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Car-Free Lombard Street, Filled With People, is KPIX’s Vision of “Chaos”

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 23, 2014 | 37 Comments

Last weekend, San Francisco’s world-famous crooked block of Lombard Street saw most of its car traffic disappear as part of a month-long trial, opening the street up for people. The SFMTA’s goal is to eliminate the gridlock caused by tourist drivers who queue up for blocks to cruise down the street. To KPIX, SF’s CBS affiliate, however, […]

Chron’s Math: Re-Purposing 0.01 Percent of Parking = “Devouring” Parking

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 19, 2014 | 16 Comments

The SF Chronicle published its take on the SFMTA’s proposed network of permitted stops for private shuttles. These proposed stops would re-purpose 0.01 percent of the city’s on-street parking supply as white zones. According to the Chronicle, that equates to Google buses “devouring parking,” as its headline puts it. This is seriously the narrative the […]

ABC 7: Our Drivers Won’t Follow CA’s 3-Ft Bike Passing Law, So Why Bother?

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 10, 2014 | 18 Comments

ABC 7 is back with another blurry watercolor painting of street safety issues — this time, setting sights on California’s new 3-foot bicycle passing law. ABC reporter Dan Noyes went to great lengths to film real-world examples of the issue, setting up a camera to film passing bike commuters and drivers on Market Street, and drawing […]

SF Chronicle Regurgitates Misinformation From the Free Parking Crowd

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 9, 2014 | 27 Comments

The SF Chronicle printed an op-ed this weekend, written by the Republican-backed group that aims to “restore balance” on San Francisco’s streets. And by “balance,” they mean enshrining a status quo where cars, not people, get the lion’s share of the public streets, in the form of more pavement and more traffic. Unfortunately, the Chronicle […]

ABC 7’s “I-Team” #DidntLook at the Real Dangers for Pedestrians in SF

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 4, 2014 | 28 Comments

ABC 7’s “I-Team,” lead by reporter Dan Noyes, had a major opportunity to give viewers an accurate picture of “what’s causing pedestrian deaths,” as the headline of its latest segment suggests. But Noyes didn’t let the facts get in the way of producing a pedestrian-shaming piece, at the end of which he asked viewers to tweet […]

The Chron Still a Podium for Willie Brown’s Anti-Bike, Pro-Freeway Garbage

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 10, 2014 | 30 Comments

Willie Brown’s successors don’t look so bad when reading the former mayor’s windshield perspective drivel in his latest Chronicle column. It’s hard to imagine San Franciscans once again electing a mayor who responds to a spate of pedestrian injuries by lambasting everything but the primary cause: reckless driving. But according to yesterday’s column from the increasingly out-of-touch Brown, […]

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