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The Dangerous Design of San Francisco’s High-Speed “Arterial” Streets
It's no secret that San Francisco could do a lot more to make its streets safer, but a new national report on pedestrian safety issued today highlights a glaring pattern where the bulk of preventable pedestrian crashes with motor vehicles occur: on poorly designed, high-speed "arterial" roads.
May 24, 2011
Dangerous By Design: How the U.S. Builds Roads That Kill Pedestrians
If you had to cross this road on your walk to work, wouldn’t you rather drive?
May 24, 2011
Sheriff’s Cadet Charged in Fatal Pedestrian Crash Pleads Not Guilty
A 23-year-old sheriff's cadet accused of gross vehicular manslaughter, drunk driving and hit-and-run in the death of a 61-year-old pedestrian on Masonic Avenue and Turk Street earlier this month pleaded not guilty to multiple felony counts in a San Francisco courtroom this morning.
May 18, 2011
SFMTA “Daylights” Crosswalks to Improve Pedestrian Visibility
Making eye contact with a driver while walking across an intersection is important, but what if a driver's line of vision is obscured by cars parked within a few feet of a crosswalk?
May 16, 2011
Drunk Driver Accused of Killing Pedestrian on Masonic Ave Appears in Court
A 23-year-old San Francisco man accused of killing a pedestrian crossing Masonic Avenue at Turk Street early Friday morning while driving intoxicated made his first court appearance today but did not enter a plea.
May 10, 2011
How Many Deaths Will It Take to Fix Masonic Avenue?
An alleged drunk driver traveling more than double the speed limit on southbound Masonic Avenue at Turk Street struck and killed 61-year-old James Hudson of San Francisco in the crosswalk early this morning. The driver then continued his destructive path for another 13 blocks, according to police, damaging four parked cars along the way before crashing into a planter in the parking lot of St. Mary's Medical Center on Shrader Street.
May 6, 2011
Advocates, Supervisors Prepare for Two City Hall Hearings on Ped Safety
You may not have known it, but today is National Walk to Work Day, and pedestrian advocates from Walk San Francisco marked the occasion by walking to work with Supervisor Jane Kim and reminding residents about two important City Hall hearings coming up on pedestrian safety.
April 1, 2011
Task Force Begins Meeting to Develop Pedestrian Action Plan
A Pedestrian Safety Task Force charged with coordinating and implementing actions to reduce pedestrian injuries and fatalities in San Francisco met for the first time Tuesday, bringing together a large group of representatives from different city departments who rarely sit down at the same table to talk about pedestrian safety.
March 10, 2011
Cameron Beach and Jerry Lee’s Future as SFMTA Board Members Uncertain
Cameron Beach likes to mention that he started his career in public transportation forty six years ago sweeping buses. The 62-year-old semi-retired transportation consultant and former chief operating officer of the Sacramento Regional Transit District does know a lot about running a transit system.
March 4, 2011
Woman Hit By Driver on Park Presidio Remains in Critical Condition
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February 24, 2011