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The final plan for wider sidewalks and other pedestrian improvements on Castro Street between Market and 19th Streets was presented at an open house by the Planning Department this week. Overall, the pedestrian environment on Castro will be vastly improved after the skinny sidewalks are widened to as much as 22 feet, and the narrowed traffic lanes should also calm motor traffic. more: sf.streetsblog, 17.05.13.
these are bulb-out trees on university ave. in berkeley. they preserve sidewalk space while still adding to the street environment. they are all up and down university ave. I don’t know when the city installed them. I also don’t know if “bulb-out trees” is the official name for them.
Construction Begins on Pedestrian-Friendly Redesign of Fisherman’s Wharf.  The project, designed with the help of Danish architect Jan Gehl, is expected to transform Jefferson into the kind of popular pedestrian-oriented streets that are found many in cities across the world, but are few and far between in San Francisco. sf.streetsblog, 03.01.13. I like how whoever did the rendering included the “blazing saddle” rental bikes, and only 1/3 of the people with bikes has a helmet.
planters x seating on market st. in sf. 30.12.12.
when people walking on the sidewalk tell people riding bikes on the sidewalk that they should be riding in the street

yeah, i/we know!

was just tryna get sandwiches but which wich was closed, alright??! if they were open, we woulda already gotten off our bikes and be locking them up! 

sorry we just happened to ride by same time as you walking out of a bar

and would you have said that to us if we were riding beach cruisers with dogs in basket and looking hella newb..

I think commercial strips should have sidewalks wide enough for pedestrians and cyclists to share. cuz we both wanna go to the shops and restaurants easily, yeah? instead of cycling on the street, then wiggling between parked cars, hopping off bike to carry over the curb, and finally locking up and walking into store.

a wide bike/ped shared sidewalk on a main street in Joensuu, Finland. photo: citymaus, 12.2011.

barely enough room for a mother to walk with her two kids. typical socal/suburban sidewalk. imperial beach, south san diego county.
fantastic street lamps, chicago. 2007. didn’t see these / didn’t go down this street when I was there.
“10 foot wide sidewalks are narrow and utilitarian.” —advocating for 15ft sidewalks, Great Second Street, SF. 10 ft wide sidewalks rarely exist in San Diego! man, the guy writing that blog doesn’t know how good he’s got it in SF. In lots of areas—esp. surburban—sidewalks are only about 2 squares wide (6-7 ft?), from the picture). The person would be standing in the gutter.
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