Recent Streetsblog SF posts about SFFD

This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

Monday: Speak Out on SFFD’s Push for Wider Streets at City Hall

By Aaron Bialick | May 9, 2014 | 6 Comments

A City Hall hearing scheduled for Monday is your chance to weigh in on the SF Fire Department’s insistence on wider roadways to accommodate fire trucks, which has undermined and watered down a number of livable streets projects. Supervisor Scott Wiener called for the hearing, to be held at a meeting of the Land Use […]

Scott Wiener Proposes Measures to Curb SFFD’s Push for Wider Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 29, 2014 | 21 Comments

The San Francisco Fire Department has not let up in its fight against narrower roads in the city, protesting measures like bulb-outs and traffic lane removals that make streets safer. In one of the latest instances, SFFD has fought 20-foot-wide streets planned for two major redevelopments, going against years of planning and established city codes. The department […]

Scott Wiener: SFFD’s Next Fire Truck Fleet Needs to Be More Versatile

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 21, 2014 | 23 Comments

The SF Fire Department needs to replace its aging fire trucks soon, and Supervisor Scott Wiener says the department should use the purchase to take advantage of more versatile models that other cities are using to navigate narrow streets. SFFD has fought against pedestrian safety improvements that narrow roadways, claiming that they hinder fire truck access, […]

This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

Irving Transit Bulb-Outs Downsized to Appease SFFD, Parking Complainers

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 12, 2014 | 33 Comments

Sidewalk widenings on Irving Street in the Inner Sunset, proposed by the SFMTA to make it safer and easier for tens of thousands of commuters to board the N-Judah, have been cut down in size to a fraction of the original proposals due to neighborhood complaints about losing car parking and protests from the SF […]

This post is supported by GJEL Accident Attorneys

SFFD Not Sure What Delays Responses: “There Might Just Be More Cars”

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 21, 2014 | 9 Comments

An official from the SF Fire Department explained SFFD’s position on bulb-outs and road diets last week to the SF Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee. According to Assistant Deputy Chief Ken Lombardi, the department’s main concern isn’t about curb extensions, but raised “hardscape” structures like planters or railings that can prevent a fire truck from mounting […]

Dismissing SFFD’s Irrational Protests, SFMTA Approves Bulb-Outs at School

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 13, 2014 | 14 Comments

The SF Fire Department continues to make increasingly bizarre claims in opposition to sidewalk bulb-outs and narrower roadways. Last week, the SFMTA Board of Directors dismissed SFFD’s protests against six-foot bulb-outs at E.R. Taylor Elementary School in the Portola neighborhood. According to SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin, one of SFFD’s claims was that fire truck drivers would […]

Show More Stories