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Commentary: Sidewalk Sitting? No Way! Sidewalk Parking? Stay All Day!
By Fran Taylor |
Photo: San Francisco Department of Sidewalk Parking. One weighs 200 pounds or less, the other maybe two tons or more. One is involved in odd scuffles, the other in nearly 40,000 deaths nationwide each year. One is being targeted by the mayor and the press in San Francisco, the other sails under the radar. Even […]
The Google Bus Ballyhoo is Back
By Roger Rudick |
At yesterday’s San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting, supervisors again discussed stopping Tech Shuttles from using Muni bus stops, and voted to instruct SFMTA to study sending them to special hubs instead. Under this plan, tech workers, it is hoped, would use Muni buses to connect to these hubs. The resolution was supported by board […]
New “No On L” Campaign Combats Cars-First “Restore Balance” Measure
By Aaron Bialick |
A campaign has been launched opposing the cars-first ballot measure that claims to “restore transportation balance,” which will appear on the November ballot as Proposition L. Prop L was crafted by the SF Republican Party, and is bankrolled by $49,000 from Sean Parker, a tech billionaire and Mayor Ed Lee supporter. The slogan of the opposition campaign […]
John Norquist: “Time to Talk About a Freeway-Free San Francisco”
By Aaron Bialick |
San Francisco is considered one of the leading American cities in the growing movement to tear down freeways. Fortunately, San Franciscans got a head start by averting the freeway-riddled fate of most other American cities in the 20th century by successfully protesting the construction of most of the proposed structures, which would have torn apart […]
Commentary: Why This Senior and Transit Advocate Blocked a Google Bus
By Fran Taylor |
Editor’s note: This is a guest op-ed that does not represent the views of Streetsblog. Buses good, cars bad. I get it. Corporate shuttles replace thousands of cars — so why would someone who’s spent hours pounding the podium at Muni hearings, and campaigning for cyclists and pedestrians, join a blockade of seniors and disabled people […]
Commentary: Proposition G and the Vision of the City
By Jason Henderson |
Editor’s note: Jason Henderson, a geography professor at San Francisco State University who writes about the politics of mobility, explains why he’s voting against Proposition G on November 2. We’ve invited the Yes on G side to write an op-ed and hope to publish it soon. A lot of well-meaning people are leaning towards voting […]