"The rollout of driverless vehicles must not be an excuse to further diminish the role of the pedestrian in urban life."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/12/driverless-cars-pedestrians-second-class…
So close, yet so far: A new method for identification of high-impact missing links in pedestrian networks
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0198971525000432
SFMTA is adding left turns back to Valencia at 17th, 21st and 23rd streets with a new phase, which will cut down on time for pedestrian and bike crossings. The word is that Mayor Lurie directly ordered this. Signal modifications are very expensive and that money could have gone to safety or transit priority.
Seems small, but it's wasteful and adds to the "death by a thousand cuts" for Transit First in Lurie's SF.
A federal judge ruled on Thursday that Donald Trump illegally deployed the California national guard to suppress protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles
and ordered the force to be returned to the control of the state governor, Gavin Newsom.
The order by the US district judge Charles Breyer will not take effect until noon on Friday,
but it marked a stinging defeat for the Trump administration that is sure to touch off a pitched legal battle destined for the US supr…
Why do we have to beg button to cross anywhere in Mission Rock/Bay? It's supposed to be transit and pedestrian rich.
Die Siegerehrung der U8 und U8w ist vorbereitet - ab 14 Uhr werden hier die neuen Deutschen Meister:innen geehrt! Für die "Großen" findet die Siegerehrung dann um 19 Uhr statt. #dem25
Too little sleep, too hot, stagnant air with no breeze, and definitely rudely humid. When it became clear what a struggle this would be, I opted to run for HR zones instead. This included several walking breaks to bring my HR back down. My fitness needs the work.
#Running