Market Street and Octavia Boulevard is the Joan Rivers of San Francisco intersections, says an article in The Bay Citizen Bike Accident Tracker. No matter how much work is done on it, this dangerous bicycle intersection is still a wreck and is causing bicycle accidents in San Francisco.
The intersection was the site of the most bike accidents over the past two years. The primary cause is cars making illegal right turns from Market Street onto the Octavia freeway onramp, while cyclists are cruising along together down the side of Market Street in the bike lane.
Much attention has been…
It took the death last year of a Santa Rosa teen in a West College Avenue crosswalk to prompt movement toward a new signal light at the intersection where she was struck, according to an article today in The Press Democrat.
The initial investigation indicates the driver was not speeding, on the phone, or driving under the influence and there are no grounds for criminal charges, police Sgt. Lance Badger said. But the accident bears a frightening resemblance to the incident just more than one year earlier in which another teen was fatally struck at nearly the same spot,…
Up until very recently, the message seemed to be, “commute by bicycle at your own risk!” More people bike in San Francisco every year. The statistics have grown 60% since 2006 according to a previously published article in the Bay Citizen.
Finally, San Francisco is installing new bike lanes after winning a four-year legal battle. Innovations like separated lanes on San Francisco’s Market Street aim to make bicycle commutes less dangerous.
Despite all of the accidents, many bikers and drivers disagree over whose behavior needs to change most.
As a San Francisco Bicycle Accident AttorneyI am a strong …
California is a beautiful landscape for motorcyclists. We have some of the best weather in the country and beautiful shoreline to enjoy on an afternoon ride. Earlier this month, The Mercury News reported on a story of one 48-year-old rider whose afternoon ride ended tragically.
According to reports, the Santa Rosa man was riding on Highway 1 in Sonoma County on Jan. 4, when he lost control of his Harley-Davidson and crashed around 3:15 p.m. Exactly why he lost control of the bike has not been determined. And, unfortunately, the motorcycle crash victim did not survive his injuries, so he…
