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Frustrated, angry and endangered, pedestrians rally for safety after four-year-old’s death
Reporting from FOURTH AND KING Stuffed animals, strollers and cards of condolence were lined up at the intersection of Fourth and King streets where a four-year-old child last week...Read More
Collisions decline on ‘slow streets,’ but speedier traffic prompts fresh calming measures
Slow streets in San Francisco have experienced a 48% drop in traffic collisions, compared to a 14% reduction citywide.Read More
Valencia Street center bike lane plows forward with 12-month pilot
The lane is designed to improve safety along a corridor that saw 132 collisions and two traffic fatalities from 2018 to 2022.Read More
SFMTA eyes October for long-delayed Central Subway debut
San Francisco transit officials offered a glimpse at what Central Subway service could look like when the nearly $1.6 billion upgrade debuts in the fall.Read More
First 20 mph speed limit sign goes up on Ocean Avenue corridor
San Francisco drivers beware: The first Ocean Avenue corridor 20 mph speed limit sign was installed Thursday morning.Read More
Safety measures urged at deadly Sunset intersection
Sunset District Supervisor Gordon Mar is asking questions about safety measures at 46th and Lincoln following the death of Blake McGrath in a hit-and-run crash Jan. 29. Read More
SFMTA explores all tools in mission to eliminate traffic-related deaths
The quest continues to eliminate traffic-related deaths in San Francisco by 2024. City data shows that 23 people died in traffic collisions between Jan. 1 and the end of...Read More
Second half of Taraval Street improvements scheduled for early 2022
Construction crews will hit the pavement again on San Francisco’s Taraval Street.Read More
SFMTA approves more ‘Slow Streets’ corridors
Most traffic on another four San Francisco street corridors will be blocked this spring to give residents access to more space for exercise and recreation. The San Francisco Municipal...Read More
Slow down: Speed limit to be reduced across Tenderloin
Transit officials approved a proposal Tuesday to reduce traffic speed throughout the San Francisco Tenderloin neighborhood. The proposal, approved by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s Board of Directors,...Read More
Amended contract sets March 31 Central Subway major completion date
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s Board of Directors earlier this week approved contract changes to the long delayed Central Subway Project. The new substantial completion date is set...Read More
Final bill for Central Subway could blow budget by $130 million
"This isn’t right. ... This is not how business should be operating."Read More
Patricia’s Green becomes permanent safe haven for pedestrians, cyclists
The area around Patricia’s Green in Hayes Valley is officially closed off to vehicular traffic as of Monday morning, turning a successful pilot program into a permanent change. The...Read More
Despite cost dispute, agency approves $9 million Chinatown station plaza change order
San Francisco transit officials approved a routine change order to the Central Subway Project that will enable construction of a public plaza at the Chinatown Rose Pak station. The...Read More
City unveils Golden Gate Park safety improvements, remembers Heather Miller
“We have to remember that this is fundamentally a park where people should be ...literally smelling the flowers.”Read More
Inner Sunset project completion increases safety above and underground
As N-Judah trains zoomed by Irving Street at 8th Avenue Wednesday morning, San Francisco city officials celebrated completion of nearby pedestrian and Muni improvements two years in the making....Read More
Central Subway three years behind, budget runs over by $55 million
The completion timeline for the $1.6 billion Central Subway Project has been pushed out yet again.Read More
Mayor, transit agency, police unite to reduce SF traffic fatalities
Twenty-three people have died in traffic-related collisions throughout The City so far this year, which equals the total count for 2018. Transit agency officials hope to reduce risks that...Read More
City adds crossing guards, urges driver safety as school year begins
San Francisco welcomes the beginning of the new school year with 15 additional crossing guards. Mayor London Breed and city transit officials announced the new hires at Marina Middle...Read More
Results show Valencia Street protected bike lane ‘dramatically’ reduces risk
"The data now backs up what we knew to be true — commonsense safety improvements dramatically reduce the risk of collisions and save lives." Read More