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SAP Arena Wants Parking Crater Around San Jose Diridon Caltrain Station
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SAP Center, the corporation that owns the 19,000-seat arena across Santa Clara Street from San Jose’s downtown Caltrain station, doubts that the next 30 years of transit improvements will bring more visitors to events at the “Shark Tank.” Instead, they insist that 20,000 new car parking spaces be built within its redeveloping neighborhood. “It is […]
New Sharrows on Sutter and Post Streets Not Popular with Cyclists
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A bicyclist makes her way up Sutter Street just after the evening commute. Photos by Bryan Goebel. Pedaling up Sutter Street toward Leavenworth from his dentist’s office during the height of the Wednesday evening commute, Dan Nunes is riding in the transit-only lane for his bike trip home, despite the new sharrows recently painted in […]
Developers Don’t Want to Pay for Caltrain/HSR Extension to Transbay Center
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Developers who are building towers around the Transbay Transit Center in SoMa are fighting to reduce a special property tax that will be levied on developments in the area. The biggest loser could be the downtown rail extension to bring Caltrain and California high-speed rail into the terminal, as more of the funds for the […]
This Week: Downtown S.F., Board Meeting, Smart City Cycling
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Here is a list of events this week.
San Francisco CTA Approves Pennsylvania Alignment for Caltrain Extension
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But there are still arcane bureaucratic hurdles, not to mention billions of dollars in funding, to get the tunnel to Transbay built
Mission Transit Lane Removal Nudged Closer to Reality
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Last April, businesses on Mission Street started to gain some traction in pushing against SFMTA’s “red carpet” bus-only lanes, which they claim—contrary to the available evidence, it should be noted—are hurting their bottom line. The result: Supervisor David Campos asked the SFMTA to “make a radical shift in the program,” as he put it in […]