http://sf.streetsblog.org Covering San Francisco's livable streets movement Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:18:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/03/19/todays-headlines-294/ http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/03/19/todays-headlines-294/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:26:59 +0000 Matthew Roth http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=172131 [...]]]>

Union Concerned Muni GPS On-Time Tracker Will Mean More Lost Jobs (Examiner)

Controller Finishes Muni Work Order Audit, But Still Not Public (SF Weekly)

Power Out Briefly As Muni Bus Snagged PG&E Power Line (SF Appeal, Examiner)

Hayes Valley Farm Gets Some Recognition in an NBC Story (NBC)

Flap Over Oakland Parking Ticket Sting Continues (Oakbook)

Oakland Mayor Dellums Wants More Money for Port Truckers' GHG Retrofit (Oak Trib)

Pedestrian Badly Injured in Santa Rosa Crosswalk (Press Dem)

Audit Shows Marin Transit Financial Disarray (Marin IJ)

Sacto Regional Transit Could Declare State of Emergency, Cut Service (Sac Bee)

Digging Deeper Into the Bay Bridge Eyebar Failure (KALW)

Caltrans Director Iwazaki to Head CoCo Transportation Authority (Sac Bee, CoCo Times)

More on Oil Company Drive to Dismantle AB 32 Climate Bill (CoCo Times, CoCo Times)

ESPN Anchor Tells Audience to Run Down Cyclists, Lance Calls Him "F-ing Idiot" (Bike Rumor)

SF Weekly Really Doesn't Like Seatless Bicycle Ride "Publicity Stunt"

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Reaction to Schwarzenegger Transit Funding Snub (NBC, Examiner, N-Judah)

SF Disability Placard Parking Sting Yields Increase in Citations for Cheats (Examiner)

New Mojo Cafe "Parklet" Will Get Official Newsome Announcement Today (Bike NOPA)

Muni Trackwork This Weekend to Create Delays (Examiner)

This Friday's SJ Bike Party Will Memorialize Los Gatos Cyclist Killed on Sidewalk (Merc)

Union City Pedestrian Killed in Front of House (CoCo Times, CBS)

SMART Sets Guidelines for Rail Cars (Press Dem)

But SMART Officials Propose Raiding Bike/Ped Funds to Fill Funding Gap (Marin IJ)

More on Oakland Council Disabled Parking Placard Crackdown Delay (Oak Trib)

Oakland Airport Terminal Certified "Green" (CBS)

Roadshow Readers Defend Illegal Practice of Texting While Stopped at Red Light

Vallejo Driver Arrested for Allowing Two Teens to Ride on Roof of Car (CoCo Times)

Drive By Texas Oil Companies to Repeal CA's Greenhouse Gas Law Underway (Coco Times)

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Uncertainty Why a BART Train Uncoupled in Transbay Tube (ABC, CoCo Times, BCN via Appeal)

Caltrans Releases Voluminous Explanation for Labor Day Bay Bridge Eyebar Failure, Closure (NBC)

Power Outage Extinguishes Lights on Bay Bridge (ABC, CoCo Times, KCBS, Merc, NBC)

Thorough Early Analysis of the Pros and Cons of Google Maps for Bike (SF Appeal)

MTA Redesigns Fell St. Arco Vehicle Queue Lane (Bike NOPA)

Weekend J-Church Work Will Affect Muni, Traffic (SF Appeal)

Chiu Garage Legislation Appears Veto-Proof After Late Compromise (Examiner)

Oakland Sunday Streets-Style Ciclovia Coming to the E. Bay (NBC)

San Joaquin Inter-Rail Ridership Hits Record Levels (CoCo Times)

Oakland Driver Crosswalk Sting Nets 25 Tickets (CBS, CoCo Times, Oak Trib)

Oakland City Council Delays Vote on Disabled Placard Crackdown (CBS, 

South SF Now Reconsidering Its Usage of Red Light Cameras At All (CBS)

Jury Deadlocked in Fatal San Mateo Truck Crash Case (CBS)

Schwarzenegger to Veto Dems Public Transit Cuts (LA Times)

Local Agencies Shocked By Governor's Move (Examiner)

Man to Ride from San Francisco to LA on EliptiGo, Half Bike, Half Eliptical (ABC)

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Questions Remain on Future of MTA Directors McCray, Breyer Black (NBC)

Muni Chief Safety Officer Already Looking for New Job After Only One Year (SF Appeal)

BART Train Stalls in Tunnel, SF Delays Clearing (SF Gate, NBC, Merc, KCBS, CoCo Times)

SoCal Lawmaker Bill Would Cut Off Prop 1A Bond Funding for High Speed Rail (CoCo Times)

AC Transit Service Cuts Coming (KCBS) (CBS)

Highway 17 Bus to Santa Cruz May Raise Fare (Merc)

SMART Opens Santa Rosa Construction Headquarters (Press Dem)

But Recession Is Taking Its Toll on SMART's Viability (Press Dem)

Marin County Transit Buys Muir Woods Buses to Improve Service (Marin IJ)

Oakland to Raise Fines for Disabled Parking Placard Abuse to $510 (CoCo Times)

South SF to Reimburse $3M in Red Light Camera Money Due to Council Flub (NBC) (ABC)

SF Pedestrian Hit by Golden Gate Transit Bus in SOMA (CBS, BCN via Appeal)

Oakland First E. Bay City to Host Sunday Streets-Style Ciclovia (SF Weekly)

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MTC, Regional Transit Operators Want Local Control of Taxes for Transit (NY Times)

Sac Bee Op-Ed Calls for Broad National Infrastructure Vision, Steady Transit Funding

CA Transit Projects Seen as Model for National Transit Funding (SF Gate)

High Speed Rail Bond Could Fund Local Operator Improvements (Examiner)

Examiner Looks at Pending Muni Riders Union

Mayor Gavin Newsom Seeks Muni Rider for MTA Board (NBC, SF Gate)

1st Sunday Street of Year Brings Large Crowds to Embarcadero (SF Gate, KCBS)

DPW Will Repave Portions of The Wiggle Ahead of Schedule (Bike NOPA)

Biking 250 Miles of the Bay Trail in Five Days (NY Times)

Cyclist Hospitalized in Berkeley After Hit-and-Run (CoCo Times)

SF Appeal's Entertaining Critique of Myopic NYTimes SOMA Parking Piece From Friday

Bay Area Bad Air Will Force Transportation Projects to Get Strict on Pollution (KCBS)

South SF Letting Red Light Runners Off With Mere Warnings (CBS)

Investigators Can't Replicate Runaway Prius Conditions, Drivers' Veracity Doubted (ABC)

Mr. Roadshow Looks Into the Difficulty of Shifting Prius to Neutral at High Speeds

London Gets Copenhagen-Blue Bike Lanes (Copenhagenize)

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First Sunday Streets of the Year is This Sunday (Bike NOPA) (Examiner)(KCBS) (NBC)

Mayor Newsom Invites Public for MTA Board Post (SF Appeal) (N-Judah)

Nat Ford Says Sunday Meters Are Back on the Table (SF Appeal)

SF City Leaders Ask Schwarzenegger to Approve Transportation Bill (Examiner)

Boy Falls Out of Moving 38-Geary Bus, Investigation Underway (ABC)

The Chronicle Writes About Women Liberating Themselves on Bicycles (seriously, in the Chronicle!)

C.W. Nevius Tells a Positive Story About a Bicycle Theft (SF Gate)

Hayes Valley Farm Brings Urban Farming to Site of Former Freeway (CBS)

NY Times Takes Windshield Perspective on Limited Street Parking Hours in Part of SOMA

Segway Rental Coming to Golden Gate Park (NBC)

AC Transit Modifies Service to Cut Costs (Oak Trib)

AC Transit's "Epic Beard Man" (Warning: Violent Video) Inspires Hip Hop Song (NBC)

Marin Transit to Cut Service This Weekend, More Likely (Marin IJ)

Bay Area Counties Consider Increased Auto Fee for Transit, to Fix Roads (Merc) (NBC)

Safe Routes to School Could Get Boost with Auto Fee (Press Dem)

Menlo Park Tries to Get Its Parking Mess in Order (Merc)

Automatic *65 Message Could Cut Texting While Driving Danger (KCBS)

Senator Harry Reid's Family in Car Crash, Wife Breaks Back (ABC) (Sac Bee)

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Bay Bridge Construction May Stay 15 Months Behind Schedule (SF Gate) (KCBS)

Excellent Story on the Troubles With Improving SF's Mid-Market Street (SF Appeal)

Treasure Island Development Will Be Smaller Than Anticipated (Examiner)

$27B Infrastructure Bond Won't Go Far Enough to Meet Need (Examiner)

Prop 1A Rail Funds Could Go to Local Operators (Examiner)

SF Weekly Finds "Problems" With Google Bike Map and Directions for The Wiggle

SFCTA Wants Ideas for Improving Transit and Reducing Auto Impacts (Examiner)

VTA and BART Disagree on Milpitas Station Configuration (Merc)

Berkeley Pedestrian Killed by Car (Oak Trib)

Op-Ed Argues Growth Patterns in Silicon Valley Will Affect Public Health (Merc)

Electric Car Maker Eyes Fremont Plant for Fabrication (Oak Trib)

Mr. Roadshow Discusses Commute Options to San Jose Airport (Merc)

Marin Woman Pleads Guilty to Using 13-Year Old Son as Designated Driver (Merc)

Highway Deaths at Lowest Levels Since 1950s (AP via SF Gate)

Steam Locomotive Festival to be Held in Sunol (Oak Trib)

Is Bike Racing Poised to Be the New High School Football? (Bike Portland)

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Local Rail Operators Expecting Upgrades from Prop 1A Bond Funds (Merc)

Sue Vaughan's Second Installment of "Minding Muni" (FCJ)

Google Maps Adds Bicycle Directions and Routes (SF Gate) (CBS) (Sac Bee)

Uppity Bike Commuters Strike at Fell and Masonic (Bike NOPA)

Cross-Country Electric Bike Ride to Raise Awareness (Marin IJ)

Another Article on the Economic Benefit of Bike Commuting (TreeHugger)

San Jose's LED Streetlights Get a Glowing Review from Mr. Roadshow (Merc)

Sonoma County May Put Vehicle Fee Measure on November Ballot (Press Dem)

Gas Prices Rise Throughout California (KCBS) (BCN via Appeal)

Toyota Executive Comes to Bay Area to Promote Vehicle Safety (KCBS)

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• Elsbernd Files Muni Operator Salary Amendment, Starts Gathering Signatures (SF Examiner, SF Gate)
• Muni Operator Responds to Criticisms Directly on Muni Diaries
• Immigrants Say Muni Fare Inspectors Harass Them (Mission Loc@l)
  
• Mona Caron Mural a "Symbol of Tenderloin Transformation and Renewal" (Fog City Journal)
• Valencia Streetscape Work Delayed by Bad Weather (Mission Loc@l)
  
• More Pedal-Powered Taxis Coming to the Embarcadero (SF Examiner)
  
• Sacto Regional Transit Riders Speak Up for Weekend and Paratransit Service (SacBee)
• Some Cities "Not on Track with California High-Speed Rail" (SacBee)
  
• Mercury News Looks at How San Jose Elected Officials Commute, Finds Most Drive Subsidized Cars
  
• Man Forces Open BART Door, Briefly Delaying Commuters (The Snitch)

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Muni Summit Meeting Results in Ideas for Improving Agency (SF Gate) (Mission Local)

One Solution for Muni Woes: Link Fares to Inflation (Examiner)

More Stimulus Funds Coming to Regional Transit Operators (CBS)

Free Parking May Be Harder to Find If MTA Board Votes for More Meters (Examiner)

N-Judah Chronicles Looks at Historic Proposal for Sunset Subway

Historic Look at Panhandle Multi-Use Paths (Bike NOPA)

Fallout From Unequal Oakland Parking Enforcement Continues (SF Gate)

VTA Employees Raise $10,000 for Haiti Relief Efforts (Merc)

Terra Linda to Add Bike Lanes Near Northgate Mall (Marin IJ)

Sebastopol Bicycle Advocates Seek New Path to Downtown (Press Dem)

Cyclist Killed in Crash With Sacramento City Bus (CBS) (Sac Bee)

Sacramento Regional Transit Debates Solutions for Budget Shortfall (Sac Bee)

Mr. Roadshow Looks at Declining Impact of Gas Taxes on Road Paving

Stimulus Funds Could Mark Temporary Reprieve to Fix Worst Freeways and Roads (Merc)

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Revised Ca. High-Speed Rail Proposal Keeps the Same Route (SF Gate, Merc)

More on Legislation That Would Result in Muni Getting STA Funds (SF Gate)

SF Examiner Previews Tomorrow's Muni Summit

Sacramento RT To Hold Hearing Monday on Proposed Service Cuts (Progressive Railroading)

Woman Injured After Being Hit By M-Ocean View Operator (SF Gate, ABC7)

Planning Commission Approves Masonic Center Restoration (SF Gate)

Good Changes in Store for Masonic Avenue This Year; Outreach to Begin (BIKE NOPA)

Hearing Set For Santa Rosa Parking Rates (Press Democrat)

Cessation of Subsidies for Highway Rest Stops Sets Off Uprising in Arizona (NYT)

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• More on Crash Involving Cyclist and Muni Bus Driver Who Didn't Stop (The Snitch, SF Gate)
  
• Political Consultant Eric Jaye Says Muni Operators Union Never Actually Hired Him (The Snitch)
• Poll Finds Majority of Voters Support Increased Vehicle License Fee (City Insider)
• SFPD Begins New Pedestrian Safety Program (KCBS)
  
• Park Station Officers Cite Motorists in NOPA Pedestrian Safety Sting (Bike NOPA)
• "Muni Union's Crazy Math" (The Snitch)
  
• MTA Near Top of City's Overtime List (The Bay Area)
  
• Transbay Blog on the MTA's "Foreseeable" Fiscal Emergency
  
• SF Examiner on Two MTA Board Appointments at Pivotal Time
  
• The Snitch Takes a Whimsical Look at "Some More Things Muni Should Charge Us For"
  

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MTA Spokesperson Judson True Leaving to Work for Supes Prez David Chiu (City Insider)

More on the Muni Budget and Yesterday's MTA Board Meeting (BCN via CBS5, SF Gate)

Transbay Blog Takes a Look at the MTA Budget and SPUR's Proposals

TWU and Former Newsom Strategist Part Ways After One Week (SF Examiner)

SUV Driver Hits, Injures Woman at 30th and Church Streets (SF Examiner)

Driver Injures Larkspur City Employee Working on Bike/Ped Project (Marin IJ)

Capitol Corridor Train Collides With Empty AC Transit Bus, No Injuries (ABC7)

Santa Rosa Transit Mall to Get Temporary New Home (Press Democrat)

Grand Boulevard Initiative Study Calls for Better Transit, Ped, Cyclist Conditions (Merc)

Washington Times: Livable Communities Not Worth Giving Up the Freedom of an Automobile

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Chronicle Editorial Says SPUR Alternative Budget Has "Plenty to Hate," But Better Than Cuts

Will the MTA Board Consider SPUR Alternative Budget Proposals? (NBC) (SF Weekly)

Muni Could Extend Fiscal Emergency Designation at Meeting Today (KCBS) (SF Gate)

A Closer Look at the Growing Chorus of San Franciscans Upset With Muni (SFBG)

"March Against Muni" Protest Draws Crowd (ABC) (CBS) (KCBS) (SF Weekly) (SF Appeal)

Willie Brown Calls Elsbernd Muni Operator Ballot Measure a "Slam Dunk" (SF Gate)

Mike's Bikes Sends Nearly 500 Bikes to Africa, Pledges Money for Repairs (Marin IJ)

Family of Pinole Teen Killed by Train Friday Demands Safety Changes (CoCo Times) (ABC) (SF Gate)

Two People Shot on AC Transit Bus Will Survive (CoCo Times) (Oak Trib)

Palo Alto Mayor Calls for Infrastructure Fixes, Red Light Cameras (Merc)

Tesla Moves Into Its New Palo Alto Headquarters (Merc)

Planning Begins for 50-Acre Bay Bridge Park (CBS)

Marin Mall Seeking LEED Cert Gives Best Parking Spots to Fuel-Efficient Cars, Others Cry Foul (CBS)

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Overflow Crowd Expected for Today's MTA Board Meeting on Muni Budget (City Insider)

Steve Jones: "Muni Cuts Spark Popular Backlash" (SFBG)

KALW on March Against Muni Organizers: "Callow, Uninformed and Full of Righteous Fury"

Supervisor Chris Daly Wants Study of Dangerous Intersections (SF Examiner)

BART Trying to Figure Out How to Close $14 Million Budget Gap (SF Gate)

Chip Johnson: "Unequal Parking Just Another Oakland Failure" (SF Gate)

More on Oakland Parking Enforcement Revelations from SF Gate, ABC7 and CBS5

Pedestrian Hit and Killed by Caltrain in Mountain View (Merc, SF Gate)

Suspects in North Beach Hit-and-Run That Killed Art Student Appear in Court (SF Gate)

City of San Jose Seeks Input on Streetlights (Merc)

Cyclists Happy as Steiner Street Along The Wiggle Gets Repaved (BIKE NOPA)

Amman, Jordan Fostering Citizenship One Sidewalk at a Time (NYT)

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More Details on the MTA Budget Vote This Friday (SF Gate, SF Examiner)

SPUR's Gabriel Metcalf Writes "An Open Letter to the Transit Workers Union" (SFBG)

TWU Hires Former Newsom Political Strategist (City Insider) 

SF Business Times on Dave Snyder's Efforts to Launch a Muni Riders Union

Woman in Critical Condition After Being Hit By a Driver in SoMa (KCBS)

Man Running to Catch the 33 Slips and Gets Run Over (ABC7)

Girl Hit by Pickup Truck Driver in the Sunset (SF Exam) 

More on the Proposed Hands-Free Cell Phone Law for Ca. Bicyclists (Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Oregon's Senate Passes Emissions Bill (Oregonian) 

New Guide Advises Cities on How, and How Much, to Charge for Parking (Planetizen)

$8.7 Million "Road Improvement Project" Underway in Marin Headlines (Marin IJ)

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Tougher Hands-Free, Texting Cell Phone Law in Ca. Would Include Bicyclists (Merc)

Press Democrat Piece on Senior Drivers Quotes 89-year-old: "Pedestrians Scare Me to Death"

Businesses in Transit-Rich Mission District "Rage" Against Sunday Metering (Mission Loc@l)

High-Speed Rail Opponents Pack "Heated" Menlo Park Meeting (Merc)

Youth Commission Pressuring MTA Not to Raise Price of Youth Fast Pass (SF Examiner)

Muni Drivers Union Wants Charter Amendment Proposal to Go Away Before Revote (City Insider)

Muni Hires a New Director of Transit from Houston's MTA (City Insider)

SFPD Issues 14 Citations to Illegal Red Light Runners at Fell/Masonic (BIKE NOPA) 

Still No Suspect in Hit-and-Run That Killed Cloverdale Teen a Year Ago (Press Democrat)

Governor's Gas Tax Scheme Put on Hold (LA Times)

Plan Aims to Reestablish Cloverdale as a Transit-Oriented City (Press Democrat)

San Jose State Getting a Few New Bike Racks (Spartan Daily)

London Needs 27,000 Bike Parking Spots. Now. (IBL)

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$70 Million in Redirected OAC Funds "Barely Nicks" Bay Area Transit (SF Gate)

SF Examiner: Muni "Driver Salaries Fueling Deficit" 

The Examiner Also Looks at Muni's Crash Rate and 9 High-Profile Crashes in 2010

Layoffs Hit Sacramento Regional Transit; Up to 300 Workers Let Go (Sac Bee)

Sac Bee Editorial Bemoans the Massive Cuts to Sac RT

Barbara Boxer Pledges to Accelerate Transit Projects in Los Angeles (Streetsblog LA)

Siemens Plans Expansion at Its Sacramento Light-Rail Plant (Sac Bee)

Transbay Blog Examines Supervisor David Chiu's Garage Legislation; Vote Tomorrow 

Mechanical Problem Temporarily Halts BART Service from Concord to Pleasant Hill (SF Gate)

Three Arrested in Shooting, Hit-and-Run That Killed North Beach Pedestrian (BCN via SF Appeal)

Did Jane Jacobs Ruin New York? (City Room)

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J-Church LRV Collides with Historic Streetcar; Three Injured (SF Gate, SF Appeal)

Deep Service Cuts, Fare Hikes Likely Back on Table In Light of Muni Operators' Rejection (SF Exam)

More on Mayor Newsom's Efforts to Get Muni Operators to Reconsider (SF Gate)

The Snitch Gets Reaction on the TWU Vote from Former Supes Prez Aaron Peskin

Merc: "BART's $70 Million Loss in Airport Connector Funds is Boon for Transit Agencies"

Cyclist "Taking Up the Entire Lane" Killed by Driver in Covelo (Redwood Times)

Taxi Driver Who Injured Bicyclist at Fell/Masonic Not Cited (BIKE NOPA)

TIGER Grant to Help Build Portland's First Two-Way Cycle Track (Bike Portland)

North America's Biggest Year-Round Bike-Share Debuts in Mexico City (Bike-Sharing Blog)

Palo Alto Requests More Time to Review High-Speed Rail (Merc)

MTC Pledges to Help SMART Find Money for Larkspur to Cloverdale Line (Marin IJ, BCN via CBS5)

Tom Vanderbilt: Making Toyotas Safer Is Easy; Making Safer Drivers is the Tough Part (Slate)

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More on Yesterday's Rejection of Muni Operator Concessions from SF Gate, SF Examiner

Supes Committee Approves Muni Audit (City Insider)

The Mommy Files Asks: "Why Are Muni Riders So Intolerant of Kids?"

MTC Meeting on Redirecting OAC Funds Delayed (SF Gate)

SFBC Director Leah Shahum to Take Amsterdam Sabbatical (SF Business Times, The Snitch, SFBG)

SF Examiner Localizes NY Critical Mass Ruling and Speculates It "Could Travel West" 

SF Appeal: "Is Cycling *Really* Getting More Dangerous?"

Mission Local Finds Some Valencia Street Merchants Opposed to Sunday Metering 

Study: Freeway Pollution Hardens Arteries, Contributes to Heart Disease and Stroke (LAT)

Living Near Transit Reduces Your Chance of Facing Foreclosure (Chicago Sun Times)

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