Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic Enforcement

Drivers Are Running the Red Light at Fell/Masonic, Imperiling Cyclists

By Matthew Roth | Jan 21, 2009 | 30 Comments

Bicycle hit by a car at Fell and Masonic on December 13th, 2008 Last September, San Francisco’s city attorney asked Judge Peter Busch to allow an exemption to the long-standing bicycle injunction so the MTA could improve the city’s second most dangerous intersection for cyclists, where Fell Street meets Masonic Street. Even after the MTA […]

California’s Toothless Cell Phone Law

By Cheryl Brinkman | Jan 21, 2009 | 8 Comments

You see them everywhere. Drivers yakking on their handheld cell phones despite a California law that’s been on the books for more than six months now that makes it illegal. So, is anyone getting ticketed? Yes, but unfortunately it’s a toothless law. Drivers who use handheld phones can be pulled over for violating the law. […]

Media Too Often Blame the Victim in Pedestrian Crashes

By Matthew Roth | Jan 15, 2009 | 2 Comments

At-grade pedestrian crossing on Geary Blvd The SF Examiner published an excellent editorial from Walk San Francisco Director Manish Champsee today that calls on the city and the media to improve conditions for pedestrians and not immediately blame the victim in crashes. When a vehicle killed 87-year-old Victor Cinti in mid-December, the Examiner ran a […]

Eyes on the Street: Cleaning the Curb, Fouling the Sidewalk

By Matthew Roth | Jan 6, 2009 | 10 Comments

The race is on: as soon as the sweeper passed, these drivers jockeyed for their curb spot On a recent Tuesday morning, at Folsom and 25th streets in The Mission, I watched one of the more bizarre street-cleaning rituals I’ve ever seen in any city. I know San Francisco drivers get a free parking pass […]

SF’s Parking Experiment to Test Shoup’s Traffic Theories

By Matthew Roth | Jan 6, 2009 | 3 Comments

SF Park Pilot Areas – Richmond and West Portal control areas not featured The Municipal Transportation Agency’s federally-funded parking experiment, SFPark, is shaping up to be the most powerful tool remaining in the city’s traffic-busting toolbox considering the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce’s criticism of congestion pricing and Mayor Newsom’s recent tempered support for the […]