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Advocate Protests Rollback of Another Slow Street
If the SFMTA board wants to realize a network of bike-friendly slow streets, it has to find the courage to fight for it
May 22, 2023
Essay: Why Even The Most Progressive Cities Are Failing Their Car-Free Residents
As traffic violence has climbed over the past few years, a number of ostensibly progressive, climate-friendly cities have demonstrated that they are uninterested in taking even modest steps to support non-drivers.
May 18, 2023
Velo-City: Where the World Learns How to Build Streets for Everyone
Streetsblog San Francisco editor Roger Rudick checks in from the Velo-City conference in Leipzig, Germany
May 10, 2023
Commentary: The Paris Bike Boom Is Incroyable
It's also a good lesson on how to tell if your city leaders are serious about mode shift or safety, because relative to Paris, the Bay Area is clearly full of merde
May 8, 2023
Celebrate the Third Year Anniversary of Car-Free JFK on Friday
Yes, it has been three years, and it is certainly something to celebrate
April 27, 2023
Berkeley Safety Advocates Stage a “Die-In” to Protest Delay on Hopkins
To goad the city into prioritizing safety changes along Hopkins, several local advocacy groups sponsored a "die-in" on that section of the street Wednesday.
April 19, 2023
DOT Rolls Out New Tech To Better Analyze How People Move on City Streets
The sensors could help resolve misallocations of public space, where cars often get the bulk of room despite being outnumbered by pedestrians or cyclists.
April 18, 2023
No Change: San Francisco Cop Ignores Motorist Violations, Harasses Cyclist
The police department continues to ignore enforcement of the five most dangerous behaviors; prefers to bully people on bikes
April 14, 2023
Exactly How Much Less America Walks Than Other Countries, In Five Charts
In a new study published in Sustainability, mobility researchers Ralph Buehler and John Pucher took on the daunting task of standardizing a messy range of global data on walking trips to better see how the United States stacks up against its peer nations. And we stink.
April 14, 2023
Possibility for Better Bike Lanes on Bridgeway Street Already Getting Blowback
It's a major bike commuter route--and tourist attraction--between Sausalito and San Francisco. But it currently has no bike facilities. Is there finally a chance for improvement?
April 13, 2023
