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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 […]
SFCTA Vision Zero Committee Meeting
By Stan Parkford |
Agenda Items of Note: Vision Zero Progress Report Curriculum for Large Vehicle Driver Training Program
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 […]
SFCTA Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting
By Stan Parkford |
Agenda Items of Note: 6:45 9. Vision Zero Update – INFORMATION* On February 25, 2014, through Resolution 14-58, the Transportation Authority established an ad hoc Vision Zero Committee to support the City’s efforts to take comprehensive and coordinated actions to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety in the near-term. Megan Wier, with the San Francisco Department […]
Columbus Safety Plans Vetted By Community, Opposed By Merchant Leader
By Aaron Bialick |
Over two-thirds of the space on Columbus Avenue is devoted primarily to cars, yet only one-third of the people on the street are typically in automobiles. That’s according to a 2010 study of how to improve the design of Columbus, in which residents and transportation planners came to the conclusion that North Beach’s thoroughfare needs […]
This Week: Hearing on SFPD Investigations of Bike/Ped Crashes
By Streetsblog |
This week, the Board of Supervisors holds a hearing on the SFPD’s investigations of bicycle and pedestrian crashes in light of the department’s embarrassing handling of the case of Amelie Le Moullac. A SPUR forum also looks at the history of San Francisco infrastructure and development ideas that never came to be, and the SFCTA hosts open […]