Month: November 2009
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SFPD Promises Smarter Approach to Enforcement on Muni
Police enforcement on Muni is getting a major overhaul after years of inconsistent officer deployment. Under a revised Memorandum of Understanding between the Police Department and the Metropolitan Transportation Agency, officers will be required to ride lines that most frequently have problems with crime. Station captains will now regularly present Muni crime statistics for their districts at Comstat meetings, where they will be grilled on why crime has increased or decreased.
November 23, 2009
NOPA Holiday Bike, Meet &Mingle
Bike-the-Holiday Celebration for NOPA cyclists and friends. A follow-up to hugely successful SFBC NOPA Mingle in September. Sponsored by SFBC, BIKE NOPA, and NOPNA neighborhood association. No-host everything.
November 23, 2009
Eyes on the Street: Is this Our Stop? Signage Shortcomings on Muni Metro
Anyone who's given a friend from out of town directions on riding Muni knows it can be tricky to describe just where they need to get off to reach their destination. Fortunately, buses now automatically announce upcoming stops and display them on screens at the front of vehicles, and light rail vehicles announce upcoming stations when they're running in the Market Street tunnel.
November 23, 2009
Take Two Peaks and Call Me in the Morning!
With the rain falling in late November, and soggy unemployment statistics haunting our lives too, the idea of Depression lurks just below the surface. Depression has multiple meanings like so many concepts in the English language; in this case, I’m taking two of them: 1) mental depression that results from bad weather, personal trauma, emotional turbulence, etc., and 2) economic depression. I have a good coping mechanism for both kinds! It’s to take our local K2, i.e. Twin Peaks, by bike!
November 23, 2009
This Week in Livable Streets Events
It’s a quiet holiday week on the Livable Streets Events calendar, but be sure to check out the Muni safety hearing today and the World AIDS Day Ride on Sunday if you’re in town. We’ll be posting today, but plan on taking the rest of the week off. Have a happy Thanksgiving! Monday: Board of … Continued
November 23, 2009
Brasilia’s Pathways of Desire
Sometimes you just can't stop human beings from acting like animals. And I mean that in the best possible way.
November 23, 2009
SF Transbay District Plan Offers Lofty Vision for Growth and Livable Streets
The recently released Transbay Transit District Draft Plan is the culmination of two years of detailed work by the many city agencies and consultants that had a hand in it, and its objectives for creating a vibrant, walkable public realm and its goals to promote transit and reduce automobile traffic make it a valuable mission statement for growth in San Francisco's downtown over the next 25 years.
November 20, 2009
Dufty Encourages Riders to Speak at Monday Hearing on Muni Safety
Amid growing concerns that Muni hasn't gotten safer along with the rest of the city, and widespread reports that police officers rarely ride Muni though they're required to do so, the SFPD and MTA will update the public on Muni security efforts at a Board of Supervisors committee meeting on Monday. Muni riders are being encouraged to show up and tell their stories about crime on Muni as well.
November 20, 2009