the L-Taraval. And maybe, just maybe, it was also a concrete turning point towards finally putting safety first.
September 27, 2016
Santa Clara Proposes New San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail Detours
On Tuesday, the Santa Clara City Council approved a proposal [PDF] to build new detours of the San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail, over two years after the construction of Levi's Stadium has resulted in ongoing closures of the trail "to limit security breaches" on days with stadium events over 20,000 attendees. Despite objections from both the public and council that the stadium should pay for the improvements, city staff intend to seek up to $4 million in public grant funds instead.
September 26, 2016
SFMTA Takes Public Input to Make SoMa Safer
Last night, SFMTA held an open house at the Bayanihan Community Center in the Mission to get input on the 7th and 8th Streets safety project, which will include parking-protected bike lanes on both streets on the six-block stretch between Market and Folsom. Some 45 people showed up to learn about the designs and give feedback.
September 23, 2016
Eyes on the Street: The Kinda Raised Crosswalk at Duboce Park
Streetsblog was thrilled to hear about the quiet unveiling of San Francisco's first raised crosswalk on a through city street, at Steiner and Hermann, across from Duboce Park.
September 21, 2016
Guest Editorial: Safety Must Come First on Taraval
Every day 29,000 Muni riders and countless walkers travel on Taraval Street, one of the city’s 12 percent of streets responsible for over 70 percent of traffic deaths and life-changing injuries. On average, every five and-a-half weeks someone is hit while walking on Taraval.
September 20, 2016
Vision Zero Committee Hears Radio Spot and Other Efforts to Curtail Speeding
Note the 'call to action' at the end of this post.
September 19, 2016
The Streetsblog California Park(ing) Day Post
Today is Park(ing) Day, the now-ten-year-old celebration that repurposes street parking spots for people rather than cars.
September 16, 2016
Are San Francisco Cyclists Guilty Until Proven Innocent?
Justin Liszanckie was running an errand on the evening of July 20. "I was on Brannan and heading west, trying to turn south on Fourth towards the ballpark," he said. And that's the last thing he remembers until "waking up in the hospital hours later."
September 12, 2016