Fantastic feature about the “battle for the streets of New York” in the New York Times, which is broadly applicable to streets in San Francisco and all major cities.
Cities must transform their streets and transportation, in part, to reduce car traffic, and must “show not tell.”
Perhaps one of the best examples of “show not tell” was the transformation of Times Square by @jsadikkhan / @mikebloomberg through the closing of the area to car traffic and “installation” of hundreds of dollar-store lawn chairs, which helped people imagine what the area could be.
🚨 The Board of Supervisors resolution formalizing San Francisco’s Vision Zero goal — of zero roadway fatalities “by 2024” — used only “by 2024” and “in the next 10 years,” when adopted in March 2014.
As such, as of January 1, 2024, San Francisco will have failed on Vision Zero.
Mayors around the world have shown us what vision and leadership can do for transforming cities through streets and transportation, including Paris’s @anne_hidalgo , NYC’s @mikebloomberg, Barcelona’s @adacolau, and Emeryville’s @johnbauters.