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SFFD raises safety concerns about parking-protected bike lanes, recounts cliff rescues and active‑shooter response
Summary
Chief Joanne Hayes White told the Fire Commission the department supports many bike‑lane projects but has 'huge concerns' about parking‑protected lanes directly under overhead wires because they can impede apparatus; the chief also described recent active‑shooter response, a Lands End cliff fatality and increased cliff rescues, and outlined training and equipment updates.
SAN FRANCISCO — At the June 28 San Francisco Fire Commission meeting, Chief Joanne Hayes White emphasized operational safety concerns tied to street design and recent rescue work, and commissioners discussed potential responses and interagency coordination.
Hayes White said the department has broadly supported roughly 95 percent of proposed bike‑lane projects but warned that parking‑protected bike lanes routed directly beneath overhead wires “make it very difficult and dangerous for first responders.” She described efforts to work with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and other planners to reach compromises and to provide input earlier in project design. Hayes White cited Seventh and Eighth streets as examples where…
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