Fulton Street: too dangerous for too long Fulton Street, which runs along the northern edge of Golden Gate Park, has long been far too dangerous for people walking. Traffic crashes are frequent: [...]

Members of Families for Safe Streets will do everything in their power to stop the epidemic of traffic crashes  In my role at Walk SF, I’m lucky enough to work with members of San Francisco Bay [...]

Last week, San Francisco made countless headlines when private vehicles were officially – and permanently – removed from Market Street.   For us at Walk San Francisco, this was an incredible step [...]

We know that the faster a vehicle is going, the more likely its driver is to cause a traffic crash – and to severely injure or kill the person who is hit.  That’s why we must reduce speeds. But [...]

In 2019, we led new walking adventures that made headlines and went far off the beaten path: the 49 Mile Scenic Walk and the Crosstown Trail. We also celebrated the 15th anniversary of Peak2Peak, [...]

Slower streets are safer streets I just got back from New York City. Everywhere I went in Brooklyn and Manhattan, I saw signs like the one in the photo above: “CITY SPEED LIMIT 25 – PHOTO [...]

As the end of 2019 nears, I’ve been getting calls from reporters asking for my thoughts on what kind of year it was for pedestrian safety in San Francisco. This question is hard for me. Hard to [...]

‘Getting to the Curb’ brings universal design to the bike lane We’re thrilled to share the newly published report, Getting to the Curb: A Guide to Building Protected Bike Lanes That [...]

Last Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution declaring a state of emergency for traffic safety in San Francisco. I applaud the entire Board of Supervisors for [...]

An important step toward addressing the toll of Uber and Lyft As I have obsessively checked the results since Election Day last Tuesday, Proposition D slowly but surely crept up to a solid [...]