Comments on: Bicyclist Injured in Collision at Market and Ellis Streets this Morning http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/10/28/bicyclist-injured-in-collision-at-market-and-ellis-streets-this-morning/ Covering San Francisco's livable streets movement Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian Fuller http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/10/28/bicyclist-injured-in-collision-at-market-and-ellis-streets-this-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-53281 Brian Fuller Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:33:17 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=74881#comment-53281 Wow. As the guy who took the photo, I'm so impressed by your content aggregation savvy. I was just thinking around this time that this type of automatic, almost unintended collaboration is where media needs to move. And voila! I'm curious (question to Michael Rhodes) whether the story genesis was coming across the photo, or did you hear about from some other fashion and then find the photo. I hope the rider was OK. I really didn't get a good look as I drove by. And as a guy who commuted from marin to SF on my bike for 18 months, I sympathize. It's scary in the big city. Cheers Wow. As the guy who took the photo, I’m so impressed by your content aggregation savvy. I was just thinking around this time that this type of automatic, almost unintended collaboration is where media needs to move. And voila!
I’m curious (question to Michael Rhodes) whether the story genesis was coming across the photo, or did you hear about from some other fashion and then find the photo.

I hope the rider was OK. I really didn’t get a good look as I drove by. And as a guy who commuted from marin to SF on my bike for 18 months, I sympathize. It’s scary in the big city.
Cheers

]]> By: RachaelL http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/10/28/bicyclist-injured-in-collision-at-market-and-ellis-streets-this-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-51321 RachaelL Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:27:53 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=74881#comment-51321 Jym -- where are drivers *not* speeding in San Francisco? I keep passively aggressively wanting to get a speed gun and see just how often drivers are speeding past me, but I doubt it'd do any good. Jym — where are drivers *not* speeding in San Francisco? I keep passively aggressively wanting to get a speed gun and see just how often drivers are speeding past me, but I doubt it’d do any good.

]]> By: supainmotion http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/10/28/bicyclist-injured-in-collision-at-market-and-ellis-streets-this-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-51271 supainmotion Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:58:24 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=74881#comment-51271 I passed by this guy in the morning and he sitting on the curb and gesturing towards his injuries. I couldn't make out if anything was broken or seriously hurt, but he seemed to be largely ok. I passed by this guy in the morning and he sitting on the curb and gesturing towards his injuries. I couldn’t make out if anything was broken or seriously hurt, but he seemed to be largely ok.

]]> By: Jym http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/10/28/bicyclist-injured-in-collision-at-market-and-ellis-streets-this-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-51261 Jym Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:14:11 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=74881#comment-51261 =v= I've also noticed that motorists are speeding on Market. =v= I’ve also noticed that motorists are speeding on Market.

]]> By: zsolt http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/10/28/bicyclist-injured-in-collision-at-market-and-ellis-streets-this-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-51241 zsolt Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:11:51 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=74881#comment-51241 What? We have a car-bike crash with no knowledge of the details and no-one is blaming the biker yet? What? We have a car-bike crash with no knowledge of the details and no-one is blaming the biker yet?

]]> By: Nick http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/10/28/bicyclist-injured-in-collision-at-market-and-ellis-streets-this-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-51221 Nick Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:22:43 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=74881#comment-51221 I was walking to work at that exact time this morning and I saw some emergency vehicles headed in that direction. Hope they're ok. As I walked past 6th Street, I noticed there was no PCO diverting traffic at the intersection like on other mornings. If it was an eastbound accident, this may be a factor. About 3 private vehicles were ignoring the right-turn rule for each stop light cycle. Since the street was wide open, they were picking up some considerable speed. If it involved westbound traffic, I noticed on other mornings that cars are circumventing the trial by entering between 4th-6th (from the northbound area) and then doing a 360 degree doughnut in the middle of Market so that they can still drive east. I was walking to work at that exact time this morning and I saw some emergency vehicles headed in that direction. Hope they’re ok.

As I walked past 6th Street, I noticed there was no PCO diverting traffic at the intersection like on other mornings. If it was an eastbound accident, this may be a factor. About 3 private vehicles were ignoring the right-turn rule for each stop light cycle. Since the street was wide open, they were picking up some considerable speed.

If it involved westbound traffic, I noticed on other mornings that cars are circumventing the trial by entering between 4th-6th (from the northbound area) and then doing a 360 degree doughnut in the middle of Market so that they can still drive east.

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