Traffic Calming
Streetsblog California
Eyes on the Street: Slow Streets in South Pasadena
The city has a sampler platter of quick-build temporary traffic calming installations to experience for the rest of the year
September 21, 2023
Baldwin Park Pilots Roundabout on City’s North Side
The temporary roundabout is located on Maine Avenue, the location of several other mobility and livability projects
July 24, 2023
Live from Denver: Two Streetfilms, Two Great Ideas, One Leading City
During the NACTO conference in Denver earlier this month, Streetfilms auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. got to see the next generation in traffic circles — a design with a rotary so big that car drivers have to slow down. Check it out.
May 24, 2023
Eyes on the Street: Update on Telegraph Ave in Oakland
The protected bike lanes on the KONO section of Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, from 20th to 29th, are now well under construction and should be finished mid 2023. Streetsblog thought it's time for a quick update on the progress in this important business district and on a thoroughfare for cyclists, bus riders, and motorists.
December 14, 2022
Advocates Celebrate Slow Lake, but Questions Remain
Why did SFMTA remove old but more robust signs before the vote, then replace them with bendy straws? And is through traffic still banned?
December 13, 2022
Urgent Action Item San Francisco: Tell SFMTA to Preserve Slow Streets
URGENT: Call in or write to the SFMTA to support making Slow Streets permanent. Endorse the People’s Slow Streets plan.
December 6, 2022
Walk Against the Machine – Monterey Park Activists Oppose Traffic Lane Expansion
A plan to take away parking lanes on Monterey Park’s iconic Garvey Avenue hasn’t been getting very far. Could it be reshaped into a multi-modal project?
May 19, 2022
Caltrans Officially Embraces “Safe Systems” Approach
Prioritizing safety on California roads needs much more than a reliance on enforcement and education. A safe systems approach lowers the incidence of major injuries by assuming people will make mistakes and designing roads to reduce consequences.
February 24, 2022
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
