There was a bit of a dust-up late Friday on Twitter when the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition called out Caltrans over "public service" announcements that blame our most vulnerable road users for their own deaths and injuries.
With some 700 pedestrians killed each year in California by motorists, that means lots of people have to drive by these awful signs who may have lost a son, daughter, father, mother, friend, or sibling to traffic violence. As the Bike Coalition and Label are pointing out, imagine how these PSAs make them feel?
With fatal crashes on Valencia in San Francisco, Lakeshore and International in Oakland (five in the past week on various streets Oakland), it seems like time to highlight some good news in the midst of the despair