Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic Calming

As Long as Speed Is King, People Will Get Hurt at Oak, Fell, and Masonic

By Aaron Bialick | | 98 Comments
There’s no mystery to why drivers continue to run people over where Masonic Avenue crosses the Panhandle, at Oak and Fell Streets. The three streets are designed like residential freeways, yet the city has no plans to remove traffic lanes to slow speeds and reduce injuries. On Wednesday, a driver hit two joggers at Oak and Masonic […]

Safer San Jose Avenue Advocates Fend Off Attacks From Angry Motorists

By Aaron Bialick | | 37 Comments
The redesign of San Jose Avenue took a step forward a month ago when Caltrans removed a traffic lane on a Highway 280 off-ramp leading on to San Jose, a.k.a. the Bernal Cut. The plan is the result of decades of neighborhood advocacy for safer streets, but it is running into opposition from motorists who won’t stand for the road diet. Supporters […]

[Corrected] San Jose Ave Bike Traffic Jumps; More Traffic Calming Goes In

By Aaron Bialick | | 11 Comments
Update 6/22: The SFMTA has retracted its report of a 651 percent increase in bike traffic on northbound San Jose Avenue in morning peak hours, which was featured in an earlier version of this article. Evening bike traffic increased by 62 percent on northbound San Jose Avenue after a traffic lane was removed and the bike lane […]

Fisherman’s Wharf Parking-Free Street Revamp Boosts Sales, Will Expand

By Aaron Bialick | | 37 Comments
Two years after the city gave Fisherman’s Wharf a people-friendly redesign on two blocks of Jefferson Street, business is booming. Despite merchants’ fears that removing all car parking on the blocks would hurt their sales, they now say it had the opposite effect. The second phase of the project, which will bring a similar treatment […]
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