104-year-old dies after being hit by mini-van
Friday, January 15th, 2010This past Monday, the San Francisco Chronicle carried a story about a 104-year-old New York City amusement park strongman who died after being hit by a mini-van.
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This past Monday, the San Francisco Chronicle carried a story about a 104-year-old New York City amusement park strongman who died after being hit by a mini-van.
San Francisco No Walk in the Park For Pedestrians Reports
Monday, November 23rd, 2009Walk San Francisco urges Speaker Pelosi and Congresswoman Speier to Support Increased Focus on Pedestrian Safety in Upcoming Federal Legislation San Francisco’s priorities when it comes to pedestrian safety are a little off a new national report along with additional number crunching from a local group shows. The report lumped San Francisco ...
Dangerous by Design: Solving the Epidemic of Preventable Pedestrian Deaths
Monday, November 9th, 2009A new report released today by Transportation For America and the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership takes stock of how city streets built for speed and not safety can be deadly to pedestrians. “Dangerous By Design: Solving the Epidemic of Preventable Pedestrian Deaths (And Making Great Neighborhoods)” ranks the nation’s 52 ...
WalkSF’s Response to “Careless Pedestrians” Article in Chronicle
Thursday, October 15th, 2009The following is a response to the C.W. Nevius authored column "S.F. a dangerous city for careless pedestrians" Mr. Nevius: I read with interest your column today entitled "SF a dangerous city for careless pedestrians". First one of the things that I always like to say is "Everyone is a pedestrian, even ...
San Francisco Most Walkable City in America
Sunday, July 20th, 2008Front Seat, the civic software company that operates walkability site www.walkscore.com, today announced the results of their calculations to identify America’s Most Walkable Neighborhoods. With gas topping $4 per gallon, Americans are increasingly looking for walkable places to live. The new list is the first objective national ranking of walkability; ...
