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
A 2014 Resolution for Greg Suhr and SFPD: Stop Blaming Pedestrian Victims
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Despite the glimmer of hope brought by the arrest of two reckless drivers who killed pedestrians, the SFPD is still blaming people walking on the streets for getting hit by motorists. According to recent tweets and press statements from SF police, the reason San Franciscans are getting maimed and killed on the streets at an alarming […]
SFPD Arrests Two Drivers After Holiday Spate of Pedestrian Deaths
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In what could be a departure from the SF Police Department’s usual failure to penalize reckless driving, officers have arrested two of the five motorists who have killed people on San Francisco streets since December 20. In the last hours of 2013, the year’s pedestrian death toll increased to 20. Both of the crashes in which […]
The 2013 Streetsie Awards, Part 2
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Today we bring you the second and final round of Streetsblog San Francisco’s 2013 Streetsie Awards, highlighting the best and worst in livable streets from the past year. This round will start out with a focus on the worst. Worst Statement From a City Official As a representative of the San Francisco Police Department, Sergeant Richard […]
The 2013 Streetsie Awards, Part 1
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Now that the votes are in, it’s time to present the 2013 San Francisco Streetsie Awards, Streetsblog’s recognition of the year’s best and worst in livable streets. A quick reminder — if you still haven’t contributed to Streetsblog’s year-end pledge drive, please make a contribution to keep us going strong in 2014. Support from readers like you […]
Cast Your Vote for the 2013 SF Streetsies — and Give to Streetsblog!
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Ah, 2013, we hardly knew ye. But the year certainly had its memorable moments — a few good transportation improvements here, a few nonsensical and alarming statements from city officials there. Now is your chance to vote on the best and worst of 2013 with Streetsblog SF’s second annual Streetsie Awards. Polls are open until Friday […]
SFMTA Abandons Parking Meter Plans in Dogpatch and Potrero Hill
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The SFMTA has given up on its neighborhood-scale plans to install parking meters in the Dogpatch and Portrero Hill, while parking meter approvals in the northeast Mission move forward at a snail’s pace. After two years of tangling with the city, the defenders of dysfunctional free parking have effectively caused a huge setback for progressive […]
SFFD Responds to “Special Interest Group Allegations” on Street Safety
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The SF Fire Department has issued a statement on what it calls “allegations being made by special interest groups” regarding the department’s resistance to sidewalk bulb-outs and other safety improvements. We can only assume the groups SFFD is referring to are Walk SF (which penned an op-ed in the SF Examiner yesterday), Supervisor Scott Wiener, […]
With WalkFirst, SF Takes a Data-Driven Approach to Pedestrian Safety
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The city recently launched the WalkFirst program to lay a data-driven, participatory foundation for the effort to attain the main goal of its Pedestrian Strategy — cutting pedestrian injuries in half by 2021. In the coming months, staff from the SFMTA, the Planning Department, the Controller’s Office, and the Department of Public Health will field public input […]
Give to Streetsblog SF for a Chance to Win a Sleek New Bike Lock
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We’ve got another great reason to donate to Streetsblog’s year-end pledge drive — give before midnight Sunday, and you’ll be entered to win a sleek TiGr titanium bike lock: With parking-obsessed merchants — and now even the city’s own Fire Department — standing in the way of street safety measures that save lives, progress is far from assured. […]
At Car-Free Marina Path Meeting, Parking-First Boaters Balanced by Sanity
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Update 12/19: DPW now has an online survey you can take about removing parking on the Marina path. Marina boat owners riled by the prospect of removing underused car parking from the Marina Boulevard bicycle and pedestrian path got a bit of a reality check at a meeting last week. Some neighbors in attendance made […]
Parking-Protected Bike Lane Coming to West End of Bay Street
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A new type of bike lane design for San Francisco, and perhaps the whole country, is coming to a four-block stretch of Bay Street in the Marina next fall. The street is set to be redesigned with a road diet [PDF] that includes a parking-protected bike lane on one side of the street, with a […]
Hampered by Tunnels, Center BRT Lanes on Geary Limited to the Richmond
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Correction 12/17: The next community meeting on Geary BRT is tonight, Tuesday, at 5:30 p.m. at the Main Public Library. The latest iteration of the plan for bus rapid transit on Geary Boulevard includes center-running bus lanes only on the Richmond District segment between Arguello Boulevard and 27th Avenue — about a quarter of the street’s […]