Supes Approve Wiener’s Population-Based Transit Funding Measure for Ballot
The Board of Supervisors voted 6-4 today to put on November's ballot a charter amendment that would increase the share of general funds devoted to transportation, based on population growth.
July 22, 2014
Dance Performance Celebrates Temporarily Car-Free Lombard Street
Last week, cars once again took over SF's crooked block of Lombard Street, following the last of a series of weekend trials that banned most cars from the street and opened it up to people instead. The Bay Area Flash Mob celebrated the last car-free day with a choreographed dance all the way down the winding road, set to the tune of Pharrell's song "Happy."
July 21, 2014
SFMTA Says Van Ness BRT Can’t Have High Platforms for Level Boarding
The SFMTA says it's impossible for stations on the coming Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit route to have one of the key recommended features of BRT: High platforms, at the same level as bus floors, that allow passengers to quickly step onto the bus. SFMTA planners say that complications with the design of Muni's buses mean there's no practical way to make high platforms work, at least without adding high costs associated with new equipment.
July 18, 2014
Parking Shared Cars Instead of Private Cars Isn’t Exactly “Privatization”
The SFMTA's endeavor to reserve on-street car parking spaces for car-share vehicles has yielded complaints from some car owners who, ironically, decry the "privatization" of space currently used to store private cars.
July 17, 2014
Supes Vote Next Week on Wiener’s Backup Transportation Funding Measure
Supervisors are expected to vote next week on Supervisor Scott Wiener's backup plan for transportation funding -- a charter amendment that, with voter approval, would increase the share of the city's general fund that gets allocated to Muni, pedestrian safety, and bike infrastructure. That share would be tied to the city's growing population.
July 16, 2014