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Horrible Five-Block Octavia Boulevard Claims Another Victim – Is This the...
TweetDetails of today’s accident on hated Octavia Boulevard can be found here, from Henry K. Lee and Nanette Asimov. Looking south from Fell: Click to expand The UCSF shuttle van: How did Octavia...
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At Least Our Poorly-Designed, “Livable Street,” P.O.S. Octavia Boulevard has...
TweetDo you know how painfully cheap it is to record on video a problematic street intersection 24-7 in this day and age? Well the City & County doesn’t, that’s for sure. Anyway, here’s your red...
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WTH: Huffington Post “Bay Area Street Safety” Blogger is Fronting for a...
TweetAll right, work with me here. There’s a new blogger on the HuffPoSF. Check it: “Ben Buchwalter lives in San Francisco’s Mission District and writes a blog on Bay Area street safety.” But then you...
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Octavia Boulevard is Our Fork-Tailed Doctor Killer –“Livable Streets” Gone...
TweetLet’s see, where to start with horrible Octavia Boulevard. Oh, here we go, with some bold, confident words from all the way back in 2003: “The replacement freeway and Boulevard were charged with...
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A Winning Strategy to Pass Up Stalled Traffic When Getting To Horrible...
TweetNow, it seems absurd, but Oak Street’s bottleneck at horrible Octavia Boulevard shows no sign of ending. Let’s see here, Lane 1 is (oddly) devoted to parking 24/7, Lane 2 is for through traffic...
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Well, Here They Are: Brand New Red Light Cameras and Signals at Fell and Masonic
TweetEnjoy. Will this… Click to expand …plus this: …eliminate this… …and this? Well, not actually because this particular car vs. bike from last year happened to be the impatient cyclist’s fault,...
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Scissor Fight! Dallis Willard Shows Us What an Off-Road Segway X2 Looks Like...
TweetIt looks like this. Check out the huge tires, the better for off-roading you at 12 MPH, my dear: Click to expand This kind of thing might be legal in some parts of the world, but not in the 415....
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Poorly-Designed Octavia “Boulevard” Proves Too Much for Mercedes-Driving Mom...
TweetTo the right of this accident scene is Octavia Boulevard. And to the left, a block away, is Octavia Street. And in the middle, you’ll see NIMBY Green with a newish Mercedes Benz CLS sitting on...
View ArticleThe Stated Objectives of the “Masonic Avenue Street Design Study” vs. Reality
TweetHey, it’s the Masonic Avenue Street Design Study: “About the Project – The primary goal of the Masonic Avenue Street Design Study is to identify how Masonic Avenue between Geary Boulevard and Fell...
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OMG, New “Leap Transit” Bus is a Replacement for the MUNI 30X – It’s $6 to...
Tweet[UPDATE: Kevin Montgomery of Uptown Almanac reacts.] [UPDATE II: The Twitter-stream of one @kylekirchhoff just went private. C'mon, Bro! You gotta engage with the peeps. Today is your big day....
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The “Save Masonic” People are Back Opposing Changes to Masonic Avenue – But...
TweetI’ll tell you, the “average,” the typical user of Masonic will in no way benefit from spending eight figures worth of taxpayer dollars on a 3000 foot stretch of Masonic betwixt Fell and the new...
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Wow, the Push to “STOP THE MASONIC PLAN” Seems to be Growing – But It’s Too...
TweetI’ll tell you, do you know how many residents put up signs to support using taxpayer money to decrease capacity on Masonic Avenue? None, zero, nada. But people on Masonic seem to love putting up...
View ArticlePOINT / COUNTERPOINT: TechCrunch on “AirPooler is Lyft for Private Airplanes”
TweetAirPooler is Lyft for Private Airplanes “Law prohibits private pilots from profiting from passengers so you only pay for your share of the cost of the flight plus a 20 percent fee to AirPooler”...
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Octavia Boulevard Update: Anybody Who Claims This Short Road Has “High-Speed...
TweetSimply. Now if you want real “high-speed motor traffic,” well then look to the 280 freeway. But if you want a poorly-designed glorified freeway offramp with lots of slow-moving bumper-to-bumper...
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Ed Reiskin Refuses to Comply with the SFMTA Citizens Advisory Council, So...
TweetHere’s the Citizens Advisory Council’s recommendation that Ed Reiskin, operator of America’s slowest and least efficient big-city transit system, has refused: “Motion 140122.01 – The SFMTA CAC...
View ArticleHere’s Why the SFPD’s “Focus On The Five” Traffic Enforcement Goal is At...
TweetHere’s your set-up, from The StreetsBlog: “…only one of the 10 police stations is actually meeting its goal of issuing at least 50 percent of traffic citations for the five most common violations...
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How the Magic Word “VisionZero” Has NOT Changed the SFMTA’s Half-Assed...
TweetHere’s the SFMTA’s official six-figure-a-year spokesperson on the topic of when pedestrians can cross a street, from just last year: “They can start whenever they want,” Rose said.” Of course this...
View ArticleDebunking the Debunkers: “Charles Vincent, Chris Bucchere, and the SFPD”
TweetLook what popped up in my inbox: “Saturday, March 28, 2015 Charles Vincent, Chris Bucchere, and SFPD“ Take a look and then come back here – that’s how the dedebunking business works. On March 2nd...
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The Horrible Pedestrians of San Francisco, Airbnb Edition, Western Addition
TweetHere’s an interesting contrast. The local is jaywalking on the far side of the intersection, and he’s made it most of the way across, and plus he’s running. Compare that with the Airbnb-type...
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