Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

25 MPH Speed Limits on Harrison and Bryant Approved at SFMTA Hearing

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 22, 2011 | 18 Comments

SFMTA staff approved a measure today to lower speed limits on Harrison and Bryant Streets form 30 MPH to 25 MPH in the South of Market (SoMa) District. Harrison and Bryant are the third and fourth east-west corridors in SoMa to have their speed limits lowered after the board approved reductions on Folsom and Howard […]

A New Era Begins at the SFMTA with the Appointment of Ed Reiskin

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 21, 2011 | 5 Comments

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board of Directors has appointed a regular bicycle and Muni rider to become its Chief Executive Officer, ushering in a new era of leadership that advocates hoped would dramatically improve sustainable transportation in the city. Ed Reiskin, the current head of the Department of Public Works (DPW) who […]

Bicyclist Involved in SoMa Crash Dies

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 21, 2011 | 79 Comments

A 25-year-old bicyclist who was involved in a crash with a delivery truck in SoMa yesterday has died from her injuries, the San Francisco Medical Examiner has confirmed. Nancy Ho of San Francisco was pronounced dead at San Francisco General Hospital shortly before 11 last night. She is the first bicyclist to die from a […]

Bicyclist Critically Injured in Crash with Truck Driver in SoMa

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 20, 2011 | 87 Comments

A 25-year-old woman riding a bicycle was critically injured in a collision with a food delivery truck at the intersection of Mission and Fremont streets this morning. San Francisco police blamed the bicyclist because investigators determined she was making an illegal left turn onto Fremont, which is prohibited except for taxis and buses. “All indications […]

Safe Passing Bill for Bicyclists Wins Key Assembly Committee Vote

By Jim Brown | Jun 29, 2011 | 7 Comments

The California Bicycle Coalition’s bill to give drivers clearer guidance about how to pass bicyclists safely was approved this week by the Assembly Transportation Committee in a raucous hearing that reflected California’s deeply conflicted relationship to motor vehicles and driving. Senate Bill 910, authored by Sen. Alan Lowenthal of Long Beach and co-sponsored by the City […]

City Drops Years-Long Plan for Road Diet on Eastern Cesar Chavez Street

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 28, 2011 | 21 Comments

Just days before bike lanes were scheduled to be striped on eastern Cesar Chavez Street, an SFMTA staffer told a group of neighbors, advocates and others at a community meeting last night that the plan to replace one of the street’s travel lanes was being scrapped. City Hall sources told Streetsblog the order came from […]

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