Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

SFMTA Interns Help Educate Drivers on New Fell Street Configuration

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 9, 2010 | 15 Comments

Photos: Bryan Goebel Recognizing the need to educate easily confused drivers on the new configuration at the troubled intersection of Fell Street at Divisadero, alongside the Arco station, the SFMTA has sent out a two-person team of interns to explain to drivers that they shouldn’t obstruct the bike lane while waiting to turn left to […]

Jack Fleck on Market Street, Muni, Global Warming and Traffic

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 8, 2010 | 13 Comments

Photo: Bryan Goebel. What does San Francisco’s retired top traffic engineer think about Market Street, Muni and global warming? We sat down with Jack Fleck recently for an extended interview. The 62-year-old retired last week after more than 25 years with the former Department of Parking and Traffic and the current San Francisco Municipal Transportation […]

Eyes on the Street: Valencia Streetscape Project Nearly Complete

By Matthew Roth | Jul 7, 2010 | 38 Comments

The new striping on Valencia Street. Photos: Matthew Roth The near total reconstruction of Valencia Street between 15th and 19th Streets in The Mission over the past year has seemed at times maddening to those who use the street, no matter what mode. From ripped up sidewalks to ripped up pavement, the area has been […]

SFMTA Implements Changes at Fell Street ARCO, But Is It Better?

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 2, 2010 | 50 Comments

A cyclist is forced to squeeze between two cars waiting to get into the ARCO station. An all-too-frequent occurrence that is still happening despite the SFMTA’s new configuration. Photos by Bryan Goebel. At the corner of Fell Street at Divisadero it’s frightening to witness the minute-by-minute close calls between drivers and cyclists on a one-way […]

Hit-and-Run Rampage Suspect Arrested After Reporting Vehicle Carjacked

By Matthew Roth | Jun 4, 2010 | 27 Comments

SFPD Chief Gascon with a battered bicycle displayed behind him. Photo: Matthew Roth Investigators from the San Francisco and Albany police departments have arrested the suspected driver of an SUV who went on a rampage and targeted four cyclists in San Francisco Wednesday night. The unidentified man, described only as a 40-year-old white male, was […]

SFPD Arrests Suspected Driver Who Assaulted Cyclists in San Francisco

By Matthew Roth | Jun 4, 2010 | 5 Comments

Photo: Troy Holden. The San Francisco Police Department has arrested the suspected driver of a blue Nissan Rogue who careened into four cyclists in the span of several minutes in the Mission and Potrero Hill neighborhoods of San Francisco Wednesday night, before fleeing on foot and triggering a manhunt. Three of the four cyclists were […]

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