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.

Thinking back, most of the intersections to Arguello don't have pedestrian flashers, with the exceptions of Fulton, Geary, and Clement. Every other intersection - including some big ones - just has the lights. We've written and read ad nauseum about the reasons that there are no pedestrian signals on 19th Avenue , and while we think it's stupid it at least makes some financial sense: nobody wants to take responsibility to pay for them, at least until someone dies.

Well, here's a chance to do something positive before someone gets hurt. Arguello is owned by the city, so there should be no conflicts with Caltrans. It's a street with quite a few pedestrians - we passed dozens on our run, and there were people waiting to cross at each corner of California - what's going on? Is there some secret kill-the-walkers cabal that operates on Arguello?

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