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Walk to School Day: A Reminder That SF Needs to Make Streets Safer for Kids

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 3, 2012 | 24 Comments

A continuous “walking bus” of school children spanned several sunny blocks of the Mission this morning as the kids made their way to Buena Vista Horace Mann School. “Drivers just waited and smiled, and everybody had a great morning,” said Elizabeth Stampe, executive director of Walk San Francisco. San Francisco broke records for Walk to […]

Clear Enough? SFMTA Installs New Traffic Signals at Fell and Masonic

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 17, 2012 | 52 Comments

Last December, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency installed a camera to enforce the left turn signal at Fell Street and Masonic Avenue, which prohibits drivers from turning during a bicycle and pedestrian crossing phase. But drivers upset about receiving a ticket and fine of roughly $500 for violating the light have continued to complain that the red […]

Eyes on the Street: Market Street Bikeway a Favorite SFPD Parking Spot

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 12, 2012 | 39 Comments

Just as one problem improves for bike commuters on Market Street, another arises. Some San Francisco police officers have apparently grown fond of parking their cruisers in the westbound protected bike lane on Market at Polk/Tenth Street, next to Fox Plaza. Back in May I snapped the above photo of a cruiser forcing a platoon of bike commuters […]

DA Investigating Charges Against Taxi Driver Who Killed Man in Tenderloin

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 20, 2012 | 6 Comments

Criminal charges may be brought against the taxi driver who killed pedestrian Edmund Cappalla on August 11 at Eddy and Larkin Streets, according to Denis O’Leary, head of the SFPD Traffic Company. SFPD investigators reportedly submitted the case to the District Attorney’s office last Wednesday. While it’s not known which charges the DA could file, O’Leary said […]

Taxi Driver Who Killed Man in Tenderloin Yet to Be Cited or Charged

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 14, 2012 | 22 Comments

Police are still looking into whether charges could be filed against the taxi driver who allegedly ran a red light at Eddy and Larkin Streets Saturday, causing a car crash that killed pedestrian Edmund Capalla, the SF Examiner reports. The driver has reportedly yet to be arrested or cited. “We have to see if he was […]

Man Killed By Alleged Red Light-Running Taxi Driver at Eddy and Larkin

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 13, 2012 | 3 Comments

Updated 6:57 p.m. A man was killed on Saturday evening by a taxi driver who allegedly ran a red light at Eddy and Larkin Streets, the Bay City News reported as published by SF Appeal this morning. He is the eleventh known pedestrian killed this year in San Francisco. According to the SF Chronicle, Edmund Capalla, 38, was crossing the street just before […]

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