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How a Poll Showing SF’s Pro-Bike Attitudes Can Change the Conversation
If you listen to the public discourse about re-allocating street space to make bicycling safer in San Francisco, a pattern in the naysayers' message quickly emerges. "Only a small margin of people ride bicycles, and those people don't deserve space for safer travel," goes the refrain. "Traffic lanes and parking for cars are too important to give up -- trading them for bike lanes won't get San Franciscans to ride bikes more, it'll only result in carmageddon."
November 5, 2013
Man in Wheelchair Killed by Freeway-Bound Driver at Market and Octavia
A man in a wheelchair, reportedly in his 20s, was killed by a driver at Market Street and Octavia Boulevard around midnight last night. SFPD spokesperson Albie Esparza said the crash is still under investigation, but that driver appears to have been heading south on Octavia at the entrance of the Central Freeway, where witnesses said the victim was crossing against the light. The man is the 13th known pedestrian to be killed by a driver in SF this year.
November 4, 2013
Oakland Planning Director Cuts Off Latham Square Pilot, Lets Cars Back In
The crowning achievement for Oakland's new planning and building director so far might be ensuring that cars are being driven through the Latham Square pilot plaza once again.
November 1, 2013
Han Cheng Li, 62, Killed by Driver at 16th and Potrero
Han Cheng Li, 62, was struck and killed by a driver on 16th Street at Potrero Avenue in the Mission at about 11:38 p.m. Saturday night, according to reports. Police have not released details about how the crash occurred or the name of the driver, but he has been identified as a 54-year-old man. Li is the 12th pedestrian to be killed in traffic in San Francisco this year.
October 28, 2013
SFMTA Shops Folsom Buffered Bike Lane at Crowded Community Meeting
The SFMTA's proposal to widen the Folsom Street bike lane with a buffer zone and remove a general traffic lane drew significant turnout at a community meeting in SoMa yesterday evening. The project, set to be installed by the end of the year, seems to have strong support from residents and livable streets advocates as a short-term measure to make Folsom safer.
October 24, 2013
BART Lifts Bike Bans Permanently
BART has finally dropped its outdated policy of banning bicycles aboard trains during rush hours. After an uneventful four-month trial, the BART Board of Directors voted unanimously this morning to lift the bans permanently.
October 24, 2013
Adorable Scenes From a Record-Breaking Walk and Roll to School Day
A record-breaking 13,000 students at 76 SF schools reportedly participated in International Walk and Roll to School Day yesterday, including over a hundred little ones who formed a "walking school bus" at E.R. Taylor Elementary, where city officials held a press event.
October 10, 2013
Victims Share Tales of SFPD Anti-Bike Bias and Hostility at City Hall
When Sarah Harling was hospitalized by a minivan driver who made a left turn into her at a stop sign intersection, she says the SFPD officer who filed the police report included a fabricated statement from her claiming that she "approached the stop sign without stopping."
October 8, 2013
John Norquist: “Time to Talk About a Freeway-Free San Francisco”
San Francisco is considered one of the leading American cities in the growing movement to tear down freeways. Fortunately, San Franciscans got a head start by averting the freeway-riddled fate of most other American cities in the 20th century by successfully protesting the construction of most of the proposed structures, which would have torn apart some of the city's most livable neighborhoods.
September 20, 2013
Temporary Bikeway Provides Glimpse of Bike-Friendly Embarcadero
KTVU: "So far, it seems to be working, and that has critics concerned."
September 17, 2013