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Drunk Driver Kills Hanren Chang, 17, on Sloat Boulevard

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 4, 2013 | 45 Comments

Updated 11:16 p.m. An allegedly drunk driver was arrested for hitting and killing 17-year-old Hanren Chang on Sloat Boulevard near Vale Avenue on Saturday night. According to CBS 5, 29-year-old Keiran Brewer was driving westbound on Sloat at about 11:20 p.m. when he hit Chang, who was crossing the street in the northbound direction, and dragged […]

Senator Yee’s Move to Enshrine Double-Fine Zones Could Get Supes’ Support

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 1, 2013 | 4 Comments

With a trial period for double traffic fine zones on 19th Avenue, Van Ness Avenue, and Lombard Street set to expire at the end of the year, State Senator Leland Yee hopes to extend them indefinitely, crediting the measures for drops in pedestrian injuries, despite results appearing mixed. Yee’s new proposal, SB 219, could get […]

Supes Urge Regional Funding for Complete Street Redesign of Masonic

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 25, 2013 | 47 Comments

The plan to overhaul deadly Masonic Avenue with pedestrian safety upgrades and raised, protected bike lanes could get much of its funding from a regional grant program. The Masonic project has received a strong endorsement from three members of the Board of Supervisors, who sent a letter last week to the head of the SF County […]

Will Deadly Sixth Street Finally Get the Pedestrian Safety Fixes It Needs?

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 22, 2013 | 15 Comments

The deadly stretch of Sixth Street between Market and Howard Streets in the South of Market District may get some long-overdue pedestrian safety fixes. The SF Municipal Transportation Agency kicked off the first of several community planning meetings on Tuesday for a project that could add pedestrian bulb-outs, marked crosswalks, and other measures that could […]

Broadening Its Outreach, SFBC Helps Organize “Bike Build Convivios”

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 21, 2013 | 8 Comments

On a sunny Sunday afternoon in the Mission, an energetic crowd filled a room with about half a dozen bikes propped up on stands. Among the crowd was Juana Teresa Tello, who was there to get some pro bono guidance on how to fix up a two-wheeler that will help her get to work, to […]

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BART to Launch Second Trial Week Without Rush-Hour Bike Ban

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 14, 2013 | 14 Comments

BART will implement another trial to allow bikes aboard trains during rush hours, the agency announced today. Unlike the first trial, which tested the policy change during four Fridays in August, the new trial will run during the entire work week from Monday, March 18, through Friday, March 22. The survey results from the August trial […]

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