(Alissa de Vogel) As a cyclist in San Francisco, we're lucky to live in the Panhandle. The lush, mature eucalyptus trees provide shade and make the entire neighborhood smell amazing. The long path of smooth, uninterrupted pavement allows us to move quickly between the Wiggle and our house without the hassle of stop signs and traffic. While biking through the Panhandle is easy and convenient, we'd like to suggest a few improvements. more ›

A woman in her 60s lies at San Francisco General Hospital with life-threatening injuries after possibly being struck by a 38 L near Howard and Beale on Wednesday night. The incident occurred around 7:45 p.m. "A witness told police the bus was traveling south on Beale Street through the intersection and the woman was standing on an island on Beale Street south of Howard Street," reports SF Appeal. "The witness then saw the pedestrian in the road after the bus passed by the island." more ›

A man was stuck and killed while walking across Lombard Street on Saturday. The Chronicle reports: "Thomas Ferguson, 45, was crossing midblock between Van Ness Avenue and Franklin Street around 8:45 p.m. when he was hit by the westbound car and pinned underneath it." more ›

At around 4 a.m. Sunday morning at the corner of Battery and California Streets, a hit-run incident occurred, one that resulted in a fatality. According to BCN (via SF Appeal), "Police were searching for a possible suspect in the collision this morning." more ›

A 47-year-old woman suffered life-threatening injures after being hit at Mission and 13th Streets on Monday. According to SF Appeal, "The truck left the scene afterward but was stopped in the city's Ingleside neighborhood a short time later, and its 54-year-old driver was taken into custody on suspicion of hit-and-run, according to [SFPD's Sgt. Daryl] Fong." more ›

Around 5 a.m. this morning, a Muni Metro light rail vehicle struck a pedestrian walking on the tracks in an underground tunnel between the Embarcadero and Montgomery Street stations. more ›

An unidentified pedestrian "wearing a security guard uniform" on Sunday afternoon was struck and killed by a Muni bus at Mission at Fifth streets. According to reports, the man "crossed in front of the 14-L bus as it pulled out of the bus zone, a Muni spokesman said, and two sets of tires rolled over his legs. His lunch bag was found next to him." He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. more ›

The following footage (via KTVU) shows a pedestrian being hit by car in downtown Oakland during the general strike. While, of course, the pedestrian could have moved and not slammed the hood of the driver's admittedly snazzy car--a point some of you might argue--it does appear that the driver intentionally plowed through the protesters. And, well, that's wrong. And bad. Very bad. more ›

A little after 7 a.m. this morning, a pedestrian was hit by a car in the city's SOMA district. According to SF Appeal, "the accident was reported shortly after 7 a.m. at the intersection of Seventh and Harrison streets." The victim suffered a head injury in the accident. more ›

A woman was struck and killed by a Muni shuttle in Castro District this afternoon. According to reports "Police say the woman was at the corner of 18th and Hartford when she was hit by the 33 shuttle bus. They are currently at the scene of the accident." Expect transit delays. more ›

A 22-year-old male pedestrian was struck and killed by a car at around 1:20 a.m. this morning in the city's Marina district. The incident occurred at Lombard and Pierce. "The vehicle was driving eastbound on Pierce when the crash occurred," reports BCN. "The driver, a 30-year-old man, reportedly told officers that he did not see the pedestrian before the crash." more ›

Yesterday afternoon, an 81-year-old woman was struck by a car as she was walking in a crosswalk on 17th and Guerrero Streets. The incident happened at around 3:30 pm. "Police said the woman had been walking in a crosswalk at the intersection when the driver of a vehicle turned left on a green light and struck her," reports BCN. She is in critical condition. No arrests were made. [SF Appeal] more ›

A pedestrian was killed this morning in Atherton. The incident was reported at about 6:15 a.m. on El Camino Real. No word yet on arrests or cause of accident. However, a cruel CBS 5 commenter named "liberal h8r" had this to say: "I can picture this Prius Elitist doing 90mph in 40 zone only caring about his/herself, and then could not get out of the way. The pedestrian is a moron for trying cross a very busy and wide section of 82 where there are no cross walks. A couple of NOR-CAL geniuses at work." Charming. [CBS 5] more ›

Have you come across crosswalk signals that skip countdown numbers? We have. And it's scary. Fortunately, Walk San Francisco, a pedestrian safety advocacy group, can help you take action. more ›

This just in: Emergency_In_SF just sent out the following message, "PEDESTRIAN STRUCK: Person walked in front of MUNI train [at] 3rd & Wallace. Condition of patient not known. T-Line affected all directions." We'll update with more info as it comes in to us. more ›

The pedestrian fatally struck by a pickup truck while standing on a Muni platform at Fourth and King Streets has, according to BCN (vis SF Appeal) "been identified by the medical examiner's office today as 53-year-old George Schaeffer." Last Friday, if you recall, Dwain Davis, of Templeton, crushed Schaeffer after colliding with a big-rig truck. Davis has since been arrested an charged with manslaughter. more ›

A bus hit a pedestrian in the city's South of Market neighborhood this morning. Happening at around 8 a.m., BCN (via SF Appeal) reports that the bus was turning left onto Eighth Street from Howard Street when it struck a female pedestrian. "The pedestrian was alert and speaking when she was transported by ambulance to a hospital, but the extent of her injuries was not immediately clear." The driver will undergo routine booze and drug testing. Oh, and the bus was a Golden Gate Transit vehicle, not a MUNI clunker. Shocking, we know. more ›

A day after a cyclist was the victim of a hit-and-run by a 5-Fulton driver during his route, a 19-year-old female pedestrian was hit near the intersection of San Jose and Farallones Street by a M Ocean View Muni light rail. more ›

A little before 8am this morning, a female pedestrian was seriously injured on Mission Street between Sixth and Fifth. The accident resulted in the rerouting of the 14-Mission bus. more ›

A pedestrian was killed early this morning at around 4:30 a.m. after being struck while walking on a connector ramp between two highways. According to reports, the fatal incident happened on a connector ramp between northbound Interstate Highway 280 and southbound state Highway 1. The unidentified victim died at the scene. more ›

Oh, sure, you've seen all the coverage of Jan Gehl's plan to turn Fisherman's Wharf into something tolerable. But wouldn't you like to know more? The excellent SPUR is holding a forum TODAY about the city's plan to alleviate pedestrian-congestion by updating the neighborhood's 1950s-style freeway-inspired urban design: widening sidewalks, installing benches, and adding bike lanes, injunction be damned. After all, be honest: when's the last time you went to Fisherman's Wharf? Probably when you had out-of-town guests. more ›

Early this morning at 8:24 a.m., an "adult female" was struck a 60-foot 71-Haight-Noriega bus on Market and Sixth Streets. She was transported to SF General Hospital, where she later died. According to San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's press release: more ›

This morning we ran north on Arguello to the Presidio. When we reached California Street, it struck us that there were no pedestrian signals at that intersection, which is rife with pedestrians, on a crowded bus line, and right near a couple of schools and a huge synagogue. more ›

-- Really? At Union Square? Where we sit and enjoy our Border's-bought cream cheese stuffed pretzel? Let's back up a bit: according to SF Crime, a 16-year-old boy was shot while kicking it in the Union Square area at around 9:30 p.m. on Friday night. "A bullet struck the teen in the ankle and he was transported to San Francisco General Hospital in stable condition" just 30 minutes after SFPD responded to yet another... more ›

Similar to the fatal accident that happened in November, another pedestrian -- engrossed in a phone call, ignorant as to what was happening around him -- was stuck and killed by a train in San Leandro. According to the Chronicle, it seems that: The victim, a man who was not immediately identified, was struck at 12:30 p.m. by a northbound Capitol Corridor train at the Alvarado Street crossing, about 8 miles south of the... more ›

San Francisco is America's most "walkable" city more ›

We caught the symphony on Thursday for a really cool program: Mostly Ives, with a Mendelssohn violin concerto squeezed in between for good measure. Those quicker than us with their opinions found the concerto rather pedestrian. But it's such a delicious yet cloying confection that even under the the jurisdiction of a particularly uninspired interpretation, is still satisfying. And the soloist, 22yo Sergey Khachatryan, did spark some fireworks in the final movement. more ›

It was with absolutely zero shock that we read yesterday's article in the Examiner about a police sting aimed at drivers who cruise through the crosswalk when people are trying to cross the street at Taraval and 21st. The sting continues, as

San Francisco police are conducting undercover pedestrian sting operations to cite drivers “blatantly violating the pedestrian right of way.” On Wednesday, officers at Taraval Street and 21st Avenue cited 45 drivers in just two and a half hours from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., according to police.

We were bicycling out in Parkside today, and we stopped to admire the new traffic signals at 19th and Sloat. It's still extraordinarily dangerous, and perhaps worse. The sign telling cars to yield on green for a left turn is still up, so drivers edge out in to the intersection, begging to get creamed by traffic coming the other way on Sloat. That left-turn signal? It lasts for precisely two seconds, at the end... more ›

Ah, beautiful Diviz. Is there no boulevard more perfect, more blissful? When we think "nice places to take an afternoon constitutional," we are drawn instantly to its divine charm. It is, simply put, an Eden. To alter it would be to play God. more ›