Traffic Calming
Streetsblog California
SFMTA Used Design, Education to Encourage Slower and Safer Left Turns
Forty percent of the traffic deaths in San Francisco in 2019 were caused when drivers made left turns and didn’t see someone in the crosswalk they were heading into until it was too late.
November 22, 2021
L.A. Transpo Committee Denies CEQA Challenge Against Mar Vista Great Streets
Committee affirmed that the Mar Vista Venice Boulevard Great Streets project is exempt from CEQA review under state law.
February 28, 2019
Neighborhood Council Coalition Approves Neutral Motion Calling for Community Consultation on Road Diets
This represents a victory for livability, as an early version of the motion had been strongly anti-road-diet.
January 7, 2019
A Super Quick Fix for a Dangerous Road in Baltimore
Using Jersey barriers filled with water for ballast, the city carved a safe walking and biking path out of a lane of car traffic.
July 17, 2018
SFMTA Cancels Townsend Safety Project; Advocates Fight Back
Roughly seventy safety advocates donned yellow t-shirts and stood on the edge of the bike lanes along Townsend Street at the King Street Station yesterday evening to demand safety upgrades.
July 12, 2018
Calling Attention to a Dangerous Crossing in Berkeley
Caltrans plans to add a pedestrian beacon at a busy crossing, but will it make anything safer for bicyclists?
May 9, 2018
How Can Vision Zero Work When L.A. Continues to Prioritize Speed?
Rather than raise speed limits, let’s lower design speeds, so the mistakes are less impactful when they inevitably happen
March 7, 2018
Oh #%&@! Bonin Caves to Backlash, Announces Playa Del Rey Safety Un-Do
Backlash drivers are celebrating Bonin's rollback of remaining Playa Del Rey road diets
October 19, 2017
City Removes Safety Measures Where Senior Was Killed
A guerrilla safety group installed safe-hit posts and painted bulb-outs at the intersection where David Grinberg, a 90-year-old man, was killed. The city quickly removed the unauthorized safe-hit posts.
October 12, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Vista Del Mar Returned to Desolate 4-Lane Highway
LADOT, responding to driver backlash, has returned Vista Del Mar to four lanes. The sad desolate stretch now practically invites speeding.
August 29, 2017
