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
SFPD Finds SUV in Crash That Killed Oi Yeung, 82; Driver Still at Large
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SFPD has found the SUV in the crash that killed 82-year-old Oi Yeung in a crosswalk at Bayshore Boulevard and Visitacion Avenue Thursday morning, after which the driver fled the scene. The SF Chronicle reported that police located the white Dodge Durango seen by witnesses and in video footage near the intersection where the crash occurred, […]
Bayshore Blvd Gets Buffered Bike Lanes, But “Alemany Maze” Still a Barrier
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The SFMTA extended the buffered bike lanes on Bayshore Boulevard earlier this month from Silver Avenue south to Paul Avenue, reducing four traffic lanes to two. The street now provides a calmer, safer bicycling link for Bayview residents all the way up to where Bayshore ends, at Cesar Chavez Street and the “Hairball” freeway interchange. The […]
Central City SFBC Member Committee Meeting on Polk Street
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From SFBC: Join fellow SF Bicycle Coalition Members at our monthly Central City Committee meeting. In preparation for the final Polk Street Project open house on March 26, this month’s focus will be Polk Street and our campaign to make it a safer street for everyone.
Bixi Bankruptcy Delays Bay Area Bike Share Expansion Until Fall at Best
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The expansion of Bay Area Bike Share into the Mission, the Castro, Hayes Valley, and Mission Bay planned for early this year won’t happen until fall at the soonest, due to the recent bankruptcy of Bixi, the company that supplies hardware and software for several American bike-share systems. Heath Maddox, the SFMTA’s bike-share program manager, broke […]
Contrary to Ed Lee, Records Show No Popular Revolt Against Sunday Meters
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Contrary to Mayor Ed Lee’s assertions that the public has revolted against Sunday parking meters, records indicate that hardly anyone has complained to City Hall about the policy via email or 311 calls. When Lee announced his push to undo Sunday parking meters, disregarding the increased turnover and reduced traffic that metering has brought to commercial […]
SFCTA Report: Expand Bike-Share in San Francisco ASAP
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The SF County Transportation Authority issued a new report Monday to guide the expansion of Bay Area Bike Share, which sees 90 percent of its rides in San Francisco, despite the city encompassing half of the system’s bikes and stations. Among the recommendations in the “Strategic Analysis Report” [PDF] is giving the SFMTA greater independence to […]
Supervisor London Breed Won’t Fight for Full Transit Bulbs on Irving Street
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D5 Supervisor London Breed, whose district includes the Inner Sunset, says that the downsized proposals for transit bulbs on Irving Street and Ninth Avenue are “headed in the right direction,” according to Conor Johnston, a legislative aide. “We are balancing a lot of competing interests,” Johnston told Streetsblog, citing vocal opposition from neighbors and merchants to parking removal. […]
SFMTA Proposes New Steps to Divert Cars Off Market Street
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The SFMTA has proposed new forced turns for private autos at intersections on the most congested stretch of Market Street, which could be implemented in phases early next year. SFMTA staff presented the changes [PDF] to the agency’s board of directors Friday — not just as a way to speed up transit, but to make […]
SFPD Traffic Citations Increasing Towards “Focus on the Five” Goals
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The SF Police Department is issuing more traffic tickets, and a greater share of them are going toward the five most dangerous violations, according to early SFPD data on traffic citations issued so far this year. With a new, more efficient database, the SFPD began posting monthly citation data on its website starting in January […]
Section of Arguello Blvd in the Presidio Widened for Sidewalk, Bike Lanes
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City officials held a press conference yesterday to tout the widening of Arguello Boulevard in the Presidio to add sidewalks and bike lanes. Previously, the short stretch of road had only shoulders for people to walk and bike on, squeezing between guard rails and motor traffic. It’s one of the first projects to be funded […]
Castro Street Redesign Breaks Ground, Rainbow Crosswalks Unveiled
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The new Castro Street is on its way, with the Department of Public Works breaking ground today on the two-block street redesign, which will include wider sidewalks. One detail of the plan was also unveiled at the event — rainbow crosswalk designs for the Castro and 18th Street intersection. “This streetscape project will be transformational […]
Eyes on the Street: Third Street’s Abused Muni-Only Lane Gets Red Paint
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Update 6:09 p.m.: SFMTA spokesperson Paul Rose said “this is a low cost measure to remind and prevent auto drivers from using transit only lanes,” and that the agency will implement the treatments on these street segments this week: a. 3rd Street between Townsend and Jessie streets b. Geary/O’Farrell streets between Market and Gough streets – […]