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“Street Fight”: The New Guide to SF’s Transportation Politics
On the Sunset District's 19th Avenue, a street transformed into an urban highway environment in the mid-20th century, Muni buses jostle for room on a car-clogged six-lane roadway, where residents put their lives in the hands of long-distance car commuters every time they cross. And all but the exceptionally adventurous can forget about bicycling on the motorway.
May 16, 2013
At 40 Years, San Francisco’s Transit-First Policy Still Struggles for Traction
The first private automobile users on early 20th-century American streets were generally accorded no special privileges on the public right-of-way. "The center of the road was reserved for streetcars, and the new automobiles had to move out of the way," as Renee Montagne describes it in the 1996 documentary Taken for a Ride, which chronicles the decline of American public transit over the 20th century.
March 22, 2013
Advocates Call on Gov. Brown to Prioritize Biking, Walking in State Budget
This article is cross-posted from the blog of former Streetsblog SF editor Bryan Goebel, who's aiming to launch a new website "devoted to sustained coverage of biking, walking and transit issues in Sacramento, both at the Capitol and locally." You can also follow Bryan on Twitter.
January 31, 2013
Wayfinding Signs: A Nice Touch for the Developing “Green Connections” Plan
City planners continue developing a vision for a network of lush, pleasant streets prioritized for walking and biking between the city's parks and waterfronts. Staff from the SF Planning Department plans to present its draft network [PDF] for the "Green Connections" project at an open house next Wednesday, October 3, and the public is invited to weigh in on the selected routes.
September 27, 2012
SFMTA Promotes Walking and Biking as Solution to Muni Shutdown
As the SFMTA braces for the nine-day shutdown of Muni's N-Judah line and other detours starting tomorrow, the agency has been encouraging the tens of thousands of riders whose commutes will be disrupted to bike and walk to work as a way to avoid the anticipated Muni havoc.
May 24, 2012
SFMTA Completes Implementation of 15-MPH Zones at 181 Schools
San Francisco became the first major city in California to implement all of its planned 15-MPH school zones, the SFMTA announced today. With proper enforcement, the measure promises make the streets surrounding 181 schools safer and more inviting for students and parents walking and biking.
May 14, 2012
SFMTA Brings Humane, Two-Way Traffic Back to Ellis and Eddy
The SFMTA began converting several blocks of Ellis and Eddy to two-way streets in the Tenderloin last week. The conversion is expected to calm motor traffic on the former multi-lane, one-way arterial streets designed to rush car traffic through one of the city's densest neighborhoods.
April 24, 2012
Tomorrow: Walk SF Wants to Hear About Your Walk to Work Day
It's Walk to Work Day in San Francisco tomorrow and in recognition of the occasion, Walk SF is asking San Franciscans to post about their walking commute on Facebook and Twitter. Participants will not only enter to win a prize from Walk SF, but they'll be supporting good advocacy. GJEL Attorneys will donate $25 to Walk SF for each post made.
April 5, 2012
Which SF Neighborhoods Have the Strongest Walkable Magnetism?
Walkability, transit access, good local schools -- San Franciscans clamor to live in neighborhoods with features like these.
February 28, 2012