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Parking-First “Save Polk Street” Crowd Attacks Van Ness BRT
By Aaron Bialick |
“Save Polk Street” has aimed its parking-first agenda at Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit. A couple dozen speakers protested the project an SFMTA hearing last week, distributing fearmongering flyers [PDF] claiming that removing some parking and banning left turns would “kill small businesses,” back up car traffic, and make the street more dangerous. The long-delayed Van Ness […]
SFCTA Board Approves Van Ness BRT Plan With an Extra Stop
By Aaron Bialick |
The plan for bus rapid transit on Van Ness Avenue was unanimously approved today by the SF County Transportation Authority Board, which is comprised of the Board of Supervisors. The plan, which includes transit lanes that run along a center median but converge to load at right-side boarding platforms, is generally the same design that […]
Planning for the Future of San Francisco’s Hub Neighborhood
By Roger Rudick |
About a hundred planners, developers, neighbors, and interested citizens crowded into a conference room at One South Van Ness yesterday evening for a presentation from the San Francisco Planning Department on their plans for the area immediately around the intersection of Market and Van Ness, also known as the Hub. The Hub, of course, got its […]
Supervisor Farrell Delays SFCTA Approval of Van Ness BRT Design
By Aaron Bialick |
A crucial step in advancing the Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit project was delayed for a month today after Supervisor Mark Farrell, a member of the SF County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) Plans and Programs Committee, complained that he wasn’t comfortable voting on the latest design proposal which he said he “hasn’t been briefed on.” The […]
Proposed Van Ness BRT Design Would Combine the Best of Both Options
By Aaron Bialick |
Planners have settled on a design for San Francisco’s first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route on Van Ness Avenue. The result is a plan that combines the benefits of both proposed center-running options to keep construction costs relatively low while allowing Muni flexible use of its bus fleet to serve the line. In this design, […]
This Week: Crucial Hearing for the Fell and Oak Bikeways
By Robert Prinz |
Don’t miss the SF Transit Riders Union forum tonight at 7 p.m. to learn all about the Van Ness BRT proposals. On Friday, speak up in support for the Oak and Fell Street bikeway project at a crucial SFMTA engineering hearing to help ensure it’s approved as soon as possible. On Thursday evening, the Metropolitan Transportation […]