Day: February 17, 2009

With overwhelming approval for the Proposition K half-cent transportation sales tax in 2003, San Franciscans  signaled they not only wanted to maintain a state of good repair and operational solvency for their transit system, they were willing to dedicate more than 25 percent of the tax to expansion, including a network of transit preferential streets and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT).  The first two BRT corridors will be on Geary Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue, the latter with a target opening date by Muni's centennial at the end of 2012.

Editor's note: This is the latest installment in our series of occasional stories on how to improve the streets for pedestrians in San Francisco.

So the wheeling and dealing over the stimulus bill is done, and the spending, presumably, is soon to begin. Members of the Streetsblog Network are looking at what it means for their communities.

Some Peninsula Residents Want High-Speed Rail Tracks Underground (Merc) State Budget Crisis Could Delay California’s HSR Project (CHSRB) The Transportation Habits of Bay Area Transportation Officials (Merc) Complaint Alleges SF Mayor’s SUV Hybrid Often Parked in Crosswalk (SF Weekly) Uptown Tenderloin Named a Historic District by National Park Service (Beyond Chron) Proposed Novato Bike Path … Continued