Pedestrian Safety Hearing at SF Board of Supes Public Safety Committee Meeting
Supervisor Jane Kim has called a hearing on pedestrian safety in the South of Market and Tenderloin neighborhoods.
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SFMTA Board Approves Watered-Down Polk Plan, May Revisit It Later
By Aaron Bialick |
The SFMTA Board of Directors voted today to approve the plan to redesign Polk Street with a protected bike lane along one side of the street for 10 of 20 blocks. After a four-hour hearing, the board approved the plan with the condition that SFMTA staff would report on the impacts of the project a […]
More Grumbles at Final Hearing on Taraval Changes
By Roger Rudick |
SFMTA, at long last, held its final hearing on the proposed Muni Forward safety and speed improvements to the L-Taraval. The two-hour meeting, which started at 10 a.m. at City Hall, was attended by some 60 people. Streetsblog readers will recall the last large hearing for Taraval was held in February and, as with many of […]
Yielding to Cars-First Merchants, SFMTA Board Approves Polk Plan As Is
By Aaron Bialick |
The SFMTA Board of Directors voted unanimously yesterday to approve the watered-down plan to redesign Polk Street with a protected bike lane along one side of the street for 10 of 20 blocks. The board rebuffed efforts by member Cheryl Brinkman to preserve the possibility of adding protected bike lanes along the upper half of the corridor […]
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 […]
Drunk Driver Kills Hanren Chang, 17, on Sloat Boulevard
By Aaron Bialick |
Updated 11:16 p.m. An allegedly drunk driver was arrested for hitting and killing 17-year-old Hanren Chang on Sloat Boulevard near Vale Avenue on Saturday night. According to CBS 5, 29-year-old Keiran Brewer was driving westbound on Sloat at about 11:20 p.m. when he hit Chang, who was crossing the street in the northbound direction, and dragged […]
SFMTA Shows Off Vision Zero Upgrades, Promises Quicker Implementation
By Aaron Bialick |
Several top officials from state and national transportation agencies were in town today to see some of the SFMTA’s latest street safety measures. Meanwhile, local street safety advocates continue to push the SFMTA to pick up the pace on delivering pedestrian and bike safety infrastructure. At a City Hall committee hearing yesterday, SFMTA Sustainable Streets Director Tom […]