Cast Your Vote for the 2012 Streetsies
Happy holidays, Streetsblog readers. As we go into our year-end reporting break, Streetsblog SF is finally taking part in the tradition known as the Streetsie Awards. What that means is you get the chance look back on the year and vote on which of the nominees — the good and the bad — will win in five categories.
The polls will be open until Monday at midnight. Next week, we’ll come back with some wrap-up commentary doling out the awards in these categories, along with some editor’s picks. We’ll be back on our regular reporting schedule January 2.
Enjoy your voting, everyone.
Best Livable Streets Story
- Muni Announces the Switch to All-Door Boarding (30%, 45 Votes)
- Chinatown Businesses Thrive During a Week Without Car Parking (25%, 38 Votes)
- In Park(ing) Day’s Seventh Year, Parklets Now a San Francisco Institution (25%, 38 Votes)
- Parking Reform Supporters Create a Petition to Counter Defenders of Free Parking (13%, 20 Votes)
- In the Inner Sunset, a Push to Cut Sky-High Fees for Community Street Events (7%, 10 Votes)
Total Voters: 151

Best Bike Improvement
- The Fell Street Separated Bike Lane (60%, 96 Votes)
- The City's First Parking-Protected Bike Lanes on JFK Drive (14%, 23 Votes)
- The Left-Turn Bike Lane and Traffic Signal at Market and Valencia (10%, 16 Votes)
- A Green Bike Channel and Green-Backed Sharrows on the Wiggle (7%, 11 Votes)
- Green, Post-Separated Bike Lanes on Eastern Cesar Chavez Street (6%, 9 Votes)
- A Two-Way, Fence-Protected Bikeway With Bike Signals on Cargo Way (3%, 5 Votes)
Total Voters: 160

Most Anticipated Transportation Improvement for Next Year
- A Possible Removal of the Rush-Hour Bike Ban on BART (28%, 46 Votes)
- Bike-Share (20%, 32 Votes)
- Red Transit-Only Lanes on Church Street (18%, 29 Votes)
- Sunday Parking Meter Enforcement (18%, 29 Votes)
- A Contra-Flow Bike Lane on Polk Street (17%, 27 Votes)
Total Voters: 163

Biggest Fumble
- When DA George Gascón Erroneously Blamed the Victim in Most Pedestrian Fatalities (44%, 67 Votes)
- The KTVU Reporter Who Documented His Own Harassment of Cyclists (16%, 24 Votes)
- The Driver Who Attempted a Hit-and-Run on a Bike Cop, Who Then Arrested Him (12%, 19 Votes)
- SFMTA and DPW Drop the Ball on the Second Street Safety Project (11%, 17 Votes)
- The Driver Who Left His Truck Blocking the N After His Girlfriend Threw His Keys Out (10%, 16 Votes)
- The Driver Who Parked in a Bike Lane for at Least 20 Minutes While He Got Coffee (7%, 10 Votes)
Total Voters: 153

Worst Police Traffic Scandal
- When the SFPD Cited a Driver Who Ran Over a Man on Camera Only After an Outcry From Advocates (34%, 51 Votes)
- When an Officer Posted a Video on Facebook of Himself Driving 100 MPH Through the Broadway Tunnel (26%, 39 Votes)
- When Officers Regularly Used the Market Street Protected Bike Lane to Park Their Cruisers (21%, 32 Votes)
- When an Officer Blamed a Couple Who Were Harassed by a Driver While Bicycling on Oak Street (18%, 27 Votes)
Total Voters: 149
