Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Media Watch

Chuck Nevius: People Who Don’t Walk in Fear Are Part of a “Militant Cult”

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 30, 2014 | 51 Comments

When KQED asked Jason Henderson in a recent interview whether distracted pedestrians are contributing to a rise in traffic injuries and fatalities, he countered the nonsense. “Well, let’s think of it this way,” said Henderson, the author of Street Fight: The Politics of Mobility in San Francisco. “A pedestrian talking on the phone that bumps into […]

The Sloppy Reporting Behind KTVU’s Eulogy for Re-Purposed Parking Spaces

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 4, 2013 | 10 Comments

Perhaps we shouldn’t expect much from KTVU these days in the way of fact-checking — Bay Area viewers should be used to the exceptional sloppiness seen in reports like the attempted hit on bike-share, the self-documented harassment of bicycle riders who don’t wear helmets, and, of course, the infamous fake names of pilots involved in […]

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Watch: “People Behaving Badly” Consults Streetsblog on Bike Lane Safety

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 21, 2013 | 23 Comments

Stanley Roberts asked me to come out yesterday for one of his “People Behaving Badly” segments and help explain how drivers should legally make a right-turn, since CBS 5 didn’t get it quite right. Roberts still didn’t touch on the point that CBS got wrong — drivers can’t just jump in front of people on […]

Streetsblog on the Air: KGO’s “Monty Show” Devolves Into Anti-Bike Rants

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 19, 2013 | 15 Comments

KGO 810’s “The Monty Show” was kind enough to invite me to speak this weekend as host Tim Montemayor took on the topic of bike/car relations in light of the recent truck crash that killed cyclist Amelie Le Moullac, the sentencing of Chris Bucchere, and confusion about right-of-way laws in bike lanes. You can listen to the […]

CBS 5 Exacerbates Deadly Confusion About Bike Lane Right-of-Way

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 16, 2013 | 86 Comments

A clear understanding of California’s right-of-way laws is crucial if drivers are to avoid colliding with people using San Francisco’s bike lanes. As we saw this week, a “right-hook,” in which a driver turns right into the path of a bike rider, can be fatal. But when CBS 5 reporter Linda Yee sought to clarify […]

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