Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic Enforcement

Is SFPD Serious About Cracking Down on Distracted Driving?

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 16, 2013 | 40 Comments

SF District Attorney George Gascón and SFPD Traffic Company Commander Mikail Ali held a press conference last Thursday to bring attention to distracted driving, since April is officially National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. It’s promising to see law enforcement officials bring attention to this deadly and growing problem on San Francisco streets. What remains to be […]

SFPD’s Warped Street Safety Priorities at Work on Harrison and 15th

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 1, 2013 | 25 Comments

Officers with the SF Police Department have recently been spotted wagging their fingers at bicycle riders for neglecting to stop at a stop sign on northbound Harrison Street at 15th Street, where the “stop” line doesn’t run through the bike lane like they normally do at intersections. Since Harrison and 15th is a three-way “T” […]

Senator Yee’s Move to Enshrine Double-Fine Zones Could Get Supes’ Support

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 1, 2013 | 4 Comments

With a trial period for double traffic fine zones on 19th Avenue, Van Ness Avenue, and Lombard Street set to expire at the end of the year, State Senator Leland Yee hopes to extend them indefinitely, crediting the measures for drops in pedestrian injuries, despite results appearing mixed. Yee’s new proposal, SB 219, could get […]

All Muni Buses to Get Cameras for Transit Lane Enforcement by Spring 2014

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 12, 2013 | 19 Comments

Every Muni bus will be fitted with a front-facing camera to enforce transit-only lanes by spring of next year, according to the SF Municipal Transportation Agency [PDF]. Three hundred of the 800 buses in the system will receive them by this fall, and all of the new buses being purchased by the SFMTA will get them […]

Cleaning Up SF’s Car-Littered Sidewalks Will Take More Than Parking Tickets

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 28, 2013 | 41 Comments

Cars littered on San Francisco’s sidewalks are a painfully common sight. The problem is perhaps most prevalent in outer neighborhoods like the Sunset and Bayview, where, for decades, homeowners with residential garages have paved over their front yards. The pedestrian environment on these streets is left degraded, with swaths of dead space where families and people […]

Eyes on the Street: Parking Enforcement Needed in Fell Street Bike Lane

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 9, 2013 | 19 Comments

Since the Fell Street buffered bike lane was partially implemented in November, drivers have continued to block it. Mostly, they seem to be customers using Bank of America’s sidewalk ATM and truck drivers from Ted and Al’s Towing. The SFMTA and SFPD don’t seem to provide much enforcement against the practice, even though it endangers […]

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