Luke Bornheimer

Bad car crash in Noe Valley near 24th Street (Clipper and Diamond Streets).

San Francisco has a roadway safety crisis. We need a mayor who will take action to transform our streets and help more people shift trips away from cars ASAP.

This is a policy and infrastructure choice.

Mar 30, 2024 at 8:54pmWeb
Show threadLuke BornheimerMar 30, 2024

This post below applies once again — our streets are dangerously designed, and Mayor Breed hasn’t take action to transform our streets and help more people shift trips away from cars.

Every car crash/fatality/injury is a reminder of the stark reality of San Francisco’s streets.

Show threadLuke BornheimerMar 30, 2024

I heard about this crash while at a joyful and uplifting event at the (car-free) Great Highway Park. There were no car crashes at the event.

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Attached: 4 images Today’s “Easter at the Beach” event and egg hunt on Great Highway Park was full of joy, smiles, and connection! Great Highway Park creates and fosters community. It should be a full-time park now. We need political leadership to make it a 24/7 park. Who will step up and lead?

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Show threadLuke BornheimerMar 30, 2024

The driver of the car died as a result of this crash, marking the 12th roadway fatality of 2024 in San Francisco.

The block where this fatal crash occurred has two bus stops and “sharrows” designating a bike route, and a library and another bike route are within one block of it.

Show threadLuke BornheimerMar 31, 2024

This is some of the damage this car crash caused — it’s a miracle other people aren’t killed or seriously injured.

San Francisco streets are dangerously designed and we need a mayor who is willing to transform our streets into safe, equitable, and sustainable public spaces ASAP.

Show threadCatherineMar 31, 2024
@LukeBornheimer a friend who lives on the street said that the paramedics said the driver was a senior who had a heart attack while driving. We need more information
Show threadglasspshrMar 31, 2024

@catherine @LukeBornheimer

oooof

Show threadLuke BornheimerMar 31, 2024
@catherine We should be installing physical infrastructure and designing streets so that more people shift trips away from cars and, for the people who still need to drive, driving fast or recklessly is physically impossible, regardless of how old, impaired, or incapacitated the driver is.
Show threadCatherineApr 1, 2024

@LukeBornheimer he had a heart attack and as a result, his car went out of control. I don’t have enough information to make a blanket statement or judgement. We do need shuttle services for seniors for all sorts of reasons along with safety measures of varying kinds.

We need to open our circles to hear from more people and realize that we can achieve incremental changes or we will be forever disappointed

Show threadYao Yue 岳峣Mar 30, 2024
@LukeBornheimer That stretch of Clipper is really prone to speeding going east, despite being a 25 MPH Street. It takes a lot of intentional braking to keep it under 40 MPH.
Show threadGinny Bee (she/her)Mar 31, 2024
@LukeBornheimer is anyone talking about driver's education reform?
Show threadLuke BornheimerMar 31, 2024
@fixiemama Not that I know of, but also we should be installing physical infrastructure and designing streets so that more people shift trips away from cars and, for the people who still need to drive, driving fast or recklessly is physically impossible.
Show threadGinny Bee (she/her)Apr 1, 2024
@LukeBornheimer It's something I think about a lot because the ratio of bad:decent drivers is so much higher than it used to be. There was this one guy, might have been trolling me or just embarrassed to admit but recently I rolled my window down to tell somebody his lights were not on, and he told me he does not know how to turn them on. 🤡🧐 I see one car without their lights on like every time I drive at night. It's ridiculous! Insufficient driver's education must be part of that trend.