SFMTA Engineering Hearing
Of note: Two-way Haight Street between Octavia Boulevard and Market Street.
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New Muni-Only Lanes Streamline Buses on Haight, Lincoln at 19th Avenue
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Muni riders have just gotten some sweet new transit-only lanes to speed up their commutes. Red paint is on the ground for two new bus lanes: One at Lincoln Way and 19th Avenue, and another on the east end of Haight Street. A new left-turn lane, exclusively for Muni buses, went into operation this week […]
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Parking Shared Cars Instead of Private Cars Isn’t Exactly “Privatization”
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Two-Way Hayes Street Proposal Wins Approval at SFMTA Hearing
By Aaron Bialick |
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Tomorrow: Why Is the SFMTA Raising a Speed Limit and Closing Crosswalks?
By Aaron Bialick |
Tomorrow’s bi-weekly SFMTA engineering hearing has a couple of peculiar items on the agenda: ESTABLISH – 30 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT Winston Drive between Buckingham Way and Lake Merced Boulevard (existing speed limit is 25 miles per hour) ESTABLISH – CROSSWALK CLOSURE Closing of the western crosswalk (between the northwest and southwest corners) at the […]
SFMTA Board Approves Contested Transit Signals, Bulb-Outs on Haight
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