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It’s Time for the Fire Service to Join Communities in Preventing Street Trauma
First responders across the country are struggling with the trauma of witnessing constant car crashes — and joining the fight for better infrastructure that prevents these tragedies before they happen.
Mike Wilson
October 16, 2025
Study: Fire Departments and Street Safety
The Center for Bicyclist and Pedestrian Safety and UC Berkeley's planning department research why fire departments and street safety advocates sometimes clash
August 20, 2025
Do Bike Advocates and EMS Workers Have to Be Enemies?
Fast fire trucks might seem antithetical to slow, safe streets for vulnerable road users. But does it have to be that way?
April 8, 2024
Bridging Bicycle Promotion and Emergency Response
Some Dutch advice on dealing with fire department concerns about bike lanes
The Dutch Cycling Embassy
March 12, 2024
SFFD Vetoes ‘Slow Street’ on Holloway
Apparently, the San Francisco Fire Department can't navigate a truck around a traffic cone
May 7, 2020
Firefighters Try to Hose Vision Zero
Safe-streets advocates were outraged today to read that some San Francisco firefighters are still vying to veto Vision Zero projects. According to a story in yesterday's SF Examiner, Firefighters Local 798 sent a questionnaire to all the mayoral candidates which included:
February 8, 2018
