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Are San Francisco Cyclists Guilty Until Proven Innocent?

By Roger Rudick | Sep 12, 2016 | 87 Comments

Justin Liszanckie was running an errand on the evening of July 20. “I was on Brannan and heading west, trying to turn south on Fourth towards the ballpark,” he said. And that’s the last thing he remembers until “waking up in the hospital hours later.” Liszanckie ended up in San Francisco General for ten days. His […]

Guest Editorial: Prop R Will Not Increase Bike Patrols, Despite Voter Guide Claims

By Jeremy Pollock | Sep 7, 2016 | 8 Comments

While we all know that writers of Voter Information Pamphlets sometimes stretch the facts, they shouldn’t be allowed to just make stuff up, right? There is a completely false statement in the “Rebuttal to the Opponent” ballot argument for Prop. R, the Neighborhood Crime Unit proposition–it says that Prop. R would “significantly increase the number of […]

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Outrage Over Bicycling Deaths is Not Enough

By Roger Rudick | Jun 27, 2016 | 23 Comments

The deaths of Heather Miller and Kate Slattery, two more people killed riding on San Francisco’s dangerous streets, has left the entire safe-streets community rattled and heart broken. Cycling advocates took San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and SFMTA head Ed Reiskin to task for a tone-deaf press conference held Thursday about the carnage. The mayor […]