SF Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee Meeting

By Aaron Bialick
Jul 24, 2011

Agenda [PDF]

Of note:

3. Agreement – Serco, Inc. – SFpark Pilot Project – Not to Exceed$44,080,000

4. Contract Amendment – Transbay Joint Powers Authority – TransbayTransit Center Program Services – Not to Exceed $3,280,677

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Board of Supervisors Meeting

By Andrew Saavedra | Jan 26, 2014

Agenda Of note: 14. 130713 [Agreement – New Flyer of America Inc. – Purchase of Trolley Buses – Not to Exceed $94,950,444] Sponsor: Wiener Resolution approving a contract with New Flyer of America Inc., for the purchase of 60 articulated trolley buses, associated equipment and spare parts, for an amount not to exceed $94,950,444.

SF Board of Supervisors City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 10, 2011

Schedule and Agenda Of note: 6. 110338 [Accept and Expend Grant – Palace of Fine Arts Parking Mitigation Project – Not to Exceed $1,000,000] Sponsor: Farrell Resolution authorizing the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department to retroactively accept and expend a grant administered by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority in the amount not to exceed […]

Will SF’s Leaders Turn Transport Policy Innovations Into Lasting Change?

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 27, 2012

San Francisco was one of two cities this week to receive the Institute for Transportation and Development’s prestigious 2012 Sustainable Transport Award. No doubt, the ITDP award was well-deserved for the SFMTA’s successful implementation of the groundbreaking SFPark program, as well as the SF Planning Department’s proliferation of parklets under its Pavement to Parks program. Those efforts […]

Muni Trains Get Slight Speed Boost in Twin Peaks Tunnel

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 4, 2012

For six years, Muni trains have been running through the Twin Peaks tunnel well below their former top speed of 50 mph due to worn-out tracks, which put trains in danger of derailment, according to the SF Municipal Transportation Agency. At an SFMTA Board of Directors meeting today, Director of Transportation Ed Reiskin said the tracks had […]