Streetsblog San Francisco

the bus driver should be fired for not stopping. if you hit something, you stop. simple. hit and run -- presumably it should be against the law to hit a bike and run, too, right?

buses need to be cleared off market -- first push them into the middle lane, then re-route them to other streets. then build more streetcar lines and get rid of buses altogether.

let's please hear from all the people who think it's a good idea for buses to chase down bikers in bus/bike lanes. Bueller?

Yeah I really don't understand why buses on Market use the outside lanes at all. There are some that use the middle lanes, but some lines don't. There are all those transit islands. It is hell being chased down by an aggressive bus on Market.

i don't know if this sounds odd, but i'd like to see interviews with the survivors of pedestrian and bike crashes (and with the surviving family members and friends when the victim dies).

it'd be valuable for various reasons -- there's the learning aspect, but there's also the humanizing aspect, the political aspect, the community aspect, the human-interest/entertainment aspect (as dubious as that may be, morally), etc.

some people won't want to be known/interviewed -- fine -- but if they're open to it, i'd love to hear about it.

the people who are setting the policies in this city should have to face the victims -- and victims' families and friends -- of their car-centric policies. we can and should have a zero tolerance policy towards motorized-vehicle-against-human/bike collisions. some 'wo/man on the street' reporting might help us get there.

I do like the profiles i've been seeing of regular bus riders, etc.

This hit-and-run definitely will not be helping the image of MUNI drivers. Bring on the ballot measure, Sean!

Sounds more like attempted murder than an "accident". And how can one not have the decency or sense of obligation to stop?

The MTA should add this to their set of ideas to balance their budget. Save $60,000+ a year by getting rid of this person.

I was there at the Subway in the picture when the tire popped.. One police car was almost pushing the bicycle and a cop held it to the sidewalk..

Man, my younger sister is so hardcore, she can defy death on a Wednesday!