The California Office of Traffic Safety recently released the results of a survey. According to the results of the survey, the three biggest safety problems on our roadways are (1) Talking on the cell phone, (2) Texting on the cell phone, and (3) Speeding and aggressive driving. The survey results show that talking on the cell [...]
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December 7th, 2011Bicyclist Kills Pedestrian, Pleads Not Guilty
November 29th, 2011On July 15, 2008, a bicyclist traveling northbound through the intersection of The Embarcadero and Mission Street ran a red light and struck and killed a pedestrian. The victim, Dionette Cherney, was visiting from Washington, D.C. She had the right of way and was crossing . She died of head injuries a month later. The [...]
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November 11th, 2011On November 8th, San Franciscans passed a bond measure to repair the streets of San Francisco. The bond measure will inject $248 million to repair both streets and sidewalks throughout the city. According to an article in the SF Examiner, “The $248 million bond measure includes $148 million for street repaving, $50 million for [...]
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October 27th, 2011According to a San Francisco Examiner article (found here), the SF MTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) has recently allowed taxis to use bike lanes to pick up and drop off passengers. Naturally, this has caused positive and negative reactions. Proponents argue that this will allow passengers to enter and exit taxis safely. Passengers no [...]
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October 11th, 2011According to sf.streetsblog.org, the eastern portion of John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park could have a newly designed bicycle lane by the end of the year. Instead of the conventional bicycle lane that allows cyclists to bike alongside cars on San Francisco streets, the new design ideally provides more safety for cyclists. The [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Removing Crosswalks: A Solution to a Dangerous Intersection
September 27th, 2011The city of Santa Rosa has found a solution to the dangerous conditions at two intersections: (1) 3rd Street and Cijos Street and (2) 3rdStreet and Brooks Street. They plan to remove the crosswalks to alleviate the situation. The crosswalks are uncontrolled so the pedestrians must cross without any assistance from stoplights or cautionary signals. On this 3-lane one-way [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Danger of Potholes
September 20th, 2011The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (the Bay Area’s planning commission on transportation) rated various cities’ road conditions according to its Pavement Conditions Index (PCI). According to the finding, two of the Bay Area’s biggest cities – San Francisco and San Jose – both scored a 64, giving it a Fair Rating on the PCI. The lowest [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Possible Change to Speed Limit on the Golden Gate Bridge…For Bikes!
September 16th, 2011It looks like one of the world’s most iconic landmarks needs to implement some safety rules. The westbound sidewalk of the Golden Gate Bridge has been and will continue to be closed through September for retrofitting work and this has naturally caused an increase in traffic on the eastbound sidewalk. Bicyclists and pedestrians share this [...]
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September 13th, 2011Last year, a fatal crash involving a Duck Tour boat and a barge in Philadelphia was caused by the use of a cell phone and laptop while operating a nautical vehicle. The Duck Tour boat had engine problems and stalled on the water, but the pilot of tugboat pulling the barge did not see the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Bike Accident Statistics In The Bay Area
September 9th, 2011The Bay Citizen has compiled data about the Bay Area’s bicycle accidents, and it reveals some alarming statistics. http://www.baycitizen.org/data/bike-accidents/charts/ According to this data, Santa Clara, Alameda, and San Francisco counties rank as the three counties with the most bicycle accidents. The statistics also reveal that over half (52%) of the accidents reported in this study [...]
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