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I would have gone from 1 car to 0 years ago if there was a viable car share option.

31.10.2025 01:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Waymo allegedly kills cat at San Francisco store A convenience store owner and patrons are grieving the loss of their beloved mascot, KitKat.

Is there any city in the United States that wouldn't be better and safer with fewer cars?

30.10.2025 15:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Response to CARB on Ending the E-Bike Incentive Project - CalBike CARBโ€™s decision to absorb the remaining funding from the E-Bike Incentive Project into Clean Cars 4 All is a telling political momentโ€”one that mistakes โ€œcleaner carsโ€ for genuine progress. Itโ€™s easier...

E-bikes are succeeding in spite of California. Does every supposedly pro-environmental law and organization in California state government have to be so backwards (CARB, Coastal Commission, CEQA, etc.)?

30.10.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They can come up with a name for a terrorist organization that doesnโ€™t exist, but not for one that supposedly does exist? Or maybe they just prefer mass murder without any justification.

30.10.2025 03:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Caltrans car-focused traffic signals at ECB and the 15 didnโ€™t help either nor the supposed transit signal priority for the 215.

30.10.2025 03:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Stops a late 215, then takes 2 minutes to pay.

Stops a late 215, then takes 2 minutes to pay.

Donโ€™t be the guy that runs up to a departing late 215, then takes 2 minutes to pay. If not for running down the walkway and stairs to the ECB centerline stop and the driver of a few minute late 235 noticing me, I would have had to wait 30 min for the next bus and been late for work.

30.10.2025 03:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you you walk, bike, or take transit, you also know that people driving cars could kill you at any time. Itโ€™s the cars.

29.10.2025 23:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Building a palace ballroom while starving the poorest people is how you get to guillotines.

29.10.2025 10:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The anger I feel every time I have to cross an onramp to get to a transit stop and have to dodge yet another entitled person driving a car running a red light to make the turn onto the onramp.

29.10.2025 10:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s now three evenings in a row where a person driving a vehicle from westbound ECB to the onramp to the northbound 15 has run the red right turn arrow while I was trying to cross that onramp. San Diego drivers routinely ignore red arrows and curbs. #VisionZero

29.10.2025 02:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sharrows road image with text on pavement

Bikes โ‰  automobiles

โŒWeigh 2-3 tons
โŒEncased in a steel box
โŒKill thousands of people every year

Bikes shouldnโ€™t be treated as vehicles and shouldnโ€™t be required to follow the same laws.

Idaho stops are a perfect example. The increase safety when preformed correctly and make cycling safer!

28.10.2025 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A pedestrian crossing that wouldnโ€™t be needed except for a highway that shouldnโ€™t even exist. The only cost should be for the removal of that section of highway.

28.10.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hit-and-run crash in Santa Monica kills 2 pedestrians Santa Monica police are looking for the driver who allegedly crashed into a group of people on a sidewalk Friday night, killing two and injuring two more.

"...where they found a car had plowed into a group of four people. The car, an orange Dodge Charger, ended up on the sidewalk and smashed into a tree."

If scooters and e-bikes can have their speeds limited for reasons of safety, why not limit the speeds of far more lethal cars on city streets?

27.10.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The person driving the westbound murder weapon on University presumably didn't have to slow down much to head north on 54th thanks to the wide slip lane. If San Diego was really serious about trying to achieve #VisionZero, why hasn't every slip lane on city streets been removed over the past decade?

27.10.2025 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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City launches data-driven plan for safer intersections in San Diego San Diego identifies seven high-crash locations for immediate safety upgrades, including new signals and crosswalks, after Vision Zero falls short of goals.

"Public records obtained by CBS 8 show more than 430 traffic-related deaths since Vision Zero began in 2015."

The limited measures the city has taken in the past ten years are far less than what's needed to make any meaningful reduction in the fatal collisions on city streets.

27.10.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

While I'm waiting to cross 10th Ave at B Street, drivers of three cars run the light after it turn reds. A fourth driver tried to right-hook a bus by making a right turn after red without stopping, but had to stop because of the cars on B Street proceeding on a green. #VisionZero #SanDiego

27.10.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why have children only to have them tear-gassed by this vile regime?

26.10.2025 04:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Young child in critical condition after hit-and-run in City Heights San Diego Police seek suspect after child hit by Honda in Colina Del Sol. Child in critical condition; investigation underway.

University Avenue between 54th and 58th is really hostile for people walking. The posted speed limit is 40 mph, but it's designed for highway speeds. And there are no marked, much less signaled, crossings between 54th and 58th. #VisionZero is a farce in #SanDiego.

26.10.2025 04:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

This was the year that San Diego had targeted to achieve Vision Zero. Blindly prioritizing fast movement of cars on city streets will ensure that never happens. That deadly collision didn't have to happen.

24.10.2025 20:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Jackson Drive resident sought stop signs and crosswalks to no avail. Then a boy died. The city will install an all-way stop at Lake Badin Avenue and Jackson Drive.

"To qualify for an all-way stop, a major road like Jackson Drive is required to score at least 25 points. The intersection scored 10 points. The intersection was also evaluated for a crosswalk in November 2024, Santacroce said, and it did not meet the required criteria." #VisionZero

24.10.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The allowance for the Gold Hill housing was the planned, but unfunded, Rapid Route 637. It would follow the current routing of Route 2 through North Park and South Park, then continue southward from C St. and 28th to Naval Base San Diego.

24.10.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When nearby transit is years off, how much housing should San Diego allow? Hereโ€™s what a judge just said. The key issue in the lawsuit โ€” which could affect housing developments citywide โ€” is whether future transit routes should help projects qualify for density bonuses.

MTS seems committed to running no more than the existing service, at most, for much of the rest of the decade. San Diego needs more housing and needs to fund the necessary transit for that to happen.

24.10.2025 19:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There needs to be a requirement, if it doesnโ€™t already exist, that anything built on the White House grounds must be publicly funded with approval by Congress. And unpermitted demolitions must be restored at the expense of the person that ordered and/or contracted the demolition.

24.10.2025 00:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No terrorist could ever hope to do the amount of damage Trump has done to the United States since January.

23.10.2025 08:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pre-pandemic, my vote would have been for the weekend Muni 76X Marin Headlands Express that operated between downtown San Francisco and the Marin Headlands across the Golden Gate Bridge.

22.10.2025 11:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Despots don't tend to be forgotten quickly because of the immense harm they cause.

22.10.2025 10:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One student killed and two injured after being hit by car in Lake Murray area The Pershing Middle School students were hit as they were walking near Lake Badin Avenue and Jackson Drive.

"One resident who lives on Jackson Drive near the crash site said heโ€™s repeatedly asked city officials to improve safety along the road over the past 18 months, but nothing has changed."

He'd requested painted crosswalks, painted crosswalks and a stop sign, and a traffic calming study. Crickets.

21.10.2025 15:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Car strikes 3 siblings, one fatally, on way to middle school in San Carlos A child was killed and two others were in critical condition after being struck by a car in the San Diego neighborhood of San Carlos Monday morning.

"Speed was not believed to be a factor in the crash." It was a factor in the severity of the injuries and the death and likely why the person driving hit the children while they were in a legal, but unmarked crosswalk. It was one block from the crash location that the speed limit went from 35 to 40.

21.10.2025 05:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Having to jump onto a curb during my evening commute to avoid getting hit by a car makes me feel so much better about San Diegoโ€™s lack of urbanism. #VisionZero

21.10.2025 03:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Those auto loan payments for a year would cover the cost of a basic transit pass in San Diego for a decade.

20.10.2025 23:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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