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In SF, Victims of Traffic Violence Don’t Have Equal Protection
SF District Attorney George Gascón is set to bring felony vehicular manslaughter charges against Chris Bucchere later today for biking into 71-year-old Sutchi Hui in a crosswalk at Castro and Market Streets, killing him. Any traffic death on our streets deserves a thorough investigation with appropriate charges filed against the responsible party. But this high-profile case raises the question of why so few other perpetrators of traffic violence face similar repercussions.
June 20, 2012
How Can SF Make Streets Safer If We Don’t Know How Dangerous They Are?
Tracking, analyzing, and reporting pedestrian fatalities should be a basic function of the San Francisco Police Department. But the fact is that SF lacks public access to clear and accurate data about street safety. The information gap is deeply troubling, and city agencies must act quickly to rectify it.
June 13, 2012
Waste of Resources? SFPD Stinging Bicycle Riders at Octavia and Grove
Police officers have been targeting bicycle riders in recent weeks at the intersection of Octavia and Grove Streets and issuing tickets for "running" the stop sign, according to two Streetsblog readers.
May 31, 2012
Cyclist Assaulted By Driver and Passenger at Scott and Fell on the Wiggle
A bicycle commuter was assaulted by a driver and her passenger on Scott Street between Oak and Fell Streets on the Wiggle last week.
May 16, 2012
Advocates: Despite Bike-Ped Death, Cars Still Greatest Danger to Peds
In the midst of a wave of media attention around the recent bicycle-pedestrian death in the Castro, walking and bicycling advocates today re-affirmed the greatest dangers facing pedestrians on San Francisco's streets: high-speed roads and dangerous driving behavior.
April 9, 2012
SF Media’s Double Standard on Traffic Crashes Rears Its Head Again
Standing on the corner of Castro and Market yesterday afternoon, CBS 5 reporter Ken Bastida relayed to the camera a sad tale of the dangers of walking in San Francisco.
March 30, 2012
SFPD Issues Targeted Enforcement Plan to Reduce Pedestrian Injuries
The San Francisco Police Department yesterday announced a commitment to reduce pedestrian injuries through targeted enforcement of dangerous driving.
March 29, 2012
After Outcry, SFPD to Cite Driver Who Ran Over Man in Tenderloin
It took a show of public outrage, but the SFPD has reversed course and decided to issue a traffic citation to the paratransit van driver who was videotaped running over a man who had the right of way at Leavenworth and Eddy Streets last week. The driver will be cited for failing to yield to a pedestrian; no criminal charges will be filed as of yet.
February 24, 2012
SFPD Numbers Confirm Cops Targeting Bicyclists on Market Street
Despite the department's insistence that officers are not targeting bicyclists on Market Street, new numbers from the San Francisco Police Department confirm that cops are going after people on bikes following two high-profile crashes.
August 19, 2011