Q&A: Dutch Safety Experts Coming to San Francisco
Streetsblog talks with Chris Bruntlett of the Dutch Cycling Embassy about street safety and next week's visit to California
September 1, 2022
Commentary: Cities Need to Make Protected Bike Lanes and Intersections the Default
Continuing to blow off physically protected bike lanes is tantamount to murder
August 29, 2022
Commentary: Recent Tragedies Another Example of How Dangerous Motorists Threaten Everyone
The press acts as if trains and grade crossings are the problem.
June 29, 2022
Reckless Motorists, Dangerous Streets: a Deadly Combination
Dangerous motorist behaviors, such as speeding, crosswalk incursions, and going the wrong way on a one-way street, are tolerated by law enforcement and a judicial system that basically never suspends or revokes the license of even the most egregious offenders.
May 26, 2022
SPUR Talk: Convert Offices to Housing?
People are working from home, resulting in one in five offices in San Francisco sitting empty. The Bay Area also has a housing crisis. Which has more and more people, including Governor Gavin Newsom, thinking it's time to look at converting some of that disused office space into housing.
May 17, 2022
Motorist Assaults Cyclist on Polk
"We share a city with some true maniacs who should be be allowed to drive."
May 6, 2022
Witnessing a Transit-Last City
Advocate relates his experience of watching bus passengers being left to wait while police prioritized people in private cars
April 28, 2022
Hurrah for J.F.K. Promenade Forever!
Tearing down the Embarcadero freeway, preventing freeway expansion--add car-free J.F.K. to the list of San Francisco accomplishments in developing a safer, less-polluting city
April 27, 2022
California Voters (Still) Want their Bullet Train
56 percent of voters support continuing to build the state's high-speed rail system, with only 35 percent opposed, according to a new study from Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies.
April 19, 2022
Activists Want Transit Masking to Continue
Recent research shows that close to 11 percent of the population are either too young to be vaccinated or did not mount a robust response to vaccines. Activists say masking must continue on transit.
April 13, 2022
