Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic Enforcement

San Jose Council Calls for Banning Sidewalk Cycling on Five Downtown Streets

By Andrew Boone | Dec 10, 2014 | 4 Comments

Last Tuesday, the San Jose City Council voted unanimously (9-0) directing the city’s transportation department to draft an ordinance prohibiting bicycling on sidewalks along five streets in the city’s downtown: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and San Fernando. The ordinance would except children aged 12 and under, adults transporting children of those ages, and police officers. […]

Are Mayor Lee, SFPD, and SFMTA Serious About Ending Hazardous Parking?

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 4, 2014 | 27 Comments

Mayor Ed Lee, along with the heads of the SFPD and SFMTA, vowed yesterday to crack down on double parking and “box blocking” as part of broader “Congestion Management Strategy to improve traffic flow and safety.” It’s a big promise, upending SF’s history of lax enforcement towards parking violations that routinely make streets more dangerous […]

“Box Blocking” Enforcement is Overdue, But SF’s Traffic Woes Run Deeper

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 14, 2014 | 64 Comments

For a mystifying exhibit of irrational and antisocial behavior, just watch the rush-hour race to nowhere as drivers attempt to beat one another through a gridlocked San Francisco intersection. The question, “Do I have room to make it across?,” apparently does not factor into the decision of many drivers who accede to the beckoning green light — […]

SFPD to Cite Driver Who Hospitalized Woman While Backing Up

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 5, 2014 | 3 Comments

SFPD said a ticket will be issued to a driver who hit a woman last Wednesday while backing up on 16th Street near Pond Street, next to the Eureka Valley Branch Library. In initial reports, police said the driver had not been cited: The woman was hit at about 3:40 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection […]

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It’s the Little Things: A Notably Positive SFPD Encounter on My Bike

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 14, 2014 | 7 Comments

Last night, I was biking home on Irving Street in the Inner Sunset when I encountered an all-too-familiar sight: A double-parked car. I signaled and moved to the left to pass the car, in view of an SFPD cruiser behind. Normally, I’d expect the police to move along, doing nothing about this kind of situation. […]

SFPD Arrests Driver for Killing Pui Fong Yim, 78, at Stockton and Sacramento

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 22, 2014 | 109 Comments

SFPD arrested an SUV driver, 40-year-old Calixto Dilinila, for killing 78-year-old Pui Fong Yim Lee in a crosswalk Saturday at Stockton and Sacramento Streets, outside the Stockton tunnel. Witnesses told CBS 5 that Dilinila was making a left turn from Sacramento onto Stockton when he ran Yim Lee over, as she made her way across Stockton during what […]

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