Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Richmond

SFPD Charges Trucker Who Killed Rose Kelly, 61, in Richmond Crosswalk

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 21, 2015 | 14 Comments

Updated 6/22 with the name of the driver. The SFPD has filed misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charges against the truck driver who killed 61-year-old Rose Kelly in a crosswalk in the Outer Richmond yesterday afternoon. It’s now up to District Attorney George Gascón to follow through with the prosecution. Kelly was walking east in a crosswalk on Cabrillo Street at […]

Mayor Lee Won’t Say Saving Lives Is More Important Than Car Parking

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 12, 2015 | 61 Comments

Mayor Ed Lee shocked safe streets advocates when he told Streetsblog two weeks ago, “We shouldn’t promote bicycle safety over pedestrian safety over cars and parking” on Polk Street. “I think they’re all going to be important.” The Vision Zero Coalition sent a letter [PDF] last week asking Lee to clarify his statement, saying it gave “the […]

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SFMTA to Study Safety Upgrades for the Richmond’s North-South Bike Routes

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 11, 2015 | 11 Comments

The SFMTA plans to study safer walking and biking routes on five of the Richmond District’s north-south streets, which connect the Presidio and Golden Gate Park. At the behest of D1 Supervisor Eric Mar, the SF County Transportation Authority recently granted $100,000 in Prop K sales tax revenue for the SFMTA to launch the study. Over […]

Bulb-Outs: Noe Valley’s Getting Them, Outer Balboa’s Got Them

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 3, 2014 | 41 Comments

Two business corridors are getting a boost from sidewalk bulb-outs: Balboa Street in the Outer Richmond recently had some finished, and 24th Street in Noe Valley will get them this fall. The dozen-odd sidewalk extensions on outer Balboa were completed in May as part of a larger project under construction since last year that also includes […]

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Hampered by Tunnels, Center BRT Lanes on Geary Limited to the Richmond

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 16, 2013 | 66 Comments

Correction 12/17: The next community meeting on Geary BRT is tonight, Tuesday, at 5:30 p.m. at the Main Public Library. The latest iteration of the plan for bus rapid transit on Geary Boulevard includes center-running bus lanes only on the Richmond District segment between Arguello Boulevard and 27th Avenue — about a quarter of the street’s […]

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Inner Richmond’s First Sunday Streets Lively With Llamas and Humans

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 28, 2013 | 5 Comments

Despite the cloudy weather, Clement and Arguello Streets were bustling yesterday during the first Sunday Streets in the Inner Richmond — the first Sunday Streets to come to the west side’s neighborhood streets. (The other events have all been in Golden Gate Park and on the Great Highway.) With the event tied in with Clement’s on-street […]

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