Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic Enforcement

Despite Evidence, SFMTA Denies It Increased Speed Limits in Forest Hill

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 15, 2013 | 15 Comments

The speed limit on Woodside Avenue was recently raised from 30 miles per hour to 35 MPH, according to Mark Dreger, who’s lived in the neighborhood his whole life. Dreger posted a photo in the Streetsblog comments section of a 30 MPH sign on Woodside, with a 35 MPH sign seen right behind it, in […]

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 […]

For Monique Porsandeh, Life Brought to a Halt by a Reckless Driver

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 17, 2013 | 6 Comments

On an average day in San Francisco, three people are injured by drivers. But only a small portion of these crashes are reported in the media. Of those that do get ink, most reports are just a blurb of very basic information — whether the person suffered “life-threatening” or “non-life threatening” injuries, whether the driver […]

Will San Francisco Ever See Serious Enforcement of Bus-Only Lanes?

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 8, 2013 | 24 Comments

While waiting at a bus stop on Third Street this weekend, Streetsblog reader Mike Sonn tweeted about his frustration with the nearly non-existent enforcement of bus-only lanes. Watching drivers fill up the few traffic lanes set aside for transit with impunity is an everyday part of riding Muni in San Francisco, where ensuring that marked […]

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 […]

On Bay Area News Stands: The Lack of Accountability for Drivers Who Kill

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 30, 2013 | 19 Comments

Featured on the front page of today’s San Francisco Chronicle and ABC 7 is an epic exposé on the lack of legal accountability for drivers who kill pedestrians in the Bay Area. The piece is by Zusha Elinson, a journalist at the Center for Investigative Reporting. Streetsblog readers are all too familiar with the fact that drivers […]

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