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Taxi Driver Who Killed Man in Tenderloin Yet to Be Cited or Charged

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 14, 2012 | 22 Comments

Police are still looking into whether charges could be filed against the taxi driver who allegedly ran a red light at Eddy and Larkin Streets Saturday, causing a car crash that killed pedestrian Edmund Capalla, the SF Examiner reports. The driver has reportedly yet to be arrested or cited. “We have to see if he was […]

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Muni Switchbacks Stink, But What’s the Real Root of the Problem?

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 9, 2012 | 17 Comments

The San Francisco Civil Grand Jury released a report [PDF] today blasting Muni’s regular practice of dumping riders and turning vehicles around early. Known as a “switchback,” the practice is used by Muni management as way to alleviate delays when buses and trains are bunched together by redirecting a vehicle to another point in the […]

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Bikes on BART, Day 1: All Signs Point to a Smooth Morning Commute

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 3, 2012 | 23 Comments

With bikes let loose on this morning’s rush hour BART commute, all signs indicate that things went as smoothly — if not better — than usual. Our most recent search on the Twittersphere turns up not a single complaint, and reps from the East Bay and San Francisco Bicycle Coalitions, as well as BART, are reporting […]

Contra-Flow Bike Lane May Finally Come to Polk Street Next Summer

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 26, 2012 | 9 Comments

A long-awaited bicycle connection linking Market Street to northbound Polk Street is on the horizon. The two southernmost blocks of Polk, which currently only allow southbound traffic, could get a protected contra-flow bike lane by this time next year. The project, which would add a northbound bike lane separated by a concrete median [PDF], was […]

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As SFMTA Adds Finishing Touches, JFK Bike Lanes Remain Awesome

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 25, 2012 | 36 Comments

Three months after San Francisco’s first parking-protected bike lanes were striped on John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park, the street continues to thrive as a calmer, safer place all users. The flocks of people using the lanes this summer appear to include more families than ever, and by and large, drivers and pedestrians […]

Josh Calder, Drunk Driver Who Killed Nils Linke, Sentenced to Year in Jail

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 24, 2012 | 32 Comments

Josh Calder, who killed 22-year-old bicyclist Nils Yannick Linke in a drunk driving hit-and-run on Masonic Avenue nearly two years ago, was sentenced yesterday to one year in county jail followed by five years of probation. If he violates that probation, he will serve another eight years in state prison. The sentence was apparently lightened […]

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