Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic

Octavia and Oak, where a unicyclist died Wed. morning. Note the gentle sweeping curb to facilitate speed (which multiple motorists still managed to crash into) Image: Google Maps

Motorists Kill Two Cyclists and a Pedestrian as Carnage Continues in Oakland, S.F.

By Roger Rudick | Jun 2, 2022 | No Comments

Officials in the Bay Area think by using inexpensive plastic and paint (and sometimes gently curving, concrete curbs) they're designing streets to keep everybody safe, motorists included. But what they're really doing is transferring the consequences of reckless driving from the perpetrators to everyone else. These past few weeks we've seen the tragic results.

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New Rule on Environmental Impacts of Driving, Long Awaited, Goes Into Effect on Wednesday

By Melanie Curry | Jul 1, 2020 | No Comments

And Caltrans will host a webinar today, open to all, to discuss "Rethinking How We Build So Californians Can Drive Less."

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The End of Peak Driving?

By Joe Cortright | Oct 7, 2015 | No Comments

Cross-posted from City Observatory. A little over a year ago, a gallon of regular gasoline cost $3.70. Since then, that price has plummeted, and remains more than a dollar cheaper than it was through most of 2014. Over the same period, there’s been a small but noticeable uptick in driving in the US. After nearly […]

Census: 95% of New SF Commuters Since 2006 Don’t Drive Solo

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 25, 2015 | 13 Comments

As San Francisco’s economy booms, a lot more people are commuting, and very few are doing it in a car. Between 2006 and 2014, the city saw a net growth of about 86,400 commuters, and 95 percent of them don’t drive, according to data from the US Census American Community Survey. The ACS numbers provide the best available […]

SFPD Driver Strikes and Kills Cyclist “DJ” Pinkerton, 23, on Dangerous Road

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 8, 2015 | 10 Comments

Donald “D.J.” Pinkerton, 23, was killed on his bike in a crash with an SFPD driver on Friday night at a dangerous intersection at the edge of McLaren Park which is set to get traffic calming improvements. The SFPD has told reporters that officers are still investigating the crash, which occurred at about 9 p.m. at Sunnydale […]

Today: VTA Board Could Enshrine Road Expansions in Sales Tax Measure

By Andrew Boone | Jun 4, 2015 | 8 Comments

The Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors today could enshrine road widenings in its 20-year transportation sales tax, proposed for the ballot in Santa Clara County in November 2016. The agenda for today’s 5:30 p.m. board meeting includes approval of the sales tax measure language, which includes goals [PDF] to “provide congestion relief” and “relieve roadway, highway, and expressway bottle […]

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