SF Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee
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Woman Killed at City Hall’s Doorstep, Right After Ped Safety Ceremony
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Priscila “Precy” Moreto, a 67-year-old employee in the City Controller’s Office, was run over and killed by a tour trolley driver within a wide, clearly-marked mid-block crosswalk on Polk Street, leading to the steps of City Hall, at about 11:30 a.m. yesterday. About 20 minutes earlier and just across the Civic Center Plaza, at McAllister […]
Advocates: Despite Bike-Ped Death, Cars Still Greatest Danger to Peds
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In the midst of a wave of media attention around the recent bicycle-pedestrian death in the Castro, walking and bicycling advocates today re-affirmed the greatest dangers facing pedestrians on San Francisco’s streets: high-speed roads and dangerous driving behavior. In a KQED radio forum this morning, Walk SF Executive Director Elizabeth Stampe, SF Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) Executive Director Leah Shahum, […]
SFMTA May Test Two-Way Bikeways on the Embarcadero
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A two-way protected bikeway along the Embarcadero could get a trial in the coming months. The SF Municipal Transportation Agency is considering implementing a temporary two-way bikeway along the waterfront during the next America’s Cup events in October, according to an agency report. The agency is also developing plans for a more permanent bikeway along […]
Mayor Lee on Walk to Work Day: We Won’t Let Ped Strategy Sit on the Shelf
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On Walk to Work Day, touted as the first official event of its kind in the nation, city officials strolled to a press conference on the steps of City Hall, where Mayor Ed Lee promised to implement the city’s Pedestrian Strategy [PDF]. Since the Draft Pedestrian Strategy was released in January, providing a rough guide for […]
Closed Crosswalks Remain Even in Today’s Walkable Hayes Valley
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Hayes Valley may be one of the country’s densest and most walkable urban neighborhoods, but believe it or not, it still has three closed crosswalks — vestiges of the mid-20th century’s cars-first planning. “For many years, traffic engineers devised ways to pen people in, so that cars weren’t inconvenienced,” said Walk SF Executive Director Nicole Schneider. “Nowadays, […]
Supervisor Shocked to Hear Uber and Lyft Violate Bike and Transit Lanes
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Some two-thirds of citations for driving in transit lanes and bike lanes, failing to yield to pedestrians, and other motor vehicle violations, are issued to Transportation Network Company (TNC) cars such as Uber and Lyft--this according to a study from the police department of violations in downtown San Francisco.