Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

Supes Urge Regional Funding for Complete Street Redesign of Masonic

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 25, 2013 | 47 Comments

The plan to overhaul deadly Masonic Avenue with pedestrian safety upgrades and raised, protected bike lanes could get much of its funding from a regional grant program. The Masonic project has received a strong endorsement from three members of the Board of Supervisors, who sent a letter last week to the head of the SF County […]

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Supervisors London Breed and Norman Yee Talk Transportation Priorities

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 20, 2013 | 29 Comments

San Francisco has two new faces on the Board of Supervisors: London Breed, representing District 5, and Norman Yee, representing District 7, both inaugurated last month after winning election in November. At a meeting of the Inner Sunset Park Neighbors last week, Streetsblog asked the two San Francisco natives to talk about their priorities for […]

Diana Sullivan, 48, Killed on Bike by Cement Truck Driver at Third and King

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 11, 2013 | 55 Comments

Updated 3:00 p.m. Diana Sullivan, 48, of San Francisco, was killed while bicycling on King Street at Third Street Saturday at about 9:30 a.m. According to media accounts, Sullivan was run over by a cement truck driver. The crash occurred in front of the AT&T Park, where crowds of pedestrians were headed to a Giants […]

Advocates Call on Gov. Brown to Prioritize Biking, Walking in State Budget

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 31, 2013 | 3 Comments

This article is cross-posted from the blog of former Streetsblog SF editor Bryan Goebel, who’s aiming to launch a new website “devoted to sustained coverage of biking, walking and transit issues in Sacramento, both at the Capitol and locally.” You can also follow Bryan on Twitter. A proposal in Governor Jerry Brown’s budget that would change how the administration doles […]

Camera Enforcement for Illegal Turns at Market/Octavia Gets Green Light

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 7, 2013 | 26 Comments

Dangerous, illegal right turns from Market Street onto the freeway at the intersection with Octavia Boulevard — the location with the most pedestrian and bicycle crashes in the city — may become less frequent after a long-awaited state decision that allows the city to use camera enforcement. The decision was announced by California Attorney General Kamala Harris last […]

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Supes Reject Legal Appeal Against Fell/Oak Bikeways and Ped Upgrades

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 12, 2012 | 22 Comments

A legal appeal filed against protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety upgrades on three blocks of Fell and Oak Streets was rejected unanimously by the Board of Supervisors yesterday. Construction on the project, currently underway the SF Municipal Transportation Agency beginning with the Fell Street protected bike lane, will not be halted by the appeal. […]

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