Whoop-De-Doo Paint Added to Oakland Hellscape
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Streetsblog receives a matrix of responses to its critique of the 23rd and 29th Avenue over-crossings in Oakland
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Study: SF’s Severe Traffic Injuries Have Been Heavily Underestimated
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The number of severe traffic injuries inflicted on San Francisco’s streets has been grossly underestimated, according to hospital researchers. In one year, more than 60 percent of San Francisco’s severe traffic injuries were not identified in SFPD reports — until now, the city’s sole source of injury data — according to a new study [PDF] by researchers at the SF […]
SFMTA Proposes a Car-Free Powell Street in Union Square
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The SFMTA has proposed making crowded, traffic-clogged Powell Street in Union Square a car-free street on a trial basis. Removing cars from the equation would make the street function better for pedestrians and cable cars on the blocks between Ellis and Geary Streets. As we wrote last year, it makes little sense to have cars on Powell, which […]
SFPD Charges Trucker Who Killed Rose Kelly, 61, in Richmond Crosswalk
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Updated 6/22 with the name of the driver. The SFPD has filed misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charges against the truck driver who killed 61-year-old Rose Kelly in a crosswalk in the Outer Richmond yesterday afternoon. It’s now up to District Attorney George Gascón to follow through with the prosecution. Kelly was walking east in a crosswalk on Cabrillo Street at […]
As Long as Speed Is King, People Will Get Hurt at Oak, Fell, and Masonic
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There’s no mystery to why drivers continue to run people over where Masonic Avenue crosses the Panhandle, at Oak and Fell Streets. The three streets are designed like residential freeways, yet the city has no plans to remove traffic lanes to slow speeds and reduce injuries. On Wednesday, a driver hit two joggers at Oak and Masonic […]
Driver Kills Ai You Zhou, 77, at Clay and Kearny; Christensen Calls for Action
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Yesterday at about 6 p.m., Tim Pak Wong, 59, ran over and killed Ai You Zhou, 77, in the crosswalk at the notoriously dangerous intersection of Clay and Kearny Streets near Chinatown. Safety improvements have been planned for the location, and today Supervisor Julie Christensen called for swifter action on pedestrian safety from the SFMTA and SFPD. […]