Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Trucks

Woman on Bike Killed by Truck Driver on Folsom: Charges Off the Table?

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 14, 2013 | 234 Comments

An unidentified 24-year-old woman was killed while bicycling on Folsom at Sixth Street this morning when she was hit by a big rig truck driver, according to SFPD and media reports. The victim is the third bicycle rider killed in San Francisco this year, and each death has involved a truck driver. Although the driver seemed […]

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The Problems With Ports, or Why We Need a National Freight Act

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 6, 2010 | No Comments

Maybe you commute by train, or maybe you’ve switched from driving to biking. But your stuff is still traveling the country by diesel truck. Containers at the Port of Oakland. Photo: NOAA Nearly a quarter of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions come from freight. The movement of goods from port of entry to a store near […]

Know Your Transportation Lobbyists: The American Trucking Association

By Elana Schor | Aug 21, 2009 | No Comments

Earlier this week, we took a closer look at the congressional lobbying teams employed by the transport sector’s biggest players, AASHTO and APTA. Today, it’s time to meet the representatives of the American Trucking Association (ATA), which reported $1.32 million in lobbying spending during the first half of this year on its congressional disclosures — […]

To Save the Planet and Money, More Businesses are Delivering by Bicycle

By Michael Rhodes | Jul 29, 2009 | 5 Comments

When San Franciscans who’ve been around for a while think about delivery by bicycle, the first thing that comes to mind might be Kozmo.com. Sometimes cited as the epitome of dot-com boom excess, the company promised one-hour delivery of a variety of goods, free of any delivery charges. That model proved flawed, along with many […]