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SFMTA Leaves Valencia Bike Lanes Unfinished
The center-running lane is long gone and some finishing touches are coming to the parking-protected section from 15th to 23rd, but the lack of concrete infrastructure remains problematic. And then there's the last four blocks from 23rd to Cesar Chavez, which is still just a striped lane wedged between parked cars and moving traffic.
June 12, 2025
Two Calls to Action: Petitions to Save Transit, Save Market Street
Advocates are making a full-court press to save Bay Area transit from suffering the same fate as Chicago and to stop Market Street from devolving into a car sewer.
June 5, 2025
Carnage from Compromise: Walk SF Speaks Out After Another Senior Killed on Geary
A driver killed a 67-year-old pedestrian Monday at the intersection of Geary Boulevard and 2nd Avenue. “We are heartbroken to learn of another life lost on our streets,” said Walk San Francisco’s Marta Lindsey. “We hold the victim’s loved ones and community in our thoughts.” The organization also reminds people that this is the second […]
June 3, 2025
Richmond to Formalize Citizen Bus Benches
Will the city of Richmond show how to stop bad actors in city bureaucracies from destroying transit and Vision Zero installations?
June 2, 2025
San Francisco Rips Out Planters, Benches, Posts on Wiggle Crosswalk
The supposedly cash-strapped city somehow has resources to remove safety features.
May 20, 2025
Call to Action: It’s Time to Finish Valencia’s Protected Bike Lanes
Valencia finally has its protected bike lanes... mostly. It's time to finish the job.
May 13, 2025
Conference: Parklets Key to Rolling Back Motordom’s Takeover of the Streets
International Parklet Symposium kicks off in San Francisco
April 10, 2025
Advocates Denounce Mayor Lurie’s Decision to Allow Waymo on Market Street
Mayor Lurie wants Robo-taxis on Market Street. Advocates say over our dead bodies.
April 10, 2025
Transit-Funding Measure Reintroduced
Wiener and Arreguín launch Senate Bill 63, another attempt to get a sales tax onto the ballot to keep the Bay Area moving.
March 24, 2025
Weekend Roundup: BART Fare Gates, Oakland Bay Bridge Bikes…
This is probably something a judge would need to decide at some point
March 21, 2025
