Recent Streetsblog SF posts about SFPD

Mission Sunday Streets Expected to Draw Largest Crowds Yet

By Matthew Roth | May 20, 2009 | 9 Comments

Flickr Photo: nocturalperambulations When tens of thousands of people come out to the first of two Sunday Streets in the Mission on June 7th, they will find a route that winds through some of the densest pedestrian streets in San Francisco, a route that at just over two miles is half as long as previous […]

Another Bicyclist Injured at Market/Octavia; Driver Not Cited

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 27, 2009 | 51 Comments

Flickr photo: sfbike San Francisco’s most dangerous intersection for bicyclists was the scene of yet another crash this morning, caused by a driver making an illegal right turn onto the freeway on southbound Market Street at Octavia Boulevard. San Francisco Police Sgt. Lyn Tomioka said it happened around 8:25 a.m. The driver called 911 to […]

MTA To Get Greater Management Role Over SFPD’s Traffic Company

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 20, 2009 | 9 Comments

Flickr photo: Thomas Hawk According to a "fact sheet" (PDF) released by the Mayor’s office Friday, "new operational improvements and efficiencies" have been identified that will amount to $3.5 million in cost savings for the MTA, including giving MTA Executive Director Nat Ford more power over the SFPD’s Traffic Company. The plan, first reported in […]

Supervisor Dufty Blasts SFPD Over MTA Work Orders

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 9, 2009 | 9 Comments

Supervisor Bevan Dufty, armed with numbers and documents he obtained detailing MTA work orders from other city departments, scolded two members of the San Francisco Police Department’s top brass Wednesday, calling the department’s raid on Muni’s budget "excessive" and "unbelievable." Dufty called the hearing before the Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee to examine […]

Talking Traffic Justice With Manhattan DA Candidate Leslie Crocker Snyder

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 16, 2009 | 1 Comment

Streetsblog Editor-in-Chief Aaron Naparstek sat down with Manhattan DA candidate Leslie Cocker Snyder to ask her how she would bring criminal charges more conistently for vehicular manslaughter, vehicular assault, and negligence in cases where motorists mow down pedestrians and cyclists. Given the recent pedestrian fatality in the Sunset where a driver killed a woman in […]

Eyes On the Street: When a Cop Blocks a Bike Lane

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 11, 2009 | 12 Comments

An SFPD motorcycle parked in the bike lane on Market Street between 8th and 9th. San Francisco’s Traffic Code states that a motorcycle officer or the driver of any other emergency vehicle is allowed to park in a bike lane when "engaged in emergency services." California code is a little less clear but Streetsblog tipster […]