[Carfreeliving] Another pedestrian killed by MUNI. Join us for a press conference today and a candlelight vigil tomorrow

[Emily Drennen]

Hi-

Walk SF, SAN, and Sup. Ross Mirkarimi are holding a press conference today at Haight and Cole at 4pm. Please come and show your support if you can!
Also, there will be a candlelight vigil tomorrow night. Everyone encouraged to attend. Please bring candles if you can.

Thanks,
Emily



Walk San Francisco E-news
December 20, 2005


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ACTIONS and EVENTS
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Press conference with Sup. Mirkarimi, Walk SF, and SAN
Today at 4pm (Haight at Cole Streets)
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On Saturday evening around 6 PM, Edward Badelalla, a 64-year old 
pedestrian was hit and fatally injured by a 43 MUNI bus at the corner of 
Haight Street and Cole Street. He died around 10 PM that evening due to 
the severity of his injuries. This is the second pedestrian killed by a 
MUNI bus in two weeks.

At 4pm today, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, and representatives from Walk 
SF and Senior Action Network will be holding a press conference at the 
site of the collision (Haight and Cole Streets) to speak about 
pedestrian issues in the Haight and citywide.

Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was very concerned about the most recent 
pedestrian death, “The City absolutely needs to do a better job making 
our neighborhoods safer for those who walk. For too long, we have built 
our streets for the goal of moving as many cars as quickly as possible, 
to the exclusion of other forms of transportation such as transit, 
walking, and biking. As a Transit-First city, we need to make our 
streets safer and more comfortable for the hundreds of thousands of 
people who ride MUNI, walk, or bike every day.”

Emily Drennen, Executive Director of Walk San Francisco, followed by 
saying, “The sheer number of pedestrians who get injured or die on our 
city’s streets each year is staggering. The thing that makes us the 
angriest is that, for the most part, these deaths and injuries could 
have been prevented. With better enforcement of the traffic laws, more 
pedestrian countdown signals and crosswalks, and people taking just a 
little bit more care driving, many of the people we have lost could have 
still been with us.”

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Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee
Tonight at 5:30 pm at City Hall, Room 82 (basement)
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Come hear the latest on the development of the Pedestrian Master Plan at 
tonight's PSAC meeting. If you are possibly interested in applying for 
one of the PSAC's 3 vacant seats, you may want to attend a meeting and 
check them out! For more info, contact PSAC Chair Cheryl Brinkman at 
Cheryl.Brinkman at McKesson.com, or just come to the meeting tonight.

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IMPORTANT!
Candlelight vigil for Edward Badelalla
TOMORROW night (Tuesday, December 21st) at 6pm
Haight at Cole Streets
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Walk SF, Sup. Mirkarimi, and SAN will be holding a candlelight vigil at 
the intersection where Edward Badelalla was fatally injured by a MUNI 
bus on Saturday night. Please candles (if you have some) and a somber 
mood to mark the second pedestrian death in less than two weeks. Please 
urge your friends, family, and colleagues to attend to demand no more 
ped deaths by MUNI!

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Pro bono web design needed
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Our Walk SF website is in serious need of an overhaul. After having a 
hard time recruiting volunteers to do the work, we'd love some 
professional help. Is there a web design firm out there who could donate 
some pro bono help? Please contact Emily at 415.431.9255 or 
emily at walksf.org if you can help. Thanks!

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Emily Drennen, MPA
Executive Director
Walk San Francisco

1095 Market Street, Suite 502
San Francisco, CA 94103

415-431-WALK (office/fax)
www.walksf.org
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Emily Drennen, MPA
Executive Director
Walk San Francisco

1095 Market Street, Suite 502
San Francisco, CA 94103

415-431-WALK (office/fax)
www.walksf.org
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