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Traffic Affects Health in Unexpected Ways
By Fran Taylor, Member Walk San Francisco, Jun 11, 2007
Broken bones are easy to spot, and even internal bleeding injuries can be obvious to a medical professional. But victims of traffic don’t always spit blood and drag shattered limbs. And even the creators of traffic can suffer. A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine found that drivers stuck in traffic were 2.6 times more likely to suffer a heart attack within an hour than a control group.
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Bike Spring Blossoms in May
By Fran Taylor, Member of Walk San Francisco, May 21, 2007
Bike to Work Month is busting out all over, blooming into Bike Spring. The high point remains Bike to Work Day on Thursday, May 17, but events all over the City run throughout May and on into June. Themes range from sex work and trees to libraries and food. The Library Bike Race and BBQ takes place on Saturday, May 19, at the Bike Kitchen, 1256 Mission at 9th Street (entrance on Laskie Street, an alley parallel to 9th). The Bike Spring website describes the event:
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BART Snubs Low-Income Fast Pass Users
By Fran Taylor, Member of Walk San Francisco, Apr 14, 2007
The Mission bus takes almost an hour to travel downtown from Geneva, according to Muni’s schedule. BART from Balboa station to Embarcadero takes about 15 minutes. Why would anyone from the Excelsior choose to spend 45 extra minutes lurching on a bus instead zipping underground?
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Pedestrians Fight For Their Sidewalks
By Fran Taylor, Member of Walk San Francisco, Mar 10, 2007
Children learn right away to “Stay out of the street!” This is easier said than done in San Francisco, where the street comes up on the sidewalks. Cars parked where walkers belong can force parents with strollers into traffic. Seniors pushing groceries home, people in wheelchairs, or just anyone trying to walk anywhere must wrestle past cars invading pedestrian space.
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Bus Riders Charge Discrimination
By Fran Taylor, member Walk San Francisco, Feb 15, 2007
Bay Area transit users wondering how fast their ride will come may want to survey their fellow passengers for race and economic status. Riders receive varying levels of service, and plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the agency that allocates transportation funding say discrimination is the reason. A report released in December, on the 50th anniversary of the successful conclusion of the Montgomery bus boycott, accuses the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) of shortchanging poor riders of color.
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