San Francisco Transportation Plan Community Advisory Committee
On the agenda:
- Revenue forecast update
- Strategic initiatives, part 1 (complete streets, transportation demand management)
- Core network circulation study, part 1
- SFTP schedule and status
ALSO ON STREETSBLOG
Editorial: Vote on Temescal to Test Core Values
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Is a human in a car equal to a human on foot, on bike, or on public transportation?
SPUR on What the BART Strike Means for the Regional Transit Agenda
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Cross-posted from the SPUR blog. Gabriel Metcalf and Ratna Amin are SPUR’s executive director and transportation policy director, respectively. For a group like SPUR — one that works to promote transit, walking and biking as primary forms of mobility — there’s no question that a transit strike is a major setback. It instills in people the […]
Commentary: Proposition G and the Vision of the City
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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 […]
MTA Proposes Cuts to Every Muni Line to Close $16.9 Million Budget Gap
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Flickr photo: Justin.Beck The MTA is proposing broad-ranging service cuts to Muni in order to close a $16.9 million projected budget gap through the end of the fiscal year. The cuts – far greater in scope than the service changes implemented in December – will reduce frequencies on every Muni line and, if they’re approved […]
Are SFMTA’s Proposed Shuttle Stops Enough to End Muni Conflicts?
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The SFMTA has released a proposed map of Muni stops where commuter shuttles would be permitted to load passengers, part of the agency’s 18-month pilot program to test private-bus regulation. Shuttles currently use many of these stops, and the resulting conflicts between shuttles and Muni buses has led to transit delays. SFMTA says it hopes to […]
City Prepares to Remove Paul Avenue Bike Lane
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Streetsblog tipster Chris Waddling brought this to our attention: apparently a new bike lane in the Bayview District may soon get removed. “Supervisor Cohen is seriously considering bowing to people demanding that new bike lanes on Paul Ave be removed a mere months after they went in,” wrote Waddling, in an email to Streetsblog. “There […]