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A San Francisco Bicyclist’s Terrifying Commute Home

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 16, 2009 | 60 Comments

Flickr photo: Jaimie Ho San Francisco bicyclists face daily hostility on the streets from motorists, but a Streetsblog reader’s account of her frightening commute home this week is one that especially stands out, and could potentially amount to hate crime and vehicular assault charges if the assailants are caught. It also serves as a stark […]

Streetscast: An Interview with San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 8, 2009 | 8 Comments

Police Chief George Gascón. Photo: Michael Rhodes San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón is considering forming a task force to deal with bicycle and pedestrian issues, and "is very much in favor" of appointing a liaison to the bicycling community, as he begins to weigh a pressing number of livable streets concerns in the city. […]

Violations in SF’s Transit-Only Lanes Rampant and Rarely Enforced

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 11, 2009 | 27 Comments

A driver on Mission Street in SoMa uses the transit-only lane to zoom past other cars, and faces little risk of being ticketed. Photo: Michael Rhodes It doesn’t take much for a car illegally driving in Market Street’s transit-only lanes to set Muni vehicles back by an entire stoplight cycle. In fact, it happens all […]

SF’s Transit-Only Lane Network is An Incomplete Vision

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 10, 2009 | 9 Comments

Cars block a bus’ progress on Market Street near Kearny, several blocks east of where Market’s transit-only lanes end. Photo: Michael Rhodes When transit-only lanes were first striped in San Francisco in the 1970s, they were meant to be a bold enactment of the city’s brand new Transit First policy. But like the policy, the […]

Chief Gascón Addresses Driver Accountability at Swearing-In Presser

By Matthew Roth | Aug 7, 2009 | 5 Comments

SFPD Chief Gascón. Photo: Matthew Roth At a press conference today immediately after Mayor Gavin Newsom swore in SFPD’s new police Chief George Gascón, the city’s top cop, responding to a question from Streetsblog, addressed a number of issues central to his command, including, notably, how driver behavior can endanger certain neighborhoods as much or […]

Bicyclist Injured in Hit-and-Run ‘Grateful’ Following Suspect’s Arrest

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 6, 2009 | 33 Comments

Andrew Bennett on his Xtracycle with his two sons. Andrew Bennett, the 42-year-old bicyclist who was run down with his 4-year-old son on a tandem extension bicycle by a driver who ran a red light last month on 18th Street at Valencia, expressed deep gratitude to the SFPD for making the case a priority, and […]

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