SFMTA Announces 24 Vision Zero Bike/Ped Projects for Next 24 Months
At this morning's Walk to Work Day press conference, SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin announced a plan to implement 24 bike and pedestrian safety projects over the next 24 months [PDF]. This is the most concrete safety plan unveiled so far, ever since city leaders pledged to pursue Vision Zero.
April 11, 2014
Chevy: What Better Way to Explore the Divisadero “Microhood” Than by Car?
The marketers at Chevy totally have this urban millennial thing nailed down. The car manufacturer sponsored this promotional video for a Divisadero Microhood Art Walk held last week, along with the website The Bold Italic.
April 11, 2014
Six Months for Killing Hanren Chang: Even Drunk Drivers Get Off Easy
It's hard to imagine a more egregiously clear-cut case where a driver deserves a harsh prison term than when drunk driver Kieran Brewer ran over and killed a minor inside a crosswalk. Surely, unlike other cases where sober drivers killed pedestrians and faced few consequences, these circumstances would spur the judicial system into action.
April 10, 2014
Safer, More Transit-Friendly Streets Planned for the Upper Haight
Update 4/10: The Planning Department posted an online survey where you can weigh in on the design proposal for upper Haight Street.
April 9, 2014
Mapping San Francisco’s Most Speeding-Plagued Streets
A new online map begins to show which San Francisco streets have the worst speeding problems, according to data from SFMTA engineering and traffic surveys. The map was created by Stephanie May, who works for the SF-based organization Urban Mapping and teaches cartography at SF State University and history at Stanford, according to her Twitter page.
April 9, 2014
“Muni TEP Approved”? Not So Fast
The Muni Transit Effectiveness Project took a major step forward on March 28, when the SFMTA Board of Directors approved plans for route changes and street upgrades aimed at streamlining transit service. Judging from the headlines on major media reports, the vote sounded like a green light for the entire TEP. However, the reports glossed over some very important details.
April 8, 2014
Fourth Pedestrian Killed by Driver on Deadly Van Ness This Year
A car driver struck and killed a man who was crossing Van Ness at Golden Gate Avenue at about 11 p.m. last night. According to the SFPD, "Early reports indicate that the pedestrian was not in the crosswalk," but the crash is still under investigation. Police didn't say how fast the driver was going, or how close to the crosswalk the victim may have been.
April 7, 2014
How Google Busers Can Avoid Bus Backlash: Get a Car
Tech workers' humdrum daily commutes in San Francisco have recently become anything but. An environmental appeal was filed (and later rejected) against the city, on the grounds that the "Google buses" are a direct cause of skyrocketing rents and housing displacement. Protestors blockading tech shuttles in bus stops have drawn a frenzy of international media attention.
April 4, 2014