Year: 2009

When an automobile strikes a pedestrian or bicyclist, the impact often extends far beyond the parties directly involved. For anyone who witnesses a crash, or stumbles upon the aftermath, the effect is deeply jarring. It can be hard to pass by the same intersection again without reliving the event. Worse yet, injury crashes are so common in San Francisco, most never receive much press attention, and it can be tough to determine whether a crash victim will fully recover, or even survive.

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The Obama administration plans to close the door on the politically popular and environmentally slipshod auto trade-in program known as "cash for clunkers," according to a report this afternoon in the Wall Street Journal:

Transportation spending under the economic stimulus law created close to 15,000 jobs in June, or three times as many as were created in May, according to estimates released today by the U.S. DOT.

"Got the gift of gab? Volunteer to phone bank with the SFBC! No cold calling, just simple reminders to friendly lapsed SFBC members that their membership is expired. Come share in the fun. The more the merrier! We supply dinner and good company."

Work crews from the Department of Parking and Traffic (DPT) at the MTA have been re-striping portions of Mission Street recently, the old lane markings having all but disappeared as the street crumbles with age.

It remains to be seen whether lawmakers will move on a new long-term federal transportation bill this year. If they do, what might the opposition look like, and how will legislators react? These are the questions posed today by Yonah Freemark at The Transport Politic.

Report: BART Police Mishandled Disturbance That Led to Fatal Shooting (Matier & Ross, ABC7) Menlo Park Resident Files Lawsuit in Attempt to Thwart High-Speed Rail Plans (Merc) SF Supes Approve Contract to Renovate 16 Historic Streetcars (Market Street Railway Blog) Press Democrat: “Santa Rosa Bus Drivers Agree to Pay Concessions” Portland and Seattle Having “Free … Continued

The Valencia Streetscape Improvement Project will bring major enhancements to Valencia Street that will benefit all of its users. To get there though, bicyclists and businesses will have to weather a nine-month storm of construction, which began three weeks ago. At a press conference today at ArtZone 461 Gallery, Supervisor Chris Daly and the DPW's Alex Murillo vowed to do everything possible to help make the process less painful, and business owners sought to remind residents that they will remain open throughout, even if work crews are right outside their door.