A woman gets hit (and nearly killed) by a truck making an illegal right turn onto a freeway ramp and San Francisco's cycling community mobilizes. Seventy people gathered last Friday for a rush hour protest demanding that the city re-engineer the intersection to make it safe for cyclists and pedestrians. Bikescape attends the demo at Market and Octavia and reports back with interviews and commentary.
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2 comments:
I noticed riding by the intersection today (Feb. 1) they had put up additional barriers in addition to the big electric sign. I didn't see anyone even attempt to make the turn so hopefully the problem is solved there; however, it's too bad someone had to get hurt before they corrected this problem. Brett in S.F.
cfxwyIt's absolutly beyond me why an obvious problem area is not corrected right away. It's a simple idea of safety for the citizens of a city. We have a couple problem areas here as well and the city knows about them. Unfortunatly they know about them but do nothing, I truly don't understand that logic. I almost wonder if it can be broken down to nothing more than just not caring.
As I comented several months ago, excelent podcast, real quality John
See you at the bike show on the 3rd and 4th!!
Mike
Nebraska
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