Today’s Headlines
Muni Sickout, Day 3: 70 Percent of Vehicles Run; City Attorney Sues Drivers (Chron, CBS, Appeal, Weekly) Bayview Residents Hit Particularly Hard (CBS); Operators Find No Public Support (SF Examiner, M Local) Ride-Share Drivers Enjoy the Demand (KTVU); Muni Buses Run Ads for Flywheel Taxi App (SF Examiner) SF Planning Dept’s Pavement to Parks Program Seeks Volunteers to … Continued
June 5, 2014
Volunteer: Public Life Surveys of Parklets and Plazas
From SF Planning Dept.'s Pavement to Parks Program:
June 5, 2014
SFMTA to Change “Unclear” Sidewalk Parking Guidelines on Website
The SFMTA web page that provides guidance on "how to park legally" currently tells drivers that "you may park in your own driveway as long as no portion of your vehicle extends over the sidewalk." The text is accompanied by a photo of someone walking a bike past cars parked in "driveways," but with their rear ends extending well into what appears to be the sidewalk.
June 4, 2014
Northbound San Jose Ave Goes on Road Diet, Gains Buffered Bike Lane
The northbound side of speed-plagued San Jose Avenue north of 280, a.k.a. the Bernal Cut, is getting a road diet and buffered bike lane that matches the geometry of the street's southbound side. SFMTA crews were out today, re-striping the road and installing plastic posts in the buffer zone.
June 4, 2014
Fell Street Bike Lane Still Popular Among Bike Commuters, Parked Trucks
The more than 1,800 people who use the buffered, curbside bike lane on Fell Street every weekday continue to be faced with a familiar hazard: parked trucks.
June 3, 2014
SFTRU: Mayor Lee Keeps Giving Muni Riders the Short End of the Stick
Reps from the SF Transit Riders Union today said Mayor Ed Lee's recent repeal of Sunday parking meters and abandonment of the vehicle license fee add up to an attack on transit riders.
June 3, 2014
Supervisors Hearing: CEQA Appeal Against Sunday Parking Meter Repeal
See this article for background.
June 3, 2014
Mayor Lee Abandons Vehicle License Fee Ballot Measure
Today's Muni "sick-out" reminds us once again that San Franciscans need better ways to get around. The consequences of a transit strike -- people stranded and unable to get to their jobs, queues of drivers clogging streets, and dangerous conflicts between impatient drivers and people who are walking and biking alongside -- are just a more extreme example of the everyday reality caused by the city's lack of investment in real transport alternatives.
June 2, 2014