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San Francisco man walks 50 miles to raise awareness to pedestrian safety
A series of tragic, but unrelated, accidents have taken the lives of five pedestrians in the last few weeks in San Francisco. This, despite efforts by the city to make things safer.
Some may feel the problem is hopeless, but on Saturday, one man was undertaking an arduous journey to bring attention to the problem. Harrison Anderson doesn’t stay in one place for long.
“I average about 140,000 steps per week,” he said. “So, yeah, I burn through shoes pretty fast.”
And, luckily, with his Day-Glo pink leggings, you can see him coming from a distance. But even his high visibility doesn’t guarantee safety. That was brought home to him last month when a 2-year-old child was hit and killed in a crosswalk in the Mission Bay area of San Francisco.
“I just couldn’t stop thinking about how easily that could have been my son and I,” said Anderon. “We’re always paying attention. We’re always being careful when we’re out walking. But I don’t have enough fingers to count the number of times cars come flying around the corner, or run through a red light.”
So, to draw attention to the problem, and to maybe get city leaders up and moving, he was doing some moving of his own.
Beginning early Saturday morning and ending, hopefully, before midnight, Anderson was walking a 50-mile circuit of his own design through the entire city of San Francisco.
He said he thought the journey would require more than 100,000 steps, about 10 miles farther than the longest walk he’s ever taken.
The reason he hoped to finish before midnight was that that’s when his step counter resets to zero for the new day. By noon, Anderson had covered about 20 miles when he made it to Candlestick Point.
“Um, I’ll say right now I feel better than I usually do 20 miles into a walk,” he said. “But basically, anything past 30 miles is going to be pushing past discomfort to get to the end of the day.”
Out on the trail, he met Jodie Medeiros, executive director of WalkSF, and a tireless advocate for making the streets safer for people on foot.
With so many people and cars jammed into so little space, San Francisco may seem like an inherently dangerous place for pedestrians. Despite City efforts like banning right turns on red and installing speed bumps and red light and speed cameras, deaths still occur.
But Medeiros disagrees with those who think tragedies are just to be expected.
“This is not inevitable. This is a solution that’s definitely solvable,” she said. “You make sure that the tools are there so that people cannot drive dangerously. People are bound to make a mistake. Whether it be the person that’s walking, biking, or the driver. But how do you make sure that the system works so that if one piece of the system fails, the other one catches it?”
And Anderson said he’s tired of hearing people blame the person on foot.
“One thing that frustrates me is after you see these tragedies happen, you go to the comment section and you hear people saying, ‘Well, if they’d been paying attention, this wouldn’t have happened.’ Well, no, they were paying attention. It was the driver that wasn’t. The driver’s the one with the power.”
But Anderson is a realist. He knows people and cars will be forced to coexist in close quarters. But he said long-distance walking has taught him to overcome self-doubt. So, on Saturday, he was out there somewhere putting one foot in front of the other. For his son, and for the city he loves.
“San Francisco. There’s no other city like it. It’s the only place I’d ever want to live. And part of that is because I believe in the people that live here. I know we can get this done.”
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A ferry carrying passengers collided with Pier 31 while docking Sunday evening, breaking multiple windows and leaving some riders shaken.
Video of the incident shows the vessel striking the pier, with several passengers saying the impact knocked people off their feet and turned a scenic trip into a frightening experience.
“He’s like, ‘Mom, I thought this was going to be the best day, but this is just the worst day ever,’” said Olivia RiosAcuña, describing her young son’s reaction. She said she booked the City Cruises tour because of her son’s love of boats. The family spent much of the day on the deck before heading downstairs as the ferry prepared to dock.
“Next thing I know, I just heard a really loud noise and the whole boat shook,” she said.
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RiosAcuña said the vessel struck the pier multiple times, shattering windows and causing panic among passengers. One woman tumbled down a staircase during the incident, she said.
“I was terrified. I was like, what on earth is going on? And then I was like, okay, who on earth is driving this boat?” she said.
Genesis Alcocer, another passenger, said she did not immediately realize the extent of the damage but feared the worst.
“For me, I was like, oh my god, we’re gonna sink. I’m not the best swimmer,” Alcocer said.
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She said crew members did not initially communicate what was happening.
“The people that worked there were not making a big deal about it, but you could tell in their face that they were panicking,” she said.
Daniel Aburto, who was also on board, questioned the crew’s experience.
“Is it your first day? That was my thought. Like, this is your first day. There’s no way, there’s no way,” he said.
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Passengers said they were kept on board for about 20 minutes before being directed to exit the ferry. RiosAcuña said she was surprised by the tone of a staff member as they disembarked.
“This guy’s like, ‘Have a great day. You guys sure had an exciting entry,’ or something like that,” she said. “I was like, exciting? More like traumatic. My kid’s still crying.”
RiosAcuña, Alcocer and Aburto said they do not plan to take another City Cruises trip anytime soon.
No injuries were reported.
Alcatraz City Cruises provided a statement to ABC7:
On Sunday evening, an Alcatraz City Cruises vessel was involved in a docking incident upon return to Pier 31. There are no currently reported injuries, and an investigation of the incident will be conducted to determine it cause. Any impacts to service will be provided as additional information becomes available.
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — All lanes on San Francisco’s 19th Avenue have fully reopened ahead of schedule following the completion of a final, multi-round road repair project.
Northbound lanes reopened at 2:30 a.m. and southbound lanes at 6 a.m. on Monday, concluding work between Sloat Boulevard and Holloway Avenue.
The upgrades, which improved traffic flow after severe, temporary congestion, are expected to last for 20 years.
Caltrans repaves northbound 19th Ave. in San Francisco; locals, business owners brace for delays
Caltrans’s repavement project of 19th Avenue included repairing potholes and repairing unsound pavement. It was part of a third and final round of scheduled roadwork on the busy corridor.
This weekend’s closure affected 19th Avenue between Sloat Boulevard and Holloway Avenue, and crews worked on the northbound lanes during the day and then the southbound lanes at night.
One lane stayed open for public transit, emergency responders and local traffic.
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