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Advocates: Despite Bike-Ped Death, Cars Still Greatest Danger to Peds

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 9, 2012 | 73 Comments

In the midst of a wave of media attention around the recent bicycle-pedestrian death in the Castro, walking and bicycling advocates today re-affirmed the greatest dangers facing pedestrians on San Francisco’s streets: high-speed roads and dangerous driving behavior. In a KQED radio forum this morning, Walk SF Executive Director Elizabeth Stampe, SF Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) Executive Director Leah Shahum, […]

SF Media’s Double Standard on Traffic Crashes Rears Its Head Again

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 30, 2012 | 49 Comments

Standing on the corner of Castro and Market yesterday afternoon, CBS 5 reporter Ken Bastida relayed to the camera a sad tale of the dangers of walking in San Francisco. “We’re about to do something here that really could be taking your life into your hands,” Bastida said before entering a crosswalk. He’s not kidding: Two or […]

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 […]

Nightmare on Oak Street: Couple Harassed While Biking, Blamed By SFPD

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 13, 2012 | 66 Comments

On their ride home from a Valentine’s Day dinner, Ian Long and Johanna Weaver were harassed by an angry driver and allegedly threatened by a police officer who didn’t want to hear their story. Long and Weaver were riding in the right-hand lane of Oak Street along the popular Wiggle bike route around 8 p.m. […]

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 Numbers Confirm Cops Targeting Bicyclists on Market Street

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 19, 2011 | 55 Comments

Despite the department’s insistence that officers are not targeting bicyclists on Market Street, new numbers from the San Francisco Police Department confirm that cops are going after people on bikes following two high-profile crashes. Last Friday, as part of SFPD’s traffic safety campaign [pdf], officers beefed up enforcement at 5th and Market and issued a […]

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