Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Fix Masonic

Suzanne Monaco, 25, Killed by Driver Crossing Masonic Near Euclid

By Aaron Bialick | May 7, 2012 | 49 Comments

Twenty-five year-old San Francisco resident and aspiring architect Suzanne Monaco was killed by the driver of a pickup truck yesterday while crossing Masonic Avenue near Euclid Avenue. She is the sixth pedestrian killed in the city this year. According to the SF Chronicle, Monaco was crossing Masonic westbound, grocery bag in hand, at about 5:20 p.m. when the […]

SFMTA Installs Red Light Camera at Fell and Masonic

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 3, 2012 | 141 Comments

Just before Christmas, the SFMTA installed a camera at the corner of Fell and Masonic on the Panhandle to help enforce the left-turn signal frequently violated by drivers. Dale Danley at the Panhandle Park Stewards blog first reported the new automated enforcement mechanism, as well as a crosswalk upgrade at the nearby Oak Street intersection. The red […]

Masonic Avenue Redesign Plan Seems to Be Fading as a City Priority

By Bryan Goebel and Michael Helquist | Sep 26, 2011 | 38 Comments

On Bike to Work Day last May, Mayor Ed Lee told Streetsblog that he would look into speeding up funding for a sorely needed redesign of Masonic Avenue, one of San Francisco’s most notorious arterial streets. The project seemed to be a priority for him, especially in the wake of two high-profile collisions that took […]

Sheriff’s Cadet Charged in Fatal Pedestrian Crash Pleads Not Guilty

By Bryan Goebel | May 18, 2011 | 4 Comments

A 23-year-old sheriff’s cadet accused of gross vehicular manslaughter, drunk driving and hit-and-run in the death of a 61-year-old pedestrian on Masonic Avenue and Turk Street earlier this month pleaded not guilty to multiple felony counts in a San Francisco courtroom this morning. Jose Jimenez, handcuffed and wearing an orange jail jumpsuit, kept his head […]

Masonic Ave. Boulevard Redesign Headed to SFMTA Board for Final Approval

By Aaron Bialick | May 13, 2011 | 28 Comments

After a years-long community planning process, supporters of the “Boulevard” proposal to redesign Masonic Avenue left City Hall with a mix of excitement and relief today after SFMTA staff approved the plan, and sent it to the SFMTA Board of Directors for its final hurdle. The hearing, which largely determined how soon massive safety improvements […]

Growing Push to Redesign Masonic Ahead of SFMTA’s Proposed Timeline

By Bryan Goebel | May 12, 2011 | 9 Comments

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee told Streetsblog today that he will look into having the SFMTA figure out a way to speed up the timeline for redesigning Masonic Avenue, a dangerous traffic sewer that has been the scene of two deaths in the last nine months, including a 61-year-old pedestrian who was killed one week […]

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