Sidewalk Maintenance News Today

Tree roots have buckled the sidewalk in front of your house? Here’s who the city says is responsible to repair the damage.

Many communities have incomplete or inadequate sidewalk networks that fail to accommodate all users. A new study indicates that completing sidewalk networks is one of the most basic and cost effective transportation improvements.

"In one of the richest neighborhoods, referred to as 'Snob Hill,' researchers found that nearly 90% of the sidewalks had feces on them,"

Broken glass and feces were the two most common health hazards citywide as part of San Francisco's annual "Street & Sidewalk Maintenance Standards" report.

The San Francisco Controller's office released a report showing city streets and sidewalks were covered in broken glass, feces, litter and graffiti.

Tall and stately, it had stood at the corner of West Avenue and the Post Road for probably...