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Supes Call for Aggressive Enforcement Against Dangerous Driving

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 8, 2014 | 7 Comments

In an emotionally-charged discussion, the dangers of walking on San Francisco’s streets took center stage at yesterday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, the first since an alarming number of San Franciscans were injured and killed by drivers over the holiday season. Every supervisor except Katy Tang, Mark Farrell, and Malia Cohen spoke to express condolences to the […]

Supes Hamstring SFMTA’s Ability to Expand Progressive Parking Policy

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 2, 2013 | 40 Comments

In a setback for progressive parking policy in San Francisco, the Board of Supervisors voted last week to eliminate the SFMTA’s ability to install any significant amount of new parking meters under a new five-year contract to upgrade existing meters. The $54 million contract originally covered 25,000 parking meters that accept credit cards and multiple […]

Supervisor Farrell Ramps Up Misguided Campaign Against Parking Meters

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 14, 2013 | 30 Comments

Supervisor Mark Farrell is apparently so repulsed by the idea that people should pay for the parking spots they use, he’s lashing out in increasingly irrational ways. In his most recent stunt, Farrell delayed approval of a $54 million contract that would replace 25,000 worn-out, coin-fed parking meters with modern ones that accept credit cards, […]

Victims Share Tales of SFPD Anti-Bike Bias and Hostility at City Hall

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 8, 2013 | 93 Comments

When Sarah Harling was hospitalized by a minivan driver who made a left turn into her at a stop sign intersection, she says the SFPD officer who filed the police report included a fabricated statement from her claiming that she “approached the stop sign without stopping.” Harling said she tried to submit a response to […]

Breed Defends Record on Safer Streets for Biking; Plus: Other Supes Respond

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 20, 2013 | 30 Comments

Supervisor London Breed has issued a statement explaining her Twitter comments yesterday on safer streets for bicycling which led her to delete her account. Breed had responded to an inquiry sent out by Twitter user Patrick Traughber to every city supervisor and a few other city officials, asking, “In your opinion, what is the biggest […]

Muni to Test Seat Reconfiguration to Make More Room on Light-Rail Vehicles

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 18, 2013 | 19 Comments

After a nudge from two city supervisors, Muni is looking to convert forward- and backward-facing seats to side-facing seats in its light-rail train cars as a way to squeeze in more passengers and speed up boarding. The SFMTA plans to run a trial starting in January by putting one reconfigured prototype car into service, which […]

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