SFMTA Engineering Hearing: Shared Muni/Shuttle Stops
Includes SFMTA’s proposed network of Muni stops permitted to be shared with private shuttles, new white zones and bus stop extensions.
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Transit Researchers Want Your Videos of Tech Shuttles at Muni Stops
By Aaron Bialick |
The public debate about the proliferation of tech shuttles, and the fees they should pay to use Muni stops, has thus far been driven more by emotion than by data and empirical analysis. But two city planning researchers at UC Berkeley are looking to change that by studying crowdsourced videos of private shuttles in bus zones, […]
Are SFMTA’s Proposed Shuttle Stops Enough to End Muni Conflicts?
By Aaron Bialick |
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 […]
The Google Bus Ballyhoo is Back
By Roger Rudick |
At yesterday’s San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting, supervisors again discussed stopping Tech Shuttles from using Muni bus stops, and voted to instruct SFMTA to study sending them to special hubs instead. Under this plan, tech workers, it is hoped, would use Muni buses to connect to these hubs. The resolution was supported by board […]
New Study Recommends Augmenting the Benefits of Private Shuttle Service
By Matt Baume |
Photo: Matt Baume With Bay Area public transit languishing, market forces have evolved a "shadow industry" solution: fleets of shuttle buses, operating outside of any agreement with public transit agencies, carrying employees between work and home with greater efficiency and comfort than Muni could ever hope to offer. Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Genentech, Adobe, and Advent […]
Chron’s Math: Re-Purposing 0.01 Percent of Parking = “Devouring” Parking
By Aaron Bialick |
The SF Chronicle published its take on the SFMTA’s proposed network of permitted stops for private shuttles. These proposed stops would re-purpose 0.01 percent of the city’s on-street parking supply as white zones. According to the Chronicle, that equates to Google buses “devouring parking,” as its headline puts it. This is seriously the narrative the […]
Cafe Owner, Breed, Sway Muni to Keep Two 21-Hayes Stops Within a Block
By Aaron Bialick |
There’s a reason Muni’s 21-Hayes still stops twice on the block between Central and Masonic Avenues — the owner of the cafe on the corner of Central demands it. The SFMTA announced last week that it will ditch plans to remove the inbound bus stop at Central, after a persistent protest campaign by the owner […]