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Eyes on the Street: Valencia Streetscape Project Nearly Complete
The near total reconstruction of Valencia Street between 15th and 19th Streets in The Mission over the past year has seemed at times maddening to those who use the street, no matter what mode. From ripped up sidewalks to ripped up pavement, the area has been a construction zone for nearly a year now, causing businesses to bemoan the lack of sidewalks, forcing pedestrians to shimmy along the narrow strips of plywood and concrete that has passed for temporary sidewalks, and leading cyclists to dodge construction vehicles while navigating grooved pavement and large ruts.
July 7, 2010
SFMTA Implements Changes at Fell Street ARCO, But Is It Better?
At the corner of Fell Street at Divisadero it's frightening to witness the minute-by-minute close calls between drivers and cyclists on a one-way arterial that resembles the freeway it was once proposed to be. Some drivers, on a speeding high from their descent down the hill to the problematic stretch that precedes the intersection, jostle for space, lean on their horns, yell expletives and generally have no regard for the right of way of bicyclists, let alone each other, as they queue up to turn left onto Divisadero or get gas at the ARCO BP station, which has now become the scene of weekly protests.
July 2, 2010
Hit-and-Run Rampage Suspect Arrested After Reporting Vehicle Carjacked
Investigators from the San Francisco and Albany police departments
have arrested
the suspected driver of an SUV who went
on a
rampage and targeted four cyclists in San Francisco Wednesday night.
June 4, 2010
SFPD Arrests Suspected Driver Who Assaulted Cyclists in San Francisco
The San Francisco Police Department has arrested the suspected driver of a blue Nissan Rogue who careened into four cyclists in the span of several minutes in the Mission and Potrero Hill neighborhoods of San Francisco Wednesday night, before fleeing on foot and triggering a manhunt. Three of the four cyclists were rushed to the hospital where they are still recovering.
June 4, 2010
Search for Rampaging Driver Who Struck Four Cyclists in Mission, Potrero
San Francisco police are still searching for the driver of a Nissan Rogue who ran down four cyclists last night over the course of several minutes, before crashing his vehicle into a pole and fleeing on foot.
June 3, 2010
The Broadway Tunnel: One of SF’s Meanest Streets for Biking and Walking
The Broadway tunnel, stretching from Hyde Street in Russian Hill to Powell Street in Chinatown, is one of the scariest places in San Francisco to ride a bike, and it's no walk in the park for pedestrians, either.
May 25, 2010
Driver Strikes Cyclist at Fell and Masonic
A driver struck and apparently injured a bicyclist at the intersection of Fell and Masonic this afternoon.
May 14, 2010
Apparently It’s Pretty Easy to Be a Pothole Fixin’ Hero
You don't even need X-ray vision. All you gotta do is call 311.
April 27, 2010
California Assembly Hits, Kills Traffic Justice Bill
Safe streets advocates often ruefully say, "if you want to kill someone and get away with it, do it in a car." In fact, unless alcohol is involved, very few motorists who kill vulnerable road users -- like pedestrians and cyclists -- are charged with a crime, even when they break traffic laws in the process.
April 20, 2010
Cyclist’s Conflict with SFPD Could Take Nine Months or More to Resolve
As happens at some point to most people who ride a bike in San Francisco, Adrienne Johnson had a scary brush with an irate motorist, though her story took on much darker implications when she found out who that driver worked for.
April 13, 2010