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Mayor Lee Won’t Say Saving Lives Is More Important Than Car Parking
By Aaron Bialick |
Mayor Ed Lee shocked safe streets advocates when he told Streetsblog two weeks ago, “We shouldn’t promote bicycle safety over pedestrian safety over cars and parking” on Polk Street. “I think they’re all going to be important.” The Vision Zero Coalition sent a letter [PDF] last week asking Lee to clarify his statement, saying it gave “the […]
Safe Streets Advocates: “Enough is Enough” — Time to End Traffic Violence
By Aaron Bialick |
The recent spate of drivers killing or maiming pedestrians has both City Hall leaders and SF agencies running out of excuses for their snail’s-pace implementation of measures that would make city streets safer. At a rally on Friday, a coalition of safe streets advocates chanted, “Enough is enough.” The 28 people killed in crashes on […]
Commentary: Despite Mandate to Improve Pedestrian Safety, SF Doesn’t Act
By Matthew Roth |
I often write stories for Streetsblog as objectively as I can, but after talking with the SFMTA about their pedestrian safety report, I got a little too upset to write dispassionately. Therefore, I’ll call this a “commentary” and you can take it for what it’s worth. If the footage of 65-year-old Nu Ha Dam getting […]
City’s Pedestrian Crash Toll Dwarfs Preventative Safety Costs
By Aaron Bialick |
Two to three people are hit by cars every day on San Francisco’s dangerously motorized streets, and researchers are beginning to paint a clearer picture of the economic toll. The more than 800 pedestrian crashes a year are racking up a $76 million bill for injuries, reports the Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC), and advocates […]
Van Ness Avenue Pedestrian Crashes See Fourfold Increase in 2009
By Michael Rhodes |
The mess on Van Ness at California, scene of three pedestrian crashes last year. Photo: Bryan Goebel When the Examiner reported that a double-fine zone on part of Van Ness Avenue had not only failed to reduce crashes, but that crashes had actually increased by 40 percent there in the last year, it raised eyebrows. […]