Roger Rudick
Recent Posts
Eyes on the Street: Work Starts on Phase II of the 8th Street Protected Bike Lane
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A city crew prepping for a bus-boarding island at ?????. All pics Streetsblog/Rudick unless indicated
A Sea-Bus Future for the Bay Area?
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"You're going to need a bigger boat," goes the famous line from Jaws. But maybe when it comes to transportation, the opposite is true.
Transit Housing Bill Dies in Committee
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Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California. Unless noted in the story, GJEL Accident Attorneys is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. State Senator Scott Wiener’s transit housing bill, S.B. 827, was defeated by a six-to-four vote in the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee yesterday. “While […]
Eyes on the Street: Upper Market and Turk Finally Get their Protected Bike Lanes
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Note: Metropolitan Shuttle, a leader in bus shuttle rentals, regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog Los Angeles. Unless noted in the story, Metropolitan Shuttle is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. The paint was literally still drying on the inbound side of the new protected bike lane on Upper Market this morning. An SFMTA […]
A Park too Far: Walk Oakland Bike Oakland Infrastructure Tour
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Before the freeway building age, West Oakland was actually the gateway for the entire Bay Area to the rest of the world.
Walk San Francisco Creates “Scooters Behaving Badly” Facebook Album
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Walk San Francisco, in response to a number of complaints from its members about scooters on the sidewalks, is demanding that Bird, Lime, and Spin–purveyors of app-based electric scooter rentals–take action. Walk SF has also created a Facebook photo album for people to post images of Scooters creating a hazard. From the Walk SF announcement: Walk […]
Amendments to SB 827 Help Push Transit Housing Bill Forward
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Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California. Unless noted in the story, GJEL Accident Attorneys is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. Senator Scott Wiener has revised SB 827, the Transit-Rich Housing Bonus, his bill to allow more housing near public transportation. The changes came […]
Transit Riders Get the Latest on Geary Service and Safety Improvements
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The 38 Geary is probably best-known for its notorious overcrowding, bunching, and delays--problems the agency is trying to remedy with this project.
Uber Acquiring Jump
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The deal hasn't officially closed, but in all likelihood it will soon be possible for the driver of an Uber car to park in a bike lane and endanger the rider of an Uber bike.
Eyes on the Street: Alameda Island’s Short but Awesome Protected Bike Lane
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Alameda has a pretty nice (and relatively new) bi-directional protected bike lane on Clement Ave. And if advocates with BikeWalkAlameda get their way, it could eventually stretch clear across the island. The lane–with smooth pavement, clear signage, and concrete curbs keeping motor traffic out of the bike space–runs from Entrance Road to Paru, a distance of […]
City Celebrates Sixth Annual Walk to Work Day
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To kick off this year's Walk to Work Day, the SFMTA activated the city's newest signalized crosswalk Thursday morning at Howard and Russ Street in the South of Market neighborhood.
Beyond Commuter Rail
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Note: Metropolitan Shuttle, a leader in bus shuttle rentals, regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog Los Angeles. Unless noted in the story, Metropolitan Shuttle is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. What is BART anyway? “Would you put BART in the category of Berlin’s S-Bahn, or New York’s Long Island Railroad, or LA’s Metrolink, […]