Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Jane Kim

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Majority of Supes Back the “Bike Yield Law” to Be Introduced Tomorrow

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 21, 2015 | 18 Comments

The “Bike Yield Law” proposed by Supervisor John Avalos is poised to be approved by the Board of Supervisors. The ordinance urges the SFPD to let bicycle riders safely treat stop signs as yield signs. Avalos plans to introduce the ordinance tomorrow, and it has support from six supervisors — the majority needed to vote it into law. It’s unclear if it has support from SFPD […]

Sup. Kim Raises Banners to Tell Drivers to Slow Down in SoMa and Tenderloin

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 16, 2015 | 43 Comments

D6 Supervisor Jane Kim wants you to know that driving fast in her district is not okay. At a press event today, Kim drew attention to the banners recently raised on 150 street poles telling drivers to slow down in the South of Market and Tenderloin districts. The “Slow down!” banners feature images of people, including “Mother” […]

Memorial for Wilbert Williams Calls on Caltrans to Fix SoMa’s Freeway Ramps

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 16, 2015 | 15 Comments

One year ago yesterday, 62-year-old Wilbert Williams was sleeping in a tent next to a Highway 80 off-ramp at Fifth and Harrison Streets at about 1 a.m. when he was run over and killed by a drunk SUV driver who veered off the road. “That morning, I woke up and got ready to see my […]

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Supe Kim, SFMTA Get Tips From Copenhagen on Creating a Bikeable City

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 5, 2015 | 31 Comments

Supervisor Jane Kim and SFMTA officials took a trip last month to learn about best practices from two leading bike-friendly cities: Copenhagen, Denmark, and Malmö, Sweden. “I’d assumed that [Copenhagen] always had a bike culture,” Kim told Streetsblog. “I was surprised to learn that they also had a cars-first culture through the 60s and 90s. They’ve actually […]

Mayor, Eight Supervisors Promise to Ride Muni Every Day Until June 22

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 2, 2015 | 12 Comments

The SF Transit Riders Union’s challenge to ride Muni for 22 days kicked off yesterday with late sign-ons from Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisors London Breed and Mark Farrell, who had initially declined to commit. Supervisors Katy Tang and Malia Cohen still declined, and Supervisor Norman Yee has not confirmed a pledge since he tweeted a selfie on Muni after […]

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Supe Kim, Mayor Lee Activate New Sixth Street Crossing Signal

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 4, 2014 | 5 Comments

Mayor Ed Lee and D6 Supervisor Jane Kim held a press conference yesterday to activate a new pedestrian signal across deadly Sixth Street at Minna Street, a narrow cross street. Although a marked crosswalk had already existed there, drivers routinely failed to yield to people within it. The button-activated signal is part of a package […]

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