Month: November 2009

MTA Still Investigating Cause of Derailment in Twin Peaks Tunnel (SF Examiner, SFGate, SF Appeal) SF Appeal Reader Gives First Hand Account of J-Church Crash Market Street Trial is Reducing Traffic, Speeding Up Muni (SF Examiner, SFGate) SFCTA Report Finds Better Regulation Could Improve Private Shuttle Services (SF Examiner) MTA Cuts Will Include 110 Current … Continued

A train derailment in the Twin Peaks Tunnel disrupted Muni Metro service between Castro Station and West Portal Station today, extending into the evening commute. The middle section of the second car of an outbound L-Taraval train came about a foot off the track in the tunnel at about 7:35 a.m., according to MTA spokesperson Judson True.

The senior Republicans on three of the Senate's four infrastructure-centric committees today signed onto a letter asking the leaders of Congress' upper chamber to call up a six-month extension of the 2005 transportation law.

She's back! Veronica Moss, D.C. lobbyist for the Automobile User Trade Organization (A.U.T.O.), recently returned to New York to get her first look at the new, pedestrian-friendly Times Square. Her views may rankle some in the livable streets camp, but we think it's important to note that some influential people out there just abhor walking, socializing, and the freedom to safely enjoy public spaces.

The purpose of the Central Subway Community Advisory Group is to provide community input and feedback at key milestones throughout the project. The CAG consists of representatives from neighborhoods along the entire Third Street Light Rail Project alignment: Visitation Valley, Bayview Hunter’s Point, Mission Bay/Potrero Hill, South of Market, Downtown, Union Square and Chinatown. The diverse membership represents citywide, neighborhood, environmental, transportation, commuter, historical and planning interests.

Democratic lawmakers are discussing the possibility of a one-year stopgap transportation bill but have yet to reach consensus on how to pay for the measure, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) said today.

The MTA parking meter extension study, and the recommendations to extend meters past 6 pm on weekdays and all day Sundays, which Mayor Gavin Newsom strongly opposes, is being circulated to business groups and community stakeholders throughout the city, though the pace of setting up meetings is underwhelming and MTA staff have no schedule for bringing the matter before its Board of Directors anytime in the near future, raising the prospect that the agency will have to balance its significant mid-year budget deficit on the backs of its riders, again.

Today on the Streetsblog Network, member blog UrbanCincy notes with deserved pride that Cincinnati was ranked the seventh-safest large city for pedestrians in the nation in Transportation for America's "Dangerous by Design" study.

SFCTA Report on Private Shuttle Services Due Thursday (SF Examiner) Tenderloin Stabbing Suspect is Not Man who Stabbed Boy on Muni Bus (SFGate) SamTrans to Lay Off 37 Bus Drivers After Cutting Operating Schedule (Merc) Marin Transit Board Approves Bus Service Cuts (Marin IJ) Daniel Borenstein: “BART board must stop micromanaging” (Oak Tribune) CA High-Speed … Continued