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San Francisco traffic deaths: Pedestrians must do better, drivers say (sfstandard.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

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Daylighting, which involves removing parked cars from around crosswalks in order to improve visibility and just wiped out about 14,000 street parking spaces, has proved especially controversial.

“If someone doesn’t die because of it, we will never know, while the living have to suffer,” Nina Geneson Otis wrote in an email to The Standard. The real estate broker said daylighting is the kind of policy that makes Democrats lose elections.

Others say the city’s actions remove responsibility from pedestrians to look out for their own safety. “A pedestrian can do anything, and be irresponsible, and no harm will come to them?” Brandi said, describing the policies as “idiot-proof.”

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[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 34 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

“If someone doesn’t die because of it, we will never know, while the living have to suffer,” Nina Geneson Otis wrote in an email to The Standard. The real estate broker said daylighting is the kind of policy that makes Democrats lose elections.

The fuck? Is parking at the corners of intersections legal in the US then? Because where I live it isn't for that exact same reason of it blocking visibility. And I'm sure she's suffering deeply for lacking a few parking spots... Dumb entitled cunt.

[–] eRac@lemmings.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I don't think she's complaining. She is making the very good point that the benefit of the bill is invisible, while the downsides are visible. Making policy decisions based on what's right instead of what's marketable makes a party unpopular because the electorate is dumb and shortsighted.

FWIW, it's not allowed in Chicago but people tend to use the space for short-term parking and pulling over. The city has started blocking the road surface near corners to make this impossible, both with curb bump outs and simple flexible reflective posts.

[–] dodos@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think they recently passed a bill to make it illegal, but it won't be enforced till sometime next year.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's legal in many places. My city is just now starting to enforce corner parking.