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Van Ness BRT Delayed 2 More Years After Caltrans Pushes Wider Car Lanes
By Aaron Bialick |
Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit is now scheduled to open in 2018, two years later than the previous target of 2016. It’s the latest setback for a project that was originally set to open in 2012. In fleshing out the conceptual design approved in June 2012, the SF County Transportation Authority “encountered greater than expected […]
This Week: Workplace of the Future, Vigil Ride, BART Extension Meeting
By Roger Rudick |
Here are this week’s highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Monday today! Designing for the Unknown. When we think about the workplace of the future, are we thinking about the right things? What if we expanded our imaginings to include things like artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, 3D printing or even the influence of Star Wars? Join SPUR […]
Avalos Ready to Champion Freeway Ramp Closures at Balboa Park Station
By Aaron Bialick |
Balboa Park Station could become a safer transit hub by 2020 if the city moves forward with proposals to close one freeway ramp and re-align another, as recommended in a study recently completed by the SF County Transportation Authority. Although the proposal hasn’t received much public attention, it’s sure to face a tough political fight when it’s eventually implemented, […]
This Week: Support a Safer Polk Street
By Streetsblog |
It’s San Francisco’s first Bike to School Week, and safer Polk Street supporters can help get the word out about the two open house meetings held by the SF Municipal Transportation Agency this Saturday and next Tuesday. Here are all the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: All Week: Forget Bike to School Day — this year, it’s Bike […]
SF Board of Supervisors City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee
By Aaron Bialick |
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 […]
Supe Wiener’s Misguided Opposition to Sunday Parking Meters
By Aaron Bialick |
Since Scott Wiener took office as District 8 supervisor, he’s stood out as a progressive transportation advocate at City Hall, holding the SFMTA accountable for improving service for Muni riders, making the streets safer for pedestrians, and more. So it was disappointing to hear him say he’s against the SFMTA’s long-overdue proposal to enforce parking meters […]