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NOPNANews
nopna.org A Publication of the North of Panhandle Neighborhood Association
Winter 2024
By
Jason Cauthen
Neighborhood Spirit
TSUNAMI Brings the
A nchoring the corner of Fulton and Divisadero,
Tsunami Panhandle has specialized in serving
excellent sushi, shōchū, and sake since
2001. This combination, set in a warm and
unpretentious atmosphere, is a long-standing winner.
Tsunami thrived long before Divisadero became a
“dining destination” — and continues to attract both
close neighbors and far-flung visitors more than two
decades later.
Particularly in the early days, Tsunami’s shōchū (a traditional
spirit popular in Japan) offerings set the restaurant apart.
Today, with over 100 varieties, one of which is a whisky-like
barley shōchū aged in oak, Tsunami touts an incredible
variety of shōchū (and sake) and claims status as the “largest
shōchū bar in the U.S.’’ with over 100 varieties. And Tsunami’s
reputation extends well beyond San Francisco — it’s visited
by international shōchū aficionados and has received write-
ups in Japanese publications.
From the beginning, Tsunami has focused on creating
— as described by Bar Manager Victoria —“a cool world
of Japanese spirits.” Informed by regular trips to Japan,
Victoria is responsible for Tsunami’s wide-ranging selection.
If you’re in the mood for food with your drinks, Tsunami
also serves delicious hand-crafted sushi. While not to be
mistaken as a “budget restaurant,” offerings such as the
smaller “chef’s choice” plates and chirashi bowl make
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FROM THE BOARD
A Commitment
to Continuing
Neighborhood
Improvements
Tim Hickey
NOPNA President
Since the pandemic, there’s been a lot of talk about the importance
of community. I knew this was important before, but I’ve really
experienced a sense of community over the past few years, and this
sense of community is why I originally moved to the neighborhood.
As a proponent for livable streets, I particularly appreciated how the North
of the Panhandle Neighborhood Association (NOPNA) Board was advocating
for creating parklets, making improvements to the Wiggle bike corridor,
and the redesign of Masonic Avenue to help reduce the high rate of injuries
and fatalities on that street.
This work made me interested in joining the board shortly after I moved
here 13 years ago, why I became President soon after, and why I’m back as
board President now. To support Vision Zero SF — San Francisco’s policy
to “build safety and livability into our streets” — we created a Vision Zero
subcommittee on the NOPNA board. Together, we developed a survey and
results revealed a strong support for protected bike lanes along the Panhandle.
Seven years later, we’re finally getting those bike lanes, we now have Slow
Streets on Lyon and Golden Gate Streets, and over the years we’ve added
many subtler road treatments to help improve transit, pedestrian safety,
and our bicycle infrastructure.
When I biked in the neighborhood with my toddler a decade ago, I rarely
saw other parents biking with kids. Now, I can see a dozen. That’s a beautiful
sight! I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Census data shows NOPA has one of
the highest rates of bicycle commuters in the city – commuting and bicycling
has only increased since we began making improvements.
But we’re not done yet. We’re working to pilot green infrastructure that
supports the new state law requiring daylighting — parking removal just
before an intersection, a proven pedestrian safety improvement — and hope
to add more trees and native vegetation throughout NOPA.
If you have an idea for how to improve the neighborhood
in some way, we’d love to hear from you. Attend a future
NOPNA Neighborhood General Meeting, and join the
conversation about the best use of our neighborhood
streets and what we can do to make NOPA more livable,
sociable, and safer for all.
Sign up for our
email newsletter!
Tim is back as NOPNA Board President. He and his wife, Leah, have lived in the neighborhood
since 2010 and can be seen with their son, Liam, biking and walking throughout the area.
NOPNA News is published by the
North of Panhandle Neighborhood
Association for the residents, businesses,
and friends of our neighborhood, which is
bounded by Masonic Avenue and Turk, and
Divisadero and Fell Streets.
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NOPNA is a non-profit organization
of neighbors who care about
the community, our city, and our
world. Our mission is to establish
neighborhood unity, maintain multi-
ethnic, multi-cultural diversity, foster
a sense of neighborhood pride,
promote a safe and clean community,
and improve the quality of life for all
residents of the neighborhood.
Your financial support (Venmo
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and other activities that enrich our
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TSUNAMI BRINGS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SPIRIT
Tsunami reasonably
accessible. And their
Oyster Happy Hour
is a great deal — a
dozen oysters are
included (free) with
any bottle of sake or
shōchū order.
Like every
restaurant in our city,
Tsunami was hit hard
by the pandemic, but
survived through a
combination of hustle, creativity,
and community-centricity. The
team quickly pivoted, repurposing
the space, setting up a shōchū
and sake retailer/bottle-shop, and
augmenting that business with
“to-go” cocktails. While indoor
dining was paused, Tsunami served
customers in its parklet (one of
the first pre-pandemic parklets in
the city) and commissioned art
from neighborhood muralist Todd
Kurnat to bring beauty to their
boarded windows.
Victoria reports that while the city
still doesn’t seem as lively as pre-
COVID, Tsunami is doing well again
— well enough, in fact, that they
have plans to open a new place in
the space next door on Fulton. Stay
tuned for details!
Weekends at Tsunami can get
busy, but on weeknights it’s still
pretty easy to walk-in for a bite or a
drink. If you haven’t been (or haven’t
been for a while), stop by and pay a
visit to this international destination
that also happens to be a warm and
neighborly restaurant.
Jason is a San Francisco native who has lived
in NOPA for over a decade with his wife and
two boys. He can be found throwing a football
with his kids on Lyon Slow Street.
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
February 15 — NOPNA
General Meeting
April 18 — NOPNA General Meeting
May TBD — Block Party
June 20 — NOPNA General Meeting
August 15 — NOPNA
General Meeting
September TBD — Sunday Streets
Western Addition
October TBD — Phoenix Day
October 17 — NOPNA
General Meeting
October TBD — Alamo Scare
October 31 — NOPNA
Halloween Block Party
November TBD — NOPNA
General Meeting
Follow us on Facebook, Instagram
(@nopna_org), or Twitter (@nopna),
and get details and updates by signing
up for emails at www.nopna.org.
Recurring Events:
NOPNA General Meetings — 401
Baker Street, 7:30 p.m., 3rd Thursday
of even months
SFPD Park Station Community
Meeting — 1899 Waller St, 7:00 p.m.,
2nd Tuesday of every month
Farmer’s Market — DMV Parking
Lot, Broderick@Fell, Sundays,
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Email us to get involved:
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COMMUNITY IN ACTION:
CELEBRATING VOLUNTEERS
AND SPONSORS by Leela Gill
The North of the Panhandle
volunteers also helped with event set
including Avenue Greenlight, Jennifer
Neighborhood Association
(NOPNA) board extends its
heartfelt gratitude to our volunteers
and sponsors for their important
contributions in 2023.
up, traffic monitoring, and clean up
Rosdail Real Estate, Recology, D5
after our many events including our
Supervisor Dean Preston, the families
Annual Block Party, Divisadero Art
from San Francisco Day School, and
Walk, Sunday Streets, Phoenix Day,
Pacific Primary, as well as the many
Halloween, and Holiday Party. We
neighbors who donated candy for
We want to thank the more than 100
would not have been able to pull off
Halloween.
volunteers who signed up to help us
safe, fun, and friendly events without
On December 7, we celebrated
produce our award-winning newsletter
these incredible volunteers!
these amazing volunteers and
and our neighborhood events.
We also want to thank our sponsors,
sponsors at Club Waziema at 543
Because of these community-minded
some of whom have been helping
Divisadero for our annual Holiday
neighbors, we’re able to deliver
an incredible newsletter to 4,000
NOPNA for more than 20 years. 2023
party.
events would not have come together
To everyone who has attended
residents four times per year. These
without the support of our sponsors,
our general meetings, volunteered,
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and provided financial sponsorship
— your contributions helped make
2023 a great year for our community.
We look forward to your continued
support in 2024 as we strive to foster
a vibrant, connected, and thriving
neighborhood.
Thank you all for your dedication
and support in 2023 to make our
community a better place for
everyone.
If you’re interested in getting
involved with your community
through NOPNA, go to nopna.org
to sign up on our volunteer list or use
the QR code below.
PARKING
NEIGHBORLY-LY
Written by Yifat Amir, Illustrated by Diana Advani
Have you ever driven around
looking for street parking
only to pass a dozen “almost-
spots”? Street parking is a
finite resource and our 5x6-block
neighborhood has a meager supply.
Although we can’t easily add new
Don’t: Park a car beyond the curb-
end, partially blocking a driveway or
spaces, we can surely better utilize our
accessibility ramp. This will prevent
existing footprint. By practicing some
someone from exiting their garage or
basic neighborly norms, we’ll make
safely navigating the crosswalk.
parking easier and faster for all. A few
suggestions:
GET INVOLVED!
OUR 2023 SPONSORS:
BASA, basasf.com
Mollie Poe and Declan Hickey,
Jennifer Rosdail Real Estate,
Avenue Greenlight,
Recology, recology.com
D5 Supervisor Dean Preston
D2 Supervisor Catherine Stephanie
Che Fico, chefico.com
Gamescape, gamescapesf.com
Emporium, emporiumarcadebar.com/
locations/san-francisco
Bob’s Donuts, bobsdonutssf.com
Souvla, souvla.com
Brahma Kumaris Meditation Center,
Leela is a 20+ year resident active in commu-
nity safety and event planning. With her two
boys and husband, she enjoys every day in the
neighborhood.
Don’t: Leave extra space between
your vehicle and the adjacent curb-
end/red zone. This create spaces that
are too small for parking and reduces
the space on the other side of the
vehicle, resulting in fewer cars that
could park on that curb.
Do: Park adjacent to the curb-end/
red zone. This is helpful, even if it
leaves an awkward amount of space
on the other end of the vehicle.
Your good parking etiquette can
later enable a larger vehicle — or
additional vehicles — to fit.
Do: Park closely behind the curb-
end, i.e. where the curb starts to slant
downwards.
One final tip1: If you live in a
building with two or fewer units,
you may park parallel blocking your
own driveway as long as your license
plate is registered to the building’s
address. But make sure your vehicle
does not extend onto the sidewalk
or crosswalk!
1 https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/drive-park/
how-avoid-parking-tickets#Driveways,%20Side-
walks%20and%20Crosswalks
Yifat loves participating in the annual summer
and Halloween block parties in the neighbor-
hood. She also enjoys running on NOPA’s slow
streets and hopes to meet you while she’s out
walking her cat.
Diana lives in Bernal Heights. She’s a part
time illustrator who recently finished her first
children’s book. You might see her in the
neighborhood at a Madrone Art Bar figure
drawing night or visiting her friend Yifat.
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NOBODY IS A STRANGER
AT STRANGE EXCHANGE
by Mark S. Smolinski
only those items for which a genuine
need has been established. Lela is
surprised by how much the goods are
reabsorbed by the community before
being donated to their partners.
The path donated items take differs
as they’re distributed among their
nonprofit partners, including Haight
Ashbury Food Program, Larkin Street
Youth Services, Lions Club, Lions
in Sight, Mercy Housing, Muttville,
RecycleBalls, SCRAP, and Urban
Angels SF. Strange Exchange enlisted
these partners through personal visits.
They started at SCRAP and in their
first six weeks, they collected over 300
pounds of goods.
While I was interviewing Christina
I was unpacking my bags from a
recent trip to Italy and found four sets
by sharing useful items.
and Lela for this article, Dr. Loren
In October 2023, Christina Gilyutin
— a physician at the San Francisco
of travel amenities provided by the
and Lela Means, co-founders of
County Jail — stopped by the booth
airlines in small cloth drawstring bags,
Strange Exchange and NOPA
to pick up some recent magazines,
one from each leg of the journey.
residents, embarked on a 10-week
a hot commodity for those who are
I thought to myself, “These could
pilot program to test out their
incarcerated. Henry, another regular
be useful to someone.” But it’s a
concept by collecting specific items
visitor to Strange Exchange, initially
hassle to figure out how to get items
(see below). All
like these to those in need. Then I
items collected are
remembered “Strange Exchange,”
sorted, counted, and
the newest booth at the Divisidero
weighed to maintain a
Farmers’ Market.
record of total weight
Strange Exchange’s green banner
diverted from landfill.
depicts a melting or decomposing
Everything is displayed
pine cone as it goes back to the
at their booth and the
earth and contributes to the soil
community is invited
and regrowth. Their mission is to:
to take or leave small
1. Extend the life of everyday items
items that may be
and reduce waste going to landfills;
useful to someone else.
2. Serve as the conduit between
The most important
one person’s trash and another’s
tenet of Strange
treasure; and 3. build community
Exchange is to collect
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found a pair of shoe laces that were
Broderick Street for market goers
Farmers’ Market and follow them
the right size for his shoes. Since
to take or leave bags for use at the
on Instagram @strangeexchangesf.
then, he’s come by every week to
market (hopefully encouraging market
Meeting terrific neighbors like
say “hello.” He recently donated
visitors to use fewer plastic bags).
Christina and Lela will certainly
a carpenters’ tool belt. Christina
So, if you “come for the jewelry and
inspire you.
shared one of her favorite stories
stay for the spiel,” you never know
about when a neighbor dropped off
what you’re going to find at Strange
a pristine catalog of precious gems
Exchange. Stop by their booth the
from Christie’s auction house and
next time you visit the Divisadero
Mark is a medical epidemiologist and
long-time NOPA resident, along with his
Bombay and Bengal cats.
STRANGE EXCHANGE COLLECTION LIST
Arts and Crafts | oil/acrylic paint, brushes, tape, glue, scissors, buttons, yarn, stickers
Accessories | shoelaces, wallets and men’s belts (good condition), broken belts
(any style)
Corks | natural and synthetic
Cards and Calendars | unused greetings cards, envelopes and postcards,
calendars 2024
Gardening | tools, gloves, seeds, plant cuttings
Glasses | sunglasses, prescription glasses, cases, and repair kits
Jewelry | including broken jewelry, watches, single earrings
Kitchen | green berry baskets and pulp berry cartons, plastic wrapped utensils,
chopsticks, condiment and sugar packets, wrapped tea bags
Magazines | 2022-present and National Geographic (any year)
Metal (small items) | keys, keychains, locks, bottlecaps, hardware (nails, screws,
picture hooks)
Pet Supplies | good condition collars, leashes, and small toys
Tennis balls | any condition
ten minutes later another
neighbor gasped at the sight
of it, claiming it a “must-
have” for the gemological
society with which he’s
affiliated. Both Lela and
Christina agree that the
most exciting aspect of
this project is witnessing
these types of serendipitous
events shared between
neighbors.
Christina and Lela are
warm, inviting, and sincerely
committed to this new
endeavor. When asked
about any future plans, Lela
shared the idea of adding
job training for young
adults as she needs help
each week with setting
up the booth, inventory,
customer service, social
media, and other tasks
that could help build
skills. The future may
also include adding a few
service partners, such as
a seamstress for simple
mending or a bike repair.
Perhaps 2024 will see
expansion to another
farmers market. Strange
Exchange recently added
a bag tree placed near
the Department of Motor
Vehicle entrance on
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INDOOR FITNESS IN THE
NORTH OF THE PANHANDLE
by Anu Rajan
With winter fully upon us and
as we begin a new year, NOPA
residents looking to stay (or get) in
shape have a variety of options. In
addition to the bountiful outdoor
Folk NOPA (286 Divisadero), located
in a beautiful three-story Victorian
Saturday mornings from 8–9 a.m. or a
monthly Yoga 101 class. Classes at
on Divisadero, has been a fixture
Folk NOPA run from around 7:30
of the NOPA fitness community for
a.m. to 8:30 p.m., seven days a week.
nearly 20 years. They offer both
https://folksf.com/locations/nopa/
activities (weather permitting), such
yoga and strength training with an
as bundling up for a wintertime
stroll or run in the Panhandle or
array of classes including Yoga Flow,
Power Yoga, Pre-and-Postnatal Yoga,
KINO SF (1498 Fulton) is a boutique
fitness studio located at 1498 Fulton
Golden Gate Park, NOPA is home
Restorative Yin Yoga, Mobility and
Street (conveniently located across
to several locally-owned fitness
studios with a range of options to
help you get your sweat on during
these colder months.
Strength Training, and High Intensity
the street from Bob’s Donuts for
Interval Training (HIIT). Newcomers
those planning for a post-workout
looking to try out Folk NOPA can check
treat). Kino SF was founded by
out the $15 Community Classes on
Justin Stevens, a trainer with over a
Folk NOPA
Kino SF
The Park Gym
Studio Evolve Pilates
N Motion Fitness Studio
Koret Health and
Recreation Center (KHRC)
University of San Francisco
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decade of experience in the fitness
Pilates styles with an individualized
while getting some fresh air. https://
industry. Kino SF offers science-based
approach to ensure that folks of all
personal training courtesy of Justin,
body types leave her classes feeling
physical therapy from Doctor of
strong, flexible, and aligned. A great
Physical Therapy David Atwood, and
way to try out the studio is through the
donation-based yoga classes led by
Monday drop-in community class. To
Julia Sunderland on Saturday mornings.
schedule time with Alisha, leave her a
KORET HEALTH AND RECREATION
CENTER (KHRC), UNIVERSITY OF
SAN FRANCISCO (2130 Fulton Street),
is a great spot to exercise your body,
In addition, general memberships
are available for self-motivated folks
looking for a space to do their own
training. The studio is open from 6
message at (415) 531-2433.
mind, and spirit. Here you’ll find two
N MOTION FITNESS STUDIO (2081
Hayes) is a women-only gym dedicated
weight rooms, totaling 6,000 sqft,
offering an elite-level training zone.
They also have a selection of Olympic
a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week, and
to building strong bodies in a positive,
weights, functional training equipment,
scheduling can be handled via their
website: https://www.kinosf.com/
THE PARK GYM (1823 Divisadero)
is one of the few old-school boxing
gyms in San Francisco. Owned and
empowering community. N Motion is
TRX® equipment, barbells, dumbbells,
owned by founder, Coach Charlie, a
kettlebells, and more; two levels of
certified fitness professional with over
cardiovascular machines including
three decades of experience in pre-
elliptical machines, treadmills, bikes
and-postnatal fitness, injury rehab and
and more; exercise classes for yoga,
conditioning, and personal training.
HITT/strength, spin, TRX®, and
operated by local resident David Park,
N Motion offers in-studio small group
more; an indoor Olympic pool with
The Park Gym offers a well-rounded
classes ranging from Cardio and Core
adult swim; and personal training.
boxing curriculum for folks at beginner,
to Booty and Arms and Functional
Neighborhood memberships available
intermediate, and sparring levels. The
Fitness. Since the pandemic, N Motion
to residents in the area surrounding
gym is equipped with a boxing ring,
also offers a bootcamp, a great option
KHRC (boundaries are Lyon, 3rd,
punching bags, and weights. For those
for those who want to work up a sweat
California, and Haight).
who prefer a one-on-one setting, The
Park Gym also offers personal training
sessions with their team of expert
Anu and her husband, Clemente, moved into the neighborhood in 2023. You can catch them
trying new restaurants on Divisadero and jogging around the Panhandle.
trainers. Recharge after
a grueling class with a
delicious smoothie at
The Park Gym’s cafe. The
Park Gym is open seven
days a week. https://www.
STUDIO EVOLVE
PILATES (543 Lyon) is one
of the best-kept secrets in
NOPA. Alisha Engle, the
founder and instructor of
Studio Evolve Pilates, has
been teaching private and
group classes at the Lyon
Street location for almost
20 years. Alisha blends
classical and evolved
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MORE RED-LIGHT CAMERAS
COMING TO NOPA
by Sarah Otis
ten years, and one of the ways they
this metric inflates the enforcement
plan to do this is by improving traffic
program’s success. Vision Zero SF
enforcement with red-light cameras.
reports that between 2017 and 2022,
The expansion of red-light cameras
the percentage of collisions from red-
is worth celebrating. The Automated
lights and people running stop-lights
Enforcement Program focuses mostly
has actually risen 26%, now making up
on the high-injury network of roads in
a total of 12.8% of traffic fatalities in
San Francisco where SFMTA and Vision
San Francisco as of 2022 — 10.5% if
Zero SF data show over 68% of high-
we isolate just red-light runs.
risk traffic crashes occur.
Theoretically, an increase of red-light
According to the SF Standard,
cameras in the city in 2019 should’ve
one intersection affected in NOPA
helped prevent this rise.
is on Fell Street at Masonic Avenue,
This increase may have to do with
which could receive a northbound
enforcement. SFMTA claims to have
red-light camera in addition to the
daily remote monitoring of these
In 2025, there will be more red-
light cameras at stoplights that
will automatically detect and issue
existing westbound red-light camera.
traffic enforcement systems, weekly
tickets to drivers who run red lights
The westbound camera is one of
remote inspections, and monthly
at major intersections around San
19 existing red-light cameras in San
physical inspections. SFMTA, with the
Francisco, including NOPA. This
Francisco. In early 2024, this project
help of SFPD, also claims to review
is part of San Francisco Municipal
is expected to release a list of 33
and issue citations within 15 days and
Transportation Agency’s (SFMTA), the
new recommended locations in
warnings to violators within 30 days.
San Francisco Police Department’s
the city for red light cameras.
With a rise in collisions and people
(SFPD), and other city agencies’ joint
Assuming successful approvals and
running stop lights, it appears these
Automated Enforcement Program,
construction, SFMTA says service
promised citations aren’t being issued.
which — according to Contract No.
operations for new cameras could
It’s unclear why — this may be due
SFMTA-2016-49 between SFMTA and
begin in early 2025.
to faulty cameras or faulty processes
Traffic Solutions, Inc. — was renewed
While automated enforcement
within SFMTA and SFPD. Additionally,
until 2028 and will cost approximately
is seen as a good start toward
the most recent update to these
$5 million.
minimizing red light violations for many
red-light cameras in 2019 caused
SFMTA and SFPD report that
reasons — including elimination of
long disruptions to the cameras,
running red lights is one of the top
biases that occur with officer-initiated
making more pedestrians and
five leading causes of traffic-related
ticketing — there may be issues
cyclists vulnerable to crashes with
injury and death in San Francisco.
with this expansion project’s plan.
motorized vehicles.
Vision Zero SF also shared in its
For instance, red-light enforcement
In 2012, SFPD announced the
annual report that drivers’ failure to
technology is not a foolproof solution
Focus on the Five program and its
stop at red signals has consistently
to fatalities. As SFMTA says in its
commitment to administering at least
been the second-highest cause of
Automated Enforcement Program’s
50% of its traffic-related citations for
traffic-related injury and death in San
info page, its efforts have “resulted
the top five violations which cause
Francisco since it began reporting in
in a 66% citywide drop in injury
injury and death on SF’s streets. Red-
2014. Vision Zero communities hope
collisions resulting from red-light
light running citations fall into this
to eliminate all traffic fatalities within
running between 1997 and 2022.” But
five. However, according to Transpo
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Maps’s infographics page, “San
red light violations while in 2022 there
of only ten citations per day are
Francisco Police Traffic Enforcement,”
were only 176. Also, in 2018, there
currently issued across the entire city.
enforcement is at an all-time low since
were 4,691 total citations for “the five”
This isn’t nearly enough citations to
2020, in comparison to 2014; in 2018,
and in 2022, there were only 771.
make an impact on the over 472,000
SFPD issued over 1,500 citations for
As Transpo Maps states, an average
vehicles registered in San Francisco
and their potential violations.
This is why we can’t rely only on
enforcement. Driver accountability
AND citywide enforcement of traffic
violations can help prevent crashes.
But perhaps one of the best ways to
prevent crashes in the first place is
through better infrastructure — that
is, better designed streets that help
slow traffic. This could protect not only
pedestrians, but everyone who moves
through our streets.
Sarah has lived in San Francisco for three years.
Her primary mode of transportation is walking.
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