Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about San Francisco

Donald Shoup Breaks Down Two Years of Data From Groundbreaking SFpark

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 8, 2013 | No Comments

Donald Shoup may be known as a guru of smart parking policy, but even he has found a few surprises in the data collected so far from SFpark. “The biggest surprise I got was that prices went up and down, but overall, they stayed the same. The average price actually declined by 1 percent,” said […]

The San Francisco DA’s Double Standard on Traffic Justice

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 25, 2013 | No Comments

On the morning of March 29 last year, Chris Bucchere biked through a crowded crosswalk in San Francisco’s Mission District, striking 71-year-old Sutchi Hui, who died of his injuries four days later. As should be the case for any traffic fatality, SF District Attorney George Gascón spent considerable time building a case — collecting GPS data and […]

SF Mayor’s Advisor: “Let’s Be San Francisco and Take Down the Freeway”

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 14, 2013 | No Comments

The idea of removing the northern section of Highway 280 near Mission Bay in San Francisco is gaining more traction as planners look for ideal ways to usher in high-speed rail and transit-oriented development in the city’s core. At a forum held by the San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association last Thursday, Mayor Ed Lee’s transportation […]

Whose Parking Regime Reigns Supreme? LA, SF, and NYC Compare Notes

By Stephen Miller | Oct 26, 2012 | 7 Comments

Less than a week after Queens Community Board 3 signed off on DOT’s PARK Smart pilot for Jackson Heights, New York’s neighborhood-level parking policy changes were given some national context on Wednesday at the National Association of City Transportation Officials’ “Designing Cities” conference. Given the Department of City Planning’s halfhearted attempts to reduce off-street parking requirements, NYC […]

In San Francisco, Victims of Traffic Violence Don’t Have Equal Protection

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 20, 2012 | No Comments

Editor’s note: As the prosecution of cyclist Chris Bucchere, accused of manslaughter for fatally striking pedestrian Sutchi Hui, has drawn national attention, we thought this story would be of interest to our New York readers. SF District Attorney George Gascón is set to bring felony vehicular manslaughter charges against Chris Bucchere later today for biking […]

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San Francisco: Reclaiming Streets With Innovative Solutions

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 25, 2012 | No Comments

Tom Radulovich, the executive director of the local non-profit Livable City, describes the recent livable streets achievements in San Francisco as “tactical urbanism” — using low-cost materials like paint and bollards to reclaim street space. That willingness to experiment was a big reason that the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) gave its 2012 Sustainable Transport Award to […]

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