Kristi CoaleSF’s Future Bike Plan Hits Delays, Even As Breed Pledges New Street Safety MeasuresA new network was supposed to be in place this year, but neighborhood input and troubles around town have set it back to 2025.Mar 291Mar 291
Kristi CoaleSF To Add Speed Cameras Next Year As It Mourns A Family Killed By An Out-of-Control DriverHigh speed causes most deadly crashes. People on foot and bike pay the highest cost. Other than 33 cameras, what else can the city do?Mar 201Mar 201
Kristi CoaleValencia Street Bike Lanes to Stay Centered For Now, Despite Merchant Anger and Other PressureWhen the one-year experiment ends in August, SFMTA promises to have an alternative plan ready to roll.Feb 212Feb 212
Kristi CoaleMuni’s Classic ‘Worm’ Logo Won’t Fill a $240M Budget Hole, But Looks Great on a Soccer JerseyCosts are rising. Downtown riders are still AWOL. Local politicians have stymied ideas to raise cash. What’s SFMTA to do?Feb 21Feb 21
Kristi CoaleSF Is Putting Some Dangerous Streets on a ‘Diet,’ But It Needs California’s Help TooThe city’s state senator wants Caltrans to act fast and slow traffic on corridors like 19th Avenue, where SFMTA has no authority.Jan 252Jan 252
Kristi CoaleSan Francisco Has Failed to Curtail Traffic Deaths. Here’s What It Could Learn From One U.S. TownConversation: Frank Sinatra’s birthplace of Hoboken, N.J., now has another claim to fame: zero traffic deaths four years running.Jan 82Jan 82
Kristi CoaleZero Was an Unrealistic Goal for SF Street Safety. Now Officials Must Double Down On What WorksWith fiscal woes, staff shortages, and public blowback, though, the measures that reduce death and injury can’t come fast enough.Dec 13, 2023Dec 13, 2023
Kristi CoaleMuni’s Dream of An Electric Fleet of SF Buses Suddenly Looks Much More Like the PresentTransit officials swerve and now say overhead wires will stay in place. Advocates of “tried and true” trolleys want even more of them.Nov 10, 2023Nov 10, 2023
Kristi CoaleSF Environmental Group Suffers Fallout From Latest City Hall Corruption ScandalAmid charges of bribery and misuse of public funds, here’s a real-world example of who gets hurt when SF officials get greedy.Oct 27, 2023Oct 27, 2023
Kristi CoaleWhy Is This SF Slow Street Getting Even More Love? That’s a $277,000 QuestionWhile some dangerous roads have seen little improvement, Sanchez Street has more changes on tap, even with few cars and low speeds.Sep 22, 20231Sep 22, 20231