Recent Streetsblog SF posts about SoMa

SFBC: City Commits to Pilot Redesign of Folsom With Separated Bikeways

By Ben Fried | Sep 6, 2013 | 8 Comments

Hi everyone, greetings from New York. Aaron is currently away on a well-deserved break from running Streetsblog SF. He’ll be back next week delivering the livable streets news. In the meantime, consider this post an open thread about this development: WE DID IT! City commits to pilot redesign of #Folsom Street that includes separated bikeways! […]

SFPD Faults Trucker in Le Moullac’s Death, Apologizes for Ernst’s Behavior

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 30, 2013 | 25 Comments

San Francisco police have determined that the truck driver who killed Amelie Le Moullac on her bike this month was at fault for the crash, after footage of the incident was found by the SF Bicycle Coalition. SFPD Chief Greg Suhr has also apologized in statements to the press for the behavior of Sergeant Richard […]

At Safe Streets Rally, SFPD Blocks Bike Lane to Make Point of Victim-Blaming

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 21, 2013 | 172 Comments

Update: Shahum reported that SFBC staffer Marc Caswell found a surveillance camera at an auto body shop which has footage of Le Moullac’s crash, even though SFPD has said no such footage could be found. More on that story later as it develops. San Francisco Police Sergeant Richard Ernst apparently decided that the best way to […]

Folsom Truck Victim Identified as 24-Year-Old Amelie Le Moullac

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 15, 2013 | 100 Comments

The woman killed on her bike by a truck driver at Sixth and Folsom Streets yesterday morning has been identified as 24-year-old Amelie Le Moullac, SF Weekly reported this morning. Le Moullac was run over by a truck driver making a right turn from Folsom on to Sixth at about 7:07 a.m., and although SFPD […]

Woman on Bike Killed by Truck Driver on Folsom: Charges Off the Table?

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 14, 2013 | 234 Comments

An unidentified 24-year-old woman was killed while bicycling on Folsom at Sixth Street this morning when she was hit by a big rig truck driver, according to SFPD and media reports. The victim is the third bicycle rider killed in San Francisco this year, and each death has involved a truck driver. Although the driver seemed […]

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