New data shows severe traffic injuries are up, and critical injuries for people walking are on the rise Earlier this week, the San Francisco Department of Public Health released the 2018 severe [...]

Two key safety projects were approved for dangerous corridors Both the 5th Street Improvement Project and the Mission Street Excelsior Safety Project were approved by the SFMTA Board of Directors [...]

The South of Market neighborhood, also known as SoMa, boasts one of the largest senior populations per capita in San Francisco and the highest numbers of seniors with disabilities. Meanwhile [...]

Two quick ways to send this message to leaders now You may have seen last week’s Chronicle article: enforcement of the five most dangerous driving behaviors, called “Focus on the Five,” has [...]

We are reeling from these past weeks of one after another traffic death. We have now lost 14 pedestrians and one bicyclist to traffic violence in 2019. The City needs to do whatever it takes to [...]

Step by step, we’re moving closer to our vision for a people-first Market Street, where half a million people walk every day. The City’s Better Market Street plan is set to be approved within [...]

Five fabulous folks just joined Walk San Francisco’s board of directors: Scott Blanks with LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired; Peter Gallotta with San Francisco Department of [...]

This piece was published as an op-ed in the Bay City Beacon on July 22, 2019. Just minutes before I sat down to write this, I had an all-too-familiar experience. As I approached the intersection [...]

City will permanently close one small section of Octavia to vehicles Last week, we stood up in strong support of SFMTA’s proposal to permanently close a section of Octavia Boulevard to vehicle [...]

In the past week, we have seen two pedestrians die in ways that are beyond the pale. Fourteen people have died while walking and biking in our city already this year. This number is twice as what [...]