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More Promises to Do Better at Breed’s Vision Zero Political Rally
Mayor London Breed, transportation officials, and advocates held a rally Thursday afternoon on the steps of San Francisco City Hall to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the city's Vision Zero pledge and to promise to do better on safety in the wake of the West Portal tragedy. The mayor said the city is now "prepared to be aggressive" to make changes to San Francisco streets so "it doesn't happen again."
March 28, 2024
Guest Commentary: Traffic Engineers Must Put Safety Over Driver Throughput
No other field would tolerate this level of death and destruction. The tragedy of West Portal is more evidence that the traffic engineering profession is fundamentally broken
Isabella Chu
March 27, 2024
Two-Item Tuesday: Update on Frida Kahlo Way, Lake Merritt BART Development Plans
Two stories dropped Tuesday that are of interest to the safe and livable streets community.
March 26, 2024
St. Charles Avenue Finally Gets its Curb Cut
It took years to get a simple curb cut done on a bike route between SF State and Daly City BART. It just shouldn't be this hard.
March 25, 2024
Commentary: Poor Leadership is the Through Line of the West Portal/Vision Zero Stories
In the wake of the West Portal crash, San Francisco media is echoing the alarms that Streetsblog has long sounded. Street safety is on the front pages of all the major newspapers.
March 22, 2024
Eyes on the Overcrossing: Mokelumne Bike Bridge Opens
Bike East Bay deserves a thanks for pushing to get bike and pedestrian gaps filled in throughout the Bay Area
March 20, 2024
Commentary: The West Portal Tragedy and the Unfathomable Cost of Motordom
Unrestricted driving, wide forgiving roads, little to no physical infrastructure to force speed reductions, and no real police enforcement—this is the predictable and inevitable result
March 19, 2024
Lawmakers Launch Bill They Hope Will Make Bay Area Transit Awesome
But many advocates are already concerned it could provide funding for more highways. And will it really provide the seamless and equitable transit system everyone says they want?
March 18, 2024
Guest Commentary: The Problem with the Prosecution of the Driver Who Killed Ethan Boyes
Michael Smith
March 18, 2024
Weekend Roundup: Speed Camera Update, East-Bay Greenway…
...and MTC plans to betray its mission, not to mention 40 years of advocacy, on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
March 15, 2024
