![]() "I'm here today to take a moment to reflect on all the lives lost," Danny Sauter told Streetsblog. "Cars cause more problems than they solve." He said he'd like to see the streetcars restored citywide, so people have alternatives. "I'm a fan of slow streets in general and alternate transportation," said real estate agent James Cullen. Not everyone at the vigil had a direct connection to traffic violence: many came simply because they care about safe streets and want the carnage to stop. Alia Gonzales lost her friend to traffic violence four months ago. 645, which authorized San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose to pilot speed enforcement cameras. "Cameras would help solve this," she said, referring to the recent passage of A.B. Gonzales found out about the event through Walk San Francisco, one of its sponsors. "Drivers were less aggressive in Russia." Yuriy Pestov was just riding by, noticed the vigil, and decided to stay for a while.Īlia Gonzales came to the vigil intentionally, because four months ago her 28-year-old friend Tom McKean was killed at 18th and Van Ness by a hit-and-run driver. Pestov, an artist who is originally from Saint Petersburg, Russia, said he felt safer riding on the narrow streets of his home city, sometimes squeezed alongside giant trucks, than he does now in San Francisco. "I was riding my bike on Market near 101 in April when I was right hooked," Pestov told Streetsblog. He was just riding by, but, unfortunately, he had good reason to change his plans to join the hundred or so families, friends, and victims of collisions on San Francisco's streets. Yuriy Pestov wasn't aware there was a vigil Sunday night in front of San Francisco City Hall for the victims of traffic violence. Unless noted in the story, GJEL Accident Attorneys is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. ![]() Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California. ![]()
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