Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrians

Four Girls Injured After Truck Driver Hits Pole at 24th and South Van Ness

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 6, 2013 | 35 Comments

Four girls between the ages of 9 and 14 were injured at South Van Ness Avenue and 24th Street in the Mission yesterday after the driver of a semi truck knocked down a traffic light pole, which fell onto the victims, according to police. The crash occurred at about 7:15 p.m. as the truck driver […]

SF Still Waiting for DA Gascón to “Send a Message” to Deadly Drivers

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 24, 2013 | 102 Comments

At the press conference yesterday to announce the plea deal between prosecutors and Chris Bucchere in the death of Sutchi Hui, SF District Attorney George Gascón said that his “goal is to send a message” to cyclists. “Cyclists need to understand that they’re held accountable to the same standard as anybody else operating any other type […]

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Planning Department Sets Out to Create “Living Alleys” Around Hayes Valley

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 10, 2013 | 8 Comments

The Planning Department held a community workshop yesterday to field ideas on how to turn the numerous alleyways in and around Hayes Valley into calmer, greener, more inviting respites from the major traffic-heavy streets. The “Living Alley Project” is an effort conceived in the Market Octavia Area Plan to re-think the neighborhood’s alleys as people-oriented […]

Supervisor Wiener Wants to Remove Clutter From SF’s Narrow Sidewalks

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 9, 2013 | 10 Comments

As if San Francisco’s sidewalks weren’t narrow enough, they’re often cluttered with objects like newspaper racks, utility poles, street signs, and utility boxes. In a hearing yesterday, Supervisor Scott Wiener set out to question the necessity of such structures, calling on city staffers to answer for things like the empty newspaper racks at busy corners like […]

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DPW Looks to Add Some Green to Car-Clogged Central Irving Street

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 3, 2013 | 20 Comments

Most of the space on the busy commercial stretch of central Irving Street in the Sunset serves as a clogged parking lot, with rampant double parking and drivers circling the easternmost block to work around 19th Avenue’s left-turn bans. But while the car traffic and angled parking spots that eat up public space may not disappear […]

Police Commissioners to SFPD: Focus on Drivers Who Endanger Pedestrians

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 2, 2013 | 13 Comments

Members of the SF Police Commission, a civilian body charged with police oversight, urged SFPD officials at a hearing last week to focus their traffic enforcement efforts on the greatest danger facing people walking: driver violations. An average of three pedestrians are injured by motorists on San Francisco streets every day. As part of the city’s […]

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