Why SFMTA Fails, in One Email Exchange
"If the city's not going to respond appropriately to a traffic death a block from City Hall, where will it act?"
May 27, 2021
Speed Up the 24, Just Don’t Take Any Space from Motorists?
Let's have an open discussion about improving speeds and reliability of the 24 Divisadero - but a dedicated transit lane is off the table, say officals
May 26, 2021
Eyes on the Street: Presidio’s “Advisory Bike Lanes”
The Presidio scores another first in safe-street design in the Bay Area
May 25, 2021
Crash at Polk and Hayes Kills One Pedestrian, Severely Injures Another
Enforcement is part of the solution. But streets also need designs that use physics to stop reckless drivers before they kill
May 20, 2021
Newsom Proposes $4.2 Billion for Bullet Train
If adopted, Newsom revise budget could end wrangling to divert funds away from High-Speed Rail electrification
May 18, 2021
Over a Year of No Subway Service is Nothing to Celebrate
No other city in the world closed their entire subway for the COVID crisis. Why does San Francisco find this acceptable?
May 18, 2021
Podcast: Saving COVID’s Car-Free Streets
If there's been a silver lining to the COVID crisis, it's certainly that for the first time some space between buildings has been wrestled away from the all-but exclusive use of motorists. The Cool Solution podcast did a great piece about a few of the scrappy activists
May 17, 2021
Advocates Continue Push for Integrated Transit
A rational, universal fare structure and coordinated schedules that put the customer first? Sounds great--but how do you do it?
May 14, 2021
Supervisor’s Comparison of Car-Free JFK to Jim Crow Is “Offensive”
Trying to stop motorists from using a park as a freeway isn't comparable to segregation. Supervisor Shamann Walton is either ignorant or intentionally misleading on an indefensible position
May 13, 2021
Celebrating Folsom in Rincon Hill
An unofficial Streetsblog ribbon-cutting on Folsom in Rincon Hill
May 12, 2021