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SFPD Issues Targeted Enforcement Plan to Reduce Pedestrian Injuries

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 29, 2012 | 3 Comments

The San Francisco Police Department yesterday announced a commitment to reduce pedestrian injuries through targeted enforcement of dangerous driving. In a joint statement with Walk SF, the SFPD said it will target violations like speeding and red light-running, especially in areas with the highest pedestrian injury rates. SFPD also plans to sign an agreement soon to share data with […]

After Outcry, SFPD to Cite Driver Who Ran Over Man in Tenderloin

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 24, 2012 | 17 Comments

It took a show of public outrage, but the SFPD has reversed course and decided to issue a traffic citation to the paratransit van driver who was videotaped running over a man who had the right of way at Leavenworth and Eddy Streets last week. The driver will be cited for failing to yield to […]

SFPD Declares Open Season on Pedestrians With the Right of Way

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 16, 2012 | 56 Comments

Despite clear video footage showing a shuttle bus driver running over a man in a crosswalk at Eddy and Leavenworth Streets yesterday, pinning him for 20 minutes, San Francisco police saw no reason to even issue a citation. The victim, who walked with a cane, was making his way through a crosswalk with highly visible […]

House Transportation Bill: What’s at Stake for the Bay Area

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 15, 2012 | No Comments

Reliable transit and safer streets in San Francisco and the Bay Area could be crippled by what U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has called “the worst transportation bill [he’s] ever seen” making its way through the U.S. House of Representatives. As Streetsblog Capitol Hill has been reporting, H.R. 7, the federal transportation bill being pushed by House […]

Caltrans Slims the Sloat Boulevard Speedway With Buffered Bike Lanes

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 23, 2012 | 29 Comments

The six-lane speedway known as Sloat Boulevard has been somewhat tamed after Caltrans implemented a road diet last week, reclaiming two vehicle lanes for bicycles. Long known as a virtual no-man’s-land for biking and walking, Sloat is technically a state highway that runs through the Parkside District. The stretch between 21st Avenue and Everglade Drive […]

How Mayor Lee Can Make Smart Investments in Safer Streets in 2012

By Elizabeth Stampe | Jan 17, 2012 | 3 Comments

With Mayor Ed Lee inaugurated to his first full term, Streetsblog is asking leading advocates and experts to lay out their ideas for how the mayor can move San Francisco’s transportation policy forward. We continue our series with today’s installment from Elizabeth Stampe, executive director of Walk San Francisco. At Walk San Francisco’s big member […]

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