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Mapping San Francisco’s Most Speeding-Plagued Streets
A new online map begins to show which San Francisco streets have the worst speeding problems, according to data from SFMTA engineering and traffic surveys. The map was created by Stephanie May, who works for the SF-based organization Urban Mapping and teaches cartography at SF State University and history at Stanford, according to her Twitter page.
April 9, 2014
SFPD Traffic Citations Increasing Towards “Focus on the Five” Goals
The SF Police Department is issuing more traffic tickets, and a greater share of them are going toward the five most dangerous violations, according to early SFPD data on traffic citations issued so far this year.
March 14, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Third Street’s Abused Muni-Only Lane Gets Red Paint
Update 6:09 p.m.: SFMTA spokesperson Paul Rose said "this is a low cost measure to remind and prevent auto drivers from using transit only lanes," and that the agency will implement the treatments on these street segments this week:
March 13, 2014
SFPD Park Station’s Most Dangerous Intersections: Not on the Wiggle
New SFPD data indicates that the Park District's most dangerous intersections have nothing to do with the Wiggle, where Captain Greg Corrales has devoted his station's limited traffic enforcement staff to ticketing bike commuters who roll stop signs.
March 11, 2014
Avalos’ Eyes on the Street: SFPD Blocks Crosswalk During Traffic Stop
Supervisor John Avalos posted the above photo on Facebook with the following explanation:
March 10, 2014
What SFPD Could Take From NYPD: Monthly Crash and Citation Reports
Here's a good practice the SFPD could adopt to help the public keep track of the department's progress toward Vision Zero: monthly reports showing the department's traffic crash and citation data. It's already a practice at the New York Police Department, where it was mandated by law.
February 26, 2014
SFPD: No Charges for Trucker Who Killed Woman, 91, on Fillmore Street
Police have declared no wrongdoing on the part of a cement truck driver who ran over and killed a 91-year-old woman on Fillmore at California Street last Thursday afternoon. According to reports, the woman was crossing Fillmore mid-block, in front of the stopped truck, when the driver began driving forward and ran her over. She was taken to SF General Hospital where she died of her injuries:
February 24, 2014
Eyes on the Street: SFPD Tickets Illegal U-Turners in the Castro
Here's another sign that the SFPD is continuing to make good on its pledge to increase enforcement against reckless driving.
February 21, 2014
Who’s Parking in the Fell Street Bike Lane Today? Oh, It’s SFPD
You'd better have a pretty good reason to park a car in the heavily-used Fell Street bike lane during the evening rush hour, forcing commuters to squeeze by alongside three lanes of motor traffic. Police response to an emergency might qualify, but the two SFPD officers who returned to this cruiser from the adjacent Bank of America, carrying an envelope, didn't appear to be in any particular rush.
January 23, 2014
SFFD Not Sure What Delays Responses: “There Might Just Be More Cars”
An official from the SF Fire Department explained SFFD's position on bulb-outs and road diets last week to the SF Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee. According to Assistant Deputy Chief Ken Lombardi, the department's main concern isn't about curb extensions, but raised "hardscape" structures like planters or railings that can prevent a fire truck from mounting them.
January 21, 2014