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Advocates Crash 101 Celebration of Induced Traffic and Pollution
βIt is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.β β Upton Sinclair
April 17, 2023
Cyclist Deaths Soared in the First Three Months of 2023, On Pace for Worst Year in History
"We're alarmed by the increase in bike riders killed in traffic violence so far this year," said Transportation Alternatives.
April 11, 2023
Three Recent Assaults By Drivers Show Traffic Sewers’ Danger to Bikes, Peds
There have been three disturbing cases in SF within the last month in which drivers assaulted people walking and biking. Such cases are usually rare, but all of the attacks occurred on streets designed for fast driving.
November 18, 2014
SFPD to Cite Driver Who Hospitalized Woman While Backing Up
SFPD said a ticket will be issued to a driver who hit a woman last Wednesday while backing up on 16th Street near Pond Street, next to the Eureka Valley Branch Library. In initial reports, police said the driver had not been cited:
November 5, 2014
Woman Killed at City Hall’s Doorstep, Right After Ped Safety Ceremony
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.
October 24, 2014
87-Year-Old Louis Van Velzen Killed by Driver on Deadly Sloat Blvd
Another life has been taken on Sloat Boulevard -- the deadly, too-wide street slicing through SF's southwestern Parkside and Sunset Districts past the San Francisco Zoo. Louis Van Velzen, an 87-year-old father, was killed by a driver while crossing Sloat at 43rd Avenue at 7:00 a.m. this morning, the SF Chronicle reported. Van Velzen was reportedly trying to catch a bus when he was hit:
October 20, 2014
SFPD Arrests Aunt for Leaving Two-Year-Old Mi’yana Gregory in Crosswalk
SF police have arrested 25-year-old Lorysha Gage for leaving two-year-old Mi'yana Gregory in the downtown crosswalk where she was run over and killed last Friday night. Even as police seek the driver who struck Gregory and fled the scene, Gage is set to be arraigned tomorrow on charges of "felony child endangerment, with an enhancement allegation for causing death."
August 20, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Parked Car Sets House on Fire
Sometimes, internal combustion can become spontaneous combustion.
May 28, 2014
Pedestrian Seriously Injured by N-Judah Train at Judah and 16th Ave
Updated 8:07 p.m. The SFPD issued this statement:
May 21, 2014
Driver Johny Castillo-Alonzo, 26, Killed by Light-Running Driver on C. Chavez
Johny Castillo-Alonzo, 26, of Daly City was killed while driving at Cesar Chavez and Folsom Streets after another driver ran a red light and broadsided his car at about 2:20 a.m. on Saturday, according to reports. Police are still looking for the man, who fled on foot. He had hit Castillo-Alonzo's car at such high speed that it crashed into a third car and a residential building, KTVU reported.
May 5, 2014