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Longest Walk Carries on Long Tradition
By Fran Taylor, Member Walk San Francisco, Aug 09, 2008
Leaving San Francisco after a sunrise ceremony on Alcatraz, Native Americans and allies set off on foot in February for Washington, DC. They arrived in July, over 4000 miles later. Longest Walk 2 commemorated an earlier walk in 1978. But the tradition of walking for your rights goes back much further than 30 years.
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Bridge Crash Aftermath Underscores Need for Helipad
By Fran Taylor, Member Walk San Francisco, Jul 14, 2008
A head-on collision on the Golden Gate Bridge in May threw the evening commute into chaos and drew immediate cries for new safety measures. Lost in the flurry of traffic reports and debate about possible barriers, however, was the aftermath of the crash for the most seriously hurt victim. Dr. Grace M. Dammann had to be transported by helicopter about 25 miles to John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek because San Francisco General Hospital lacks a helipad for its acclaimed Level 1 Trauma Center.
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Car Culture Reflects Complex Roots in Racism
By Fran Taylor, Member Walk San Francisco, Jun 17, 2008
Transportation has never been simply about moving from point A to point B. Every mode has its baggage. What we now regard as environmentally friendly trains were once the sinister octopus, strangling farmers through land seizures and monopoly shipping charges. Stagecoaches and wagons enabled the attempted genocide of Indian tribes by transporting white homesteaders onto Native land. Bicycles encouraged women to shed their petticoats, which was either liberation or the work of Satan, depending on your view of woman’s place.
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Bike Plan Rolls Along Despite Injunction
By Fran Taylor, Member Walk San Francisco, May 12, 2008
Paint cans to stripe new bike lanes may be gathering cobwebs, but the design and community outreach that must come first anyway are chugging right along. Physical manifestations of the citywide bicycle network have been on hold since a judge imposed an injunction in 2006 that prohibits the City from so much as installing a bike rack on a sidewalk. But the injunction doesn’t proscribe steps up to actual implementation, and cyclists have used the time to prepare detailed plans. The idea is to get each leg of the bike plan ready while the environmental impact review is taking place, so the physical changes can begin immediately once the injunction is lifted, probably next year.
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Muni Proposals Spin a Tale of Two Cities
By Fran Taylor, Member of Walk San Francisco, Apr 22, 2008
It was the best of plans. It was the worst of plans. Muni’s Transit Effectiveness Project offers the most controversial of plans, and riders are grappling with how to support calls for increased core service and speedier boarding but still disapprove of specific suggestions. Fears that too much carping could bring down the whole project have dampened criticism amid worries that benefits are unequal.
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