Nancy Ho, Bicyclist Killed in SoMa, Remembered by Family, Friends
The family and friends of Nancy Ho, the 25-year-old woman who was killed by a delivery truck driver while riding her bicycle on Mission Street in SoMa last month, came together recently to honor her life. Ho's relatives and closest friends have been too grief-stricken to talk to us, but a college friend recently sent us an announcement about her memorial in Colma that was put together for her friends in New York, where she attended NYU.
August 12, 2011
A Year After Bike Injunction Lifting, SF Blazes Ahead With Improvements
It was one year ago last Thursday that a San Francisco judge freed the city from its four-year-old bicycle injunction, and allowed the SFMTA to finally begin building out the long stalled Bike Plan. Since the chains were unlocked, the number of bicyclists on the streets has dramatically risen, thanks in no small part to the new infrastructure that has made cycling more inviting to people of all ages.
August 11, 2011
Pedestrian Hit By Bicyclist Last Month on the Embarcadero Dies
A 67-year-old Washington D.C. woman who was hit by a bicyclist on the Embarcadero at Mission Street last month has succumbed to her injuries. Dionette Cherney, a real estate expert who had been visiting San Francisco with her husband, was pronounced dead at 5:20 this morning, said SFPD Sgt. Mark Sullivan of the department's hit-and-run detail.
August 11, 2011
SF Mayoral Candidates Need to Tackle Transportation Funding
Monday night's first major mayoral debate contained more political theater than substance, and it's too bad, because the very first question posed to some of the candidates -- who gave no real answers to it -- was a critically important one. The moderator, with a list of questions compiled by the Castro/Eureka Valley and Duboce Triangle neighborhood associations, asked the following before a large crowd at the Castro Theatre:
August 10, 2011
Doctors Upgrade Condition of 9-year-old Hit-and-Run Victim
A 9-year-old boy from suburban Philadelphia who was struck and severely injured by a hit-and-run drunk driver in SoMa last week, after watching his hometown team beat the Giants, has been upgraded from critical to serious condition, and his family says he faces a long recovery.
August 9, 2011
Surgeon’s Exhaustive Research Helps Shape SF Pedestrian Safety Policies
We now know the economic toll and other important statistics about pedestrian injuries in San Francisco thanks to the exhaustive research of a San Francisco General Hospital trauma surgeon and her team. Dr. Rochelle Dicker, who is featured in a profile today on UCSF's website, set out to conduct an analysis of the direct medical costs resulting from "auto-versus-pedestrian" collisions in San Francisco between 2003 and 2008.
August 8, 2011