Day: June 1, 2010
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SFMTA Board Urges Board of Supervisors to Put Revenue Measure on Ballot
For the first time in its 10 year history, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board is officially pushing for a ballot measure that could bring a revenue infusion to Muni -- to the tune of over $16 million annually in the form of a 10-percent increase to the commercial off-street parking tax.
June 1, 2010
AFL-CIO Flexing Its Muscle for Senate Transit Operating Aid Bill
The AFL-CIO, a formidable lobbying force in Washington, is throwing
its weight behind a Senate bill offered
last week that would authorize $2 billion in emergency funding for
transit agencies forced to hike fares or cut service in lean budgetary
times.
June 1, 2010
The ‘Heart of SFPark’ Complete with Vehicle Sensor Installation
When parking expert Donald Shoup publicized his principle several years ago that cities should manage the demand for curbside parking by adjusting the cost so that there was always an available space, he probably didn't think a large city like San Francisco would move from theory to practice so quickly, nor that the city's SFPark pilot program would be as sophisticated as it is.
June 1, 2010
Statistics Alone Paint an Incomplete Picture of Women and Bicycles
"I think [the bicycle] has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. The moment she takes her seat she knows she can't get into harm unless she gets off her bicycle, and away she goes, the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood." -- Susan B. Anthony, 1896.
June 1, 2010
This Week in Livable Streets Events
This week is all about the weekend: check out four bike rides that will prepare you for the San Francisco Pride Parade and get you thinking about what happens to recycled materials. Here are the week’s highlights: Tuesday: SFMTA Board Meeting. The SFMTA Board is back after missing its last meeting due to lack of … Continued
June 1, 2010
What Do Sushi and Bicycles Have in Common?
How is a bicycle like a fish? Specifically, a piece of raw fish on
sticky rice wrapped in seaweed?
June 1, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Investigation Continues into Death of Pedestrian at Octavia/Market (SF Gate, KCBS) LAPD Officers Caught Pulling a Pogan (Streetsblog LA) Website Tracks Bike Lane Violations in San Francisco (sf.mybikelane.com) Bicyclists Complain About Gap in the Bay Area Ridge Trail (Merc) “Residents-Only Parking May Return to Coit Tower” (SF Gate) Chronicle Columnist Chuck Nevius Moves to San … Continued
June 1, 2010
AC Transit Special Board of Directors Meeting
"Considering the adoption of Resolution No. 10-030 approving the August 2010
Service Reductions Plan for Special Transit Service Districts One and
Two, effective August 2010, pending receipt of a Title VI Disparate
Impacts Study"
June 1, 2010