Posts Tagged ‘collision’
Friday, December 18th, 2009
Things weren’t looking so hot for the driver of this #5 Fulton MUNI bus at this scene a while back, ’cause even the City-employed investigator was basically admitting that the pilot of the black Nissan sedan wasn’t at fault.
When pulling into traffic, you need to look first – that rule applies to people pulling buses out of bus stops as well you and me.
(Some MUNI drivers don’t pull into bus stops for this very reason. Oh well.)
When you crash into a city bus make sure you file notice of your claim within the next six months (otherwise your claim might go poof)
Let’s be careful out there.
Tags: 5, accident, bus, collision, driver, fender bender, five, fulton, investigator, mcallister, Muni, nissan, Polk, san fransico, stop, street
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
Can you spot one of the the new pedestrian countdown timers being installed in the Middle Richmond District last week? It arrived all wrapped up.
Plus new road signs too, probably they’ll be more legible or something. But that’s a small thing compared with the installation of new signals.
Click to expand.
Maybe fewer people will die on the mean streets of the Richmond District after we get all this new equipment. (How many peds got mowed over by cars in the Richmond District last year? More than you might think.)
Anyway, the new lights can’t hoit.
Hurray!
Tags: 15th, avenue, blvd., boulevar, collision, countdown, death, district, geary, highway, inner, intersection, middle, mta, one, ortega, park presidio, pedestrian, richmond, San Francisco, santiago, SFMTA, signals, state, sunset, zone
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Nowadays, it seems that every intersection on the 19th Avenue double fine zone in the Sunset District has either:
1. a dedicated pedestrian signal (with a countdown timer thrown in as a bonus), like this one on Ortega : or
2. evidence of recent work indicating that a pedestrian signal is a coming soon, like this one on Santiago.
Hurray!
Your grandfather’s traffic signal. Click to expand:
“Never discourage anyone…who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”
Tags: 1, 19th, 19th ave, 19th avenue, avenue, CalTrans, collision, countdown, death, district, double fine, highway, intersection, leland yee, middle, mta, one, ortega, park presidio, parkside, pedestrian, plato, richmond, San Francisco, santiago, Senator, SFMTA, signals, state, sunset, zone
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Don’t get out much to this part of the Westside Fog Belt, so this is the first I’ve seen of pedestrian signals at some intersections of 19th Avenue, aka State Highway One.
Of course, this improvement comes a little late for some…
Look for them, tirelessly counting down 24/7, on Park Presidio and the Sunset District part of 19th Avenue.
Hurray, I suppose.
Tags: 1, 19th, 19th ave, 19th avenue, avenue, CalTrans, collision, countdown, death, district, highway, intersection, middle, mta, one, ortega, park presidio, parkside, pedestrian, richmond, San Francisco, SFMTA, signals, state, sunset, times
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
This was the scene today at Redwood and bikelaned Polk southbound in San Francisco’s Civic Center just a block from City Hall. The San Francisco Police Department, Fire Department and Sheriff’s Department were out in force in response to this situation, measuring distances for use in the police report.
Hopefully, not too serious…
Tags: accident, alley, bicycle, bike, civic center, collision, cyclist, Polk, redwood, San Francisco, sffd, SFPD, sheriff, street
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
Daniel Steel’s fifth husband, Tom Perkins, might just have more boat than he can handle, judging by the fact that it’s been listed for sale already.
A recent collision with Nordic 40 footer Stand-By (see damage here) near the Bay Bridge won’t help resale value. The main lower topsail (note gaping hole here) (I’ll take the mizzen topgallant to block, Peter) will never be the same, anyway.
Poor Tom!
The Maltese Falcon with Belvedere in the background, as seen from low rent San Francisco. Click to expand.
Tags: accident, Bay, Belvedere, collision, maltese falcon, San Francisco, tom perkins
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Bike messenger Kirk Janes was killed yesterday morning in a collision with a truck at Fulton and Steiner in Alamo Square. San Francisco’s Ride of Silence, already planned for yesterday evening, was then hastily altered to start at this intersection.
The Ride of Silence occurs on the third Wednesday in May in almost 300 cities around the world. It’s a bicycle ride to commemorate cyclists killed or injured while riding on public roads. It helps to raise awareness among motorists of the dangers they pose to cyclists. Unlike a Critical Mass event, Ride of Silence rides are not designed to stall traffic or create conflict with motorists.
A KTVU channel 2 news crew spoke with riders as they assembled:
Friends of Kirk Janes were on hand with flowers:
It’s unusual to see a group this large not chatting and making noise. At the infamous intersection of Fell and Masonic:
Tags: accident, alamo square, amber lee, armbands, bicycle, bicycle coalition, bike, collision, cyclist, death, fell, fulton, janes, killed, kirk, ktvu, masonic, park, ride, rob roth, San Francisco, SFPD, silence, steiner, street
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