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Sena Putra, 47, Killed by Truck Driver at 13th and Folsom
Forty-seven year-old Sena Putra was killed by the driver of a gasoline tanker last Thursday at 13th and Folsom Streets under the Central Freeway. He is the seventh pedestrian killed in the city this year.
May 21, 2012
Tomorrow: Why Is the SFMTA Raising a Speed Limit and Closing Crosswalks?
Tomorrow's bi-weekly SFMTA engineering hearing has a couple of peculiar items on the agenda:
May 17, 2012
SFMTA Brings Humane, Two-Way Traffic Back to Ellis and Eddy
The SFMTA began converting several blocks of Ellis and Eddy to two-way streets in the Tenderloin last week. The conversion is expected to calm motor traffic on the former multi-lane, one-way arterial streets designed to rush car traffic through one of the city's densest neighborhoods.
April 24, 2012
SFPD Corrects 2011 Pedestrian Fatality Count: 17 Killed, Not 13
Seventeen pedestrians were killed in San Francisco in 2011 -- four more than previously reported by the SFPD.
April 17, 2012
No Citation for Driver Who Ran Over Woman at Pine and Front
The driver who ran over a woman in a crosswalk at Pine and Front Streets in the Financial District last Thursday will not receive a citation despite being found at fault, the SFPD told Streetsblog.
April 16, 2012
Driver Injured Woman in Crosswalk at Pine and Front Yesterday
A woman was injured by a driver yesterday while crossing Pine Street at Front in the Financial District, according to Streetsblog reader Patrick Carroll.
April 13, 2012
Ped Action Plan Ready Soon. Will SF Commit to Building Ped Infrastructure?
More than a year after the mayor's Pedestrian Task Force began meeting to develop San Francisco's Pedestrian Action Plan, the SFMTA said the agency expects to finalize the document by late summer. Unclear, however, is whether the plan will include a measurable commitment to implementing physical pedestrian safety infrastructure.
April 11, 2012
Supe Wiener: Dangerous Upper Market Intersections Need Safety Upgrades
D8 Supervisor Scott Wiener today pointed to the need for pedestrian safety upgrades at dangerous, high-speed intersections along Upper Market Street in light of the recent bicycle-pedestrian collision at Market and Castro that killed 71-year old Sutchi Hui.
April 10, 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
Tomorrow: Walk SF Wants to Hear About Your Walk to Work Day
It's Walk to Work Day in San Francisco tomorrow and in recognition of the occasion, Walk SF is asking San Franciscans to post about their walking commute on Facebook and Twitter. Participants will not only enter to win a prize from Walk SF, but they'll be supporting good advocacy. GJEL Attorneys will donate $25 to Walk SF for each post made.
April 5, 2012