Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Pedestrians

Advocates, Supervisors Prepare for Two City Hall Hearings on Ped Safety

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 1, 2011 | 4 Comments

You may not have known it, but today is National Walk to Work Day, and pedestrian advocates from Walk San Francisco marked the occasion by walking to work with Supervisor Jane Kim and reminding residents about two important City Hall hearings coming up on pedestrian safety. Kim will hold a hearing on pedestrian safety at […]

Task Force Begins Meeting to Develop Pedestrian Action Plan

By Bryan Goebel | Mar 10, 2011 | 8 Comments

A Pedestrian Safety Task Force charged with coordinating and implementing actions to reduce pedestrian injuries and fatalities in San Francisco met for the first time Tuesday, bringing together a large group of representatives from different city departments who rarely sit down at the same table to talk about pedestrian safety. “I do think that having […]

Cameron Beach and Jerry Lee’s Future as SFMTA Board Members Uncertain

By Bryan Goebel | Mar 4, 2011 | 12 Comments

Cameron Beach likes to mention that he started his career in public transportation forty six years ago sweeping buses. The 62-year-old semi-retired transportation consultant and former chief operating officer of the Sacramento Regional Transit District does know a lot about running a transit system. However, as Beach’s four-year term on the SFMTA Board of Directors […]

Woman Hit By Driver on Park Presidio Remains in Critical Condition

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 24, 2011 | 14 Comments

View Larger Map A woman struck by an SUV driver while crossing Park Presidio Boulevard in the Richmond District Tuesday afternoon remains in critical condition, according to San Francisco Police. Officer Eric Chiang told Streetsblog the woman was crossing the residential highway westbound along Anza Street when a 92-year-old male driver turning left onto Park Presidio from […]

Streetscast: An Interview with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 23, 2011 | 13 Comments

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee supports the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s Connecting the City vision, promises to “very aggressively” carry out Gavin Newsom’s executive directive on pedestrian safety, and said he has a commitment from the SFPD to do more aggressive enforcement of drivers in the Tenderloin to make the streets safer for those on […]

Intimidation Deters Some Sidewalk Parking Enforcement

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 12, 2011 | 42 Comments

As the SFMTA strives to hone its parking enforcement effectiveness, assaults against Parking Control Officers (PCOs) have remained not only a threat to the safety of civil servants in the line of duty, but also an obstacle to the safety of our streets which they are vitally charged with maintaining. In response to SFMTA Board […]

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