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Streetscast: An Interview with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee supports the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition's Connecting the City vision, promises to "very aggressively" carry out Gavin Newsom's executive directive on pedestrian safety, and said he has a commitment from the SFPD to do more aggressive enforcement of drivers in the Tenderloin to make the streets safer for those on foot.
February 23, 2011
San Francisco’s Latest Pavement to Parks Project Brought to You by Audi
Mayor Gavin Newsom has announced the city's latest Pavement to Parks project, a two-block pedestrian promenade [pdf] on Powell Street between Ellis and Geary near Union Square that will provide sorely needed public space for one of San Francisco's most crowded commercial districts. In a heavy dose of irony, the car-free space will be financed by an automobile company, Audi of America, who approached the city about six weeks ago.
December 17, 2010
Chinatown Group Analyzes Pedestrian Safety, Offers Plan for Improvements
Chinatown's crowded sidewalks, unsafe crosswalks and poor pedestrian signage are not likely to be among the endearing physical characteristic featured in any tourist brochure. Yet in a recent study -- the San Francisco Chinatown Pedestrian Safety Needs Assessment [pdf] and Safety Plan [pdf] conducted by the Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC) -- those issues were identified as several of the highest priority concerns for tenants, merchants and visitors to the popular area.
November 30, 2010
Driver of UCSF Shuttle Bus Hits and Kills Pedestrian in Tenderloin Crosswalk
Surveillance video from a Tenderloin market shows that a 65-year-old woman was in the crosswalk on Geary Boulevard and Leavenworth Street Wednesday afternoon and clearly had the right-of-way when the driver of a UCSF shuttle bus loaded with passengers struck and killed her.
November 17, 2010
SFPD Seeks Help Indentifying Suspect in Pedestrian Hit and Run
The San Francisco Police Department is asking the public for help in identifying a suspect from an alarming hit and run incident from early August, when a vehicle slammed into a pedestrian and carried him on the hood of the car, before fleeing the scene.
October 28, 2010
CA Pedestrian Groups Gather For Conference on Improving Data and Advocacy
Pedestrian advocates, public health professionals and transportation planners and engineers will gather in Berkeley from Sunday through Tuesday to discuss how to improve pedestrian trip and injury data collection, both to inform pedestrian safety campaigns and influence the targets for walkable communities under California's SB 375.
October 1, 2010
New Route Chosen for Walk SF’s Sixth Annual ‘Peak to Peak Walk’
The organizers of Walk SF's annual "Peak to Peak Walk" October 16th have mapped out a new "North by Northwest" route this year that will take participants from the heart of the Mission to Land's End, a 13-mile trek along some of San Francisco's hidden stairways, paths and streets. In all, the walk will span 10 peaks.
September 29, 2010