Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Mayor Ed Lee

The Top 5 Times Mayor Lee “Traded Safety for Convenience” on SF’s Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 29, 2015 | 20 Comments

Mayor Ed Lee says he’ll veto the Bike Yield Law because he’s “not willing to trade away safety for convenience.” The mayor is just being modest here. Of course he’s willing to trade safety for convenience! In fact, he’s elevated convenience to a core value. Here are our top five moments when Mayor Lee traded […]

Mayor Lee Vows to Veto Bike Yield Law

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 28, 2015 | 58 Comments

Updated at 6:46 p.m. with image of Mayor’s veto letter at the bottom. Mayor Ed Lee has vowed to veto the “Bike Yield Law” put forward by six supervisors. Assuming the mayor follows through, it will take a vote from eight of the 11 supervisors to override him. In a comment to the SF Chronicle, Lee showed that […]

Mayor Lee on Bike Demo: “I Won’t Bend to Interests Who Disregard Safety”

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 29, 2015 | 138 Comments

Contrasting with Supervisor London Breed’s sensible position on the demonstration planned in response to the SFPD’s impending bike crackdown, we bring you a dispatch from the hidebound side of City Hall — Room 200. Mayor Ed Lee weighed in today on the plan from bike commuters on the Wiggle to fully comply with the stop sign law en masse this […]

Mayor Lee Warms to Prop B Muni Funding Increase, Which He Opposed

By Aaron Bialick | May 5, 2015 | 5 Comments

Mayor Ed Lee held a press conference yesterday to mark a $48 million increase in transportation funding for Muni and safer streets. But the largest chunk of that increase, and the only one that resulted directly from political leadership, came from Supervisor Scott Wiener’s Proposition B — which Lee fervently opposed. The funding increase “is a great […]

Mayor Lee’s Doctor Prescribes “Balanced Diet” for San Francisco Streets

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 1, 2015 | 11 Comments

Mayor Ed Lee has appointed his personal physician, Dr. Barbara Peñalosa, as San Francisco’s first Transportation Administrator. In her new role, Peñalosa will have an unprecedented amount of authority over SF’s streets. As her first order of business, she has vowed to put city streets on a “balanced diet” by devoting at least 50 percent of street space […]

Mayor Lee Won’t Say Saving Lives Is More Important Than Car Parking

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 12, 2015 | 61 Comments

Mayor Ed Lee shocked safe streets advocates when he told Streetsblog two weeks ago, “We shouldn’t promote bicycle safety over pedestrian safety over cars and parking” on Polk Street. “I think they’re all going to be important.” The Vision Zero Coalition sent a letter [PDF] last week asking Lee to clarify his statement, saying it gave “the […]

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