Aaron Bialick
Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.
Recent Posts
Cast Your Vote for the 2014 Streetsie Awards
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2014 certainly had its moments and its characters. As we head off for a holiday break, it’s time again to vote for the best and worst in San Francisco transportation in this year’s Streetsie Awards. The polls will be open until Friday at midnight. Streetsblog will be taking a break from publishing for the week, and […]
Second Sleeping Man Killed by a Driver at the Same Driveway
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For the second time in two years, a homeless man was run over and killed by a driver exiting the same garage exit on Third near Bryant Street in SoMa. The SF Chronicle reports: Randy Jacobs, 53, fell asleep Friday night in the driveway of a private apartment garage at Third and South Park streets, […]
In Civil Court, Specious Claims Used to Defend Trucker Who Killed Le Moullac
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The attorney representing the truck driver who killed Amelie Le Moullac while she was riding her bike now says she was to blame because she was wearing earbuds at the time. Even though the SFPD clearly faulted Gilberto Alcantar for killing Le Moullac at Folsom and Sixth Streets in August 2013, District Attorney George Gascon declined to […]
Only One SFPD Station is “Focused on the Five” for Safer Streets: Richmond
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Nearly two years after SFPD announced its “Focus on the Five” program, only one of the 10 police stations is actually meeting its goal of issuing at least 50 percent of traffic citations for the five most common violations that cause pedestrian injuries. Department-wide, that rate was an abysmal 24 percent in September, the latest month […]
How SFPD Caught One of the Violent Panhandle Bike Thieves
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The SFPD says it has arrested one of the bike thieves who assaulted six people biking on the Panhandle in October and stole their bikes. Lieutenant Jason Sawyer of SFPD Park Station’s Investigations Unit said police “have no doubt” that the juvenile male was one of the assailants who threw bottles at bike commuters and jammed […]
SFMTA’s Tom Maguire Promises Reforms to Streamline Safe Street Fixes
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Tom Maguire, the SFMTA’s new Sustainable Streets Director, said he’s working on reforms that will fast-track implementation of numerous street safety fixes that will help SF accomplish Vision Zero. Maguire, who started at the SFMTA two months ago after serving in an executive role in New York City’s Department of Transportation, told the supervisors’ Vision […]
Muni Pushes “Double Berthing” Launch Back One More Week
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We’ve now lost count of how many times Muni has delayed the launch of “double berthing” in its Metro stations. Last we heard, it was promised to launch tomorrow, but the agency now says it needs one more week of testing before two trains can simultaneously board on the same platform. “We are adding an […]
Supervisors Tang and Yee Propose New Measures to Curb Dangerous Driving
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Supervisors Katy Tang and Norman Yee announced measures on Tuesday they say could help reduce dangerous driving on SF streets, bringing the city closer to Vision Zero. Yee called for a study into whether city-owned vehicles could have “black boxes” to record evidence in the event of a crash, and for banning tour bus drivers […]
San Jose Street Safety Vigil
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California Walks, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, TransForm, San Jose STEPS Coalition, California Alliance for Retired Americans, Agents for Change, Transition, and HealthTrust invite you to a Safe Streets Daylight Vigil to: Commemorate the lives lost to traffic violence this year with friends, neighbors, and community leaders and call on the City to work with us […]
Geary Bus Riders Set to Get Some “Early” Upgrades Before BRT Lanes Arrive
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Muni’s 38-Geary riders may get some relief even before bus rapid transit lanes come to the line’s Richmond segment in 2019. The SFMTA and SF County Transportation Authority are developing plans to install “early” improvements over the next few years, like bus bulbs, extended transit-only lanes, and transit signal priority. Those upgrades would be made east […]
Union Square’s “Winter Walk” Plaza on Stockton a Hit – Why Bring Cars Back?
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Families are loving “Winter Walk SF,” the temporary holiday plaza filling two blocks of Stockton Street in Union Square. As CBS reporter John Ramos put it, the on-street downtown play space “represents the San Francisco everyone wants it to be.” “I didn’t expect to see this,” one smiling girl told Ramos, standing on the green […]
Extending the Central Subway: Why Stop at Fisherman’s Wharf?
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The nascent prospect of extending the Central Subway beyond Chinatown gained steam this week with the release of a preliminary city study [PDF] that lays out some conceptual proposals to bring the subway further into the city’s northern neighborhoods. North Beach neighbors, who are living with construction disruption as the tunnel’s drill is extracted in their backyards, […]