News Articles

  • Slow Lake Street with countless people walking and biking in the street

    "San Francisco Advocates Launch Web Page to Track Slow Streets"

    – Streetsblog SF

  • Two people standing and talking on Slow Sanchez with one holding a dog on a leash

    “S.F.’s most popular Slow Streets have one thing in common: self-appointed ‘mayors’”

    — San Francisco Chronicle

  • Page Slow Street with a truck driving towards the camera, a person biking in the street, and a 'Page Slow Street' sign in the street

    “Page becomes City's 17th slow street”

    — San Francisco Examiner

  • Slow Lake Street with countless people walking and using mobility devices in the street

    “S.F. Slow Streets are here to stay after transportation board approves plan”

    — San Francisco Chronicle

  • A map of the permanently approved Slow Streets with other "bike network" segments shown in different shades of green

    "SFMTA Makes 16 Slow Streets Permanent, Including the Humongously Controversial Slow Lake Street"

    — SFist

  • A SFMTA 'Road Closed to Thru Traffic' Slow Streets sign with a person biking on the right

    "Slow Streets' fate to be decided Tuesday"

    — Axios San Francisco

  • Children biking in the street while a person walks on the sidewalk behind them

    "SF’s Latest Vision for Slow Streets Reveals a Curbed Enthusiasm"

    — The Frisc

  • Mayor London Breed biking in a bike lane on Polk Street in front of City Hall with Paul Supawanich next to her and another person biking behind her

    "SF Streets At a Crossroads: One Route Leads to Fewer Cars, Another to the Same Old Traffic"

    — The Frisc

  • Slow Lake Street with a 'Road Closed to Through Traffic' sign on a Type-3 barricade

    "SF Could See a Permanent Slow Street Given Back to Cars For the First Time"

    — The Frisc

  •  Residents of East Durham paint a traffic-calming circle on a Shared Street corridor.Photographer: Bryan Miller, Front Runner Productions

    "‘Slow Streets’ Disrupted City Planning. What Comes Next?"

    – Bloomberg CityLab

  • Two people are shown standing outside Noe Cafe on Slow Sanchez — one holding a dog on a leash — while others sit in chairs behind them

    "S.F. urban hike: Three perfect hours on Slow Sanchez in Noe Valley"

    — San Francisco Chronicle

Op-Eds

  • Page Slow Street with SFMTA Slow Streets signs and two people — one walking and one on a mobility scooter — in the street

    “Open Letter to SFMTA: Stop Watering Down Slow Streets”

    — Luke Bornheimer, on Streetsblog SF

  • Slow Golden Gate Avenue with a woman riding a BayWheels bike

    “If San Francisco leaders care about tourism, they will protect Slow Streets”

    — Ruth Malone, on SFGATE

  • Slow Sanchez with a Type-3 barricade, planter, and people walking and running in the street

    “Editorial: Don’t get rid of San Francisco’s Slow Streets, make them even better”

    — San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Board

  • Slow Sanchez with people walking in the street

    "Slow streets strengthened Noe Valley's community. We need more of them."

    — Andrew Casteel, in the San Francisco Examiner

  • People biking around Music Concourse near Car-Free JFK Promenade

    "How S.F. can achieve its transportation climate goals and become a model for the country."

    — Zack Subin, in the San Francisco Examiner

  • Slow Sanchez with a moral painted on the street and people walking and gathering in the street

    "San Francisco is afraid of big change. But it has to transform."

    — Luke Spray, on SFGATE

  • Page Slow Street with people biking stopped at a red light

    "Slow Streets & Redefining 'Busy'"

    — Charles Whitfield, on Streetsblog SF

  • A pedestrianized street with a person walking a bike, a "DISMOUNT ZONE" sign, and people gathered in parklets

    "After the pandemic, outdoor dining and ‘slow streets’ should live on"

    — The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board