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Is the Geary Bus Rapid Transit Project in Jeopardy?
By Dave Snyder |
Photo: plug1 If the Geary Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project doesn’t get some love from advocates and the general public, the project could be in trouble, according to several people closely following the process. "I look to the left, I look to the right, all I see is opposition and criticism," says Joel Ramos, a […]
Hampered by Tunnels, Center BRT Lanes on Geary Limited to the Richmond
By Aaron Bialick |
Correction 12/17: The next community meeting on Geary BRT is tonight, Tuesday, at 5:30 p.m. at the Main Public Library. The latest iteration of the plan for bus rapid transit on Geary Boulevard includes center-running bus lanes only on the Richmond District segment between Arguello Boulevard and 27th Avenue — about a quarter of the street’s […]
Geary BRT Advisor Resigns in Frustration at Snail’s Pace of SFCTA
By Aaron Bialick |
Bus Rapid Transit on Geary Boulevard was originally slated to open last year. But today, planners are looking at a launch in 2020 — an eight-year setback for a project that was supposed to take advantage of low costs to get off the ground quickly. For Kieran Farr, the cycle of delays, studies, and outreach campaigns […]
This Week: Geary Corridor BRT and BART’s Fleet of the Future
By Robert Prinz |
Learn more about the Geary Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Project at Tuesday’s SFCTA meeting or at one of several neighborhood outreach meetings the following week. You can also weigh in on bicycle access plans for BART’s “Fleet of the Future” cars at Oakland’s BPAC meeting Thursday, while the weekend gets started with the Bicycle Music Festival in Golden Gate […]
SFCTA Geary BRT Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting
By Lisa Ratner |
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The Future of Van Ness Avenue is a Full-Feature BRT Route
By Matthew Roth |
Van Ness BRT at City Hall, Alternative 5: center-center median option. With overwhelming approval for the Proposition K half-cent transportation sales tax in 2003, San Franciscans signaled they not only wanted to maintain a state of good repair and operational solvency for their transit system, they were willing to dedicate more than 25 percent of […]