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Avalos’ Eyes on the Street: SFPD Blocks Crosswalk During Traffic Stop

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 10, 2014 | 19 Comments

Supervisor John Avalos posted the above photo on Facebook with the following explanation: Ironic traffic stop on Mission and Ocean. Police vehicle stopped in the middle of the intersection blocking the cross walk and sending the 49 bus into the next lane. We have a ways to go to coordinate our pedestrian safety effort. Indeed. Avalos, […]

What SFPD Could Take From NYPD: Monthly Crash and Citation Reports

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 26, 2014 | 1 Comment

Here’s a good practice the SFPD could adopt to help the public keep track of the department’s progress toward Vision Zero: monthly reports showing the department’s traffic crash and citation data. It’s already a practice at the New York Police Department, where it was mandated by law. Now that SFPD seems to be turning a […]

SFPD: No Charges for Trucker Who Killed Woman, 91, on Fillmore Street

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 24, 2014 | 54 Comments

Police have declared no wrongdoing on the part of a cement truck driver who ran over and killed a 91-year-old woman on Fillmore at California Street last Thursday afternoon. According to reports, the woman was crossing Fillmore mid-block, in front of the stopped truck, when the driver began driving forward and ran her over. She […]

Eyes on the Street: SFPD Tickets Illegal U-Turners in the Castro

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 21, 2014 | 45 Comments

Here’s another sign that the SFPD is continuing to make good on its pledge to increase enforcement against reckless driving. This update comes from Bryan Goebel, Streetsblog SF’s founding editor, who lives in the Castro. He said he’s noticed a recent uptick in enforcement in his neighborhood against illegal u-turns. Illegal turns are on the SFPD’s […]

Supes, SFPD, SFMTA Stand With Crash Victims and Advocates at City Hall

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 13, 2014 | 18 Comments

SFPD officials, transportation department heads, and three supervisors stood outside City Hall this morning alongside safe streets advocates and people whose lives have been affected by traffic violence. The press conference served as a call to action and a memorial for victims of traffic violence in the past year, with participants holding Valentines featuring names of […]

Speeding Driver Arrested for Killing Pedestrian, Walking Away on Van Ness

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 12, 2014 | 9 Comments

SFPD has arrested 27-year-old Mageb Hussain of Emeryville for hitting and killing an unidentified pedestrian on Van Ness at Pacific Avenue at about 1 a.m. last night. Hussain was reportedly driving a rental car and attempted to walk away from the scene of the crash. Police said Hussain faces felony vehicular manslaughter and felony hit and […]

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