Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Mayor Ed Lee

Paging Ed Lee: How a Mayor Shows Real Commitment to Vision Zero

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 19, 2014 | 1 Comment

While they’ve both uttered the phrase “Vision Zero,” Mayor Ed Lee continues to be put to shame by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio when it comes to making a real commitment to drastically reduce traffic violence. Lee’s only direct mention of Vision Zero so far came in his State of the City speech, with a brief […]

“Pissed-Off Voters” to Mayor: “Be Nice, Look Twice” an Insult to Victims

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 24, 2014 | 7 Comments

The League of Pissed-Off Voters is, well, pissed off about Mayor Ed Lee’s lighthearted tone in his “Be Nice, Look Twice” campaign — his answer to the maiming and killing of San Franciscans by reckless drivers. In an open letter to Mayor Lee, titled “Don’t be a Zero: We need public service, not lip service,” the […]

Mayor’s “State of the City” Offers Tepid Support for Vision Zero

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 22, 2014 | 19 Comments

The mayor’s “State of the City” speech last Friday was a major opportunity for Ed Lee to call for the changes needed to sharply reduce traffic deaths in San Francisco. Lee did endorse the Vision Zero goal, though it wasn’t exactly a full-throated call to action. He also re-affirmed his desire to repeal metered parking on Sundays, ignoring […]

Mayor Lee’s Spineless Sunday Meter Reversal: Bad for Business, Bad for SF

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 16, 2014 | 67 Comments

After a years-long push to implement a smart parking policy in San Francisco, leave it to Mayor Ed Lee to take us back to 1947. The mayor wants to repeal parking metering on Sundays, undoing the slew of benefits that the policy has brought to the city in its first year. As a recent SFMTA […]

NYC Mayor de Blasio Pursues “Vision Zero” While Ed Lee Displays Zero Vision

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 15, 2014 | 11 Comments

“There is an epidemic of traffic fatalities and it can’t go on… Every one of us thinks: ‘What if that was my child?'” The mayor of a major American city said this today, announcing efforts to pursue Vision Zero, the goal of ending traffic deaths within ten years. Standing at the site where a child […]

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Mayor’s Task Force Proposes Solid First Steps to Fund SF’s Transport Needs

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 3, 2013 | 10 Comments

The funding measures recommended by the Mayor’s Transportation 2030 Task Force are a promising step toward building out the safe, reliable networks for transit, walking, and biking that San Franciscans need. Only a portion of the $10.1 billion needed for improvements identified by the task force would be funded by the measures, but if approved […]

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