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Subway Station at SFSU? SFCTA Looks to Realign Muni’s M-Line on 19th Ave
By Aaron Bialick |
With an influx of residents and students anticipated in the coming years, the city is looking at ways to improve rail service along the southern stretch of 19th Avenue by the Stonestown Mall and SF State University. A new study underway will consider putting Muni’s M-Ocean View on a trackway running above or below the […]
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 […]
New Study Analyzes Traffic Around Former Central Freeway
By Matthew Roth |
The Central Freeway sections damaged by the Loma Prieta Earthquake in 1989 have been replaced by such a distinctive Octavia Boulevard, for many San Franciscans the double-decked behemoth that used to dominate the neighborhood has become a distant memory. Most of the traffic the freeway carried, however, has not disappeared and now city planners are […]
29-Sunset to Get Muni-Only Left-Turn Lane at Lincoln and 19th Ave
By Aaron Bialick |
Muni’s 29-Sunset line will get an exclusive left-turn lane this summer at Lincoln Way and 19th Ave., allowing buses to skip an egregiously slow detour around the block, which it currently makes before heading north into Golden Gate Park. Left turns at the intersection are currently prohibited, and will remain so for other traffic. Ride […]
SFCTA 19th Ave. Transit Study Community Meetings
By Lisa Ratner |
From SFCTA: 19th Avenue Transit Study Community Meetings Feb 12 19th Avenue Transit Study Community Meeting Scheduled for Tuesday, February 12, 7:00 PM, METNA, Palmetto Meeting Hall, 640 Palmetto Avenue Feb 13 19th Avenue Transit Study Community Meeting Scheduled for Wednesday, February 13, 5:30–8:00 PM, Nob Hill Room, Seven Hills Conference Center, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue Feb 28 […]