Comments on: In Fourth Such Collision In Less Than 24 Hours, Cyclist Is Struck By Driver At Market And Hyde http://sfappeal.com/2014/03/in-fourth-such-collision-in-less-that-24-hours-cyclist-is-struck-by-driver-at-market-and-hyde/ SF Appeal: San Francisco's Online Newspaper Sun, 06 May 2018 15:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.24 By: Easy http://sfappeal.com/2014/03/in-fourth-such-collision-in-less-that-24-hours-cyclist-is-struck-by-driver-at-market-and-hyde/#comment-25271 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 07:12:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=66324#comment-25271 Search for “The next time you elect a Mayor, or a City Supervisor VOTE NO if they start parroting” on Google, and you’ll see this guy just parrots this same BS everywhere.

Of the 4 intersections where San Franciscan’s were injured today, 3 of them have no bike lanes at all, and 1 of them has bike lanes only on one corner. If only there had been some, maybe traffic would have been calmed for that 5 year old & their babysitter.

]]> By: mattghali http://sfappeal.com/2014/03/in-fourth-such-collision-in-less-that-24-hours-cyclist-is-struck-by-driver-at-market-and-hyde/#comment-25259 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 04:01:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=66324#comment-25259 I thought I was the only one sick of that “Transit First” horseshit. You hit the nail on the head, brother.

]]> By: Shuggah21 http://sfappeal.com/2014/03/in-fourth-such-collision-in-less-that-24-hours-cyclist-is-struck-by-driver-at-market-and-hyde/#comment-25258 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:29:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=66324#comment-25258 Until very recently the drivers responsible for the vast majority of these collisions were not held accountable. In addition to traffic measures strict legal enforcement of existing laws is what is needed.

]]> By: sfparkripoff http://sfappeal.com/2014/03/in-fourth-such-collision-in-less-that-24-hours-cyclist-is-struck-by-driver-at-market-and-hyde/#comment-25253 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 21:02:00 +0000 http://sfappeal.com/?p=66324#comment-25253 In 2004, there were 20 pedestrian fatalities in San Francisco (sourced from the Pedestrian Safety Project, San Francisco Department of Public Health. (2005).

In 2013, there were 21 fatal pedestrian fatalities. Over a ten year span the City of San Francisco has dumped MILLIONS of tax dollars on traffic calming, road diets, and bicycle lanes and pedestrian safety projects. What was the outcome of all of this spending? Pedestrian and cyclist COLLISIONS INCREASED ACROSS THE CITY!

City Hall is now proposing to spend MORE MONEY on strategies that have
proven to be ineffective in reducing collisions on city streets.The SFMTA has
taken away street design from professional engineering experts and made
it a fragmented “community” and committee process at the will of politicians and lobbyists. The street designs being rubber stamped all over the city under the
euphemisms of “traffic calming” and “streetscaping” are misguided in their application.

Shrinking the number of auto lanes and replacing them with bike lanes has created roadways that are more dangerous for public transit, private autos,and emergency vehicles. City Hall should let street design be done by qualified traffic engineers and not by pedestrian and bicycle lobbyists.

City officials want to push $3 BILLION in taxes, fees and bonds before voters in 2014. We are encouraging city motorists to stop contributing to an anti-car Transit Agency that uses city motorists like an ATM machine. Remember this the next time the city of San Francisco requests more bonds to improve your driving experience. VOTE NO! If you drive a car, VOTE NO on any more funds for MUNI or the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency (SFMTA). Regardless of what they promise, the funds will be used against you to enforce the MTA’s predatory anti-car policies.

The next time you elect a Mayor, or a City Supervisor VOTE NO if they start parroting ‘transit first” as an excuse to bleed your wallet. If your city Supervisor wants you to give up the safety of your family car to ride a bicycle on busy city streets then VOTE THEM OUT!

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