BART Expected to Avoid Service Cuts, Fare Increases in FY 2010-11
BART has announced it likely will not need to cut service or raise fares to close a $10 million deficit projected for the fiscal year starting July 1st, thanks to a variety of cost-cutting measures and a pleasant surprise:
$26 million in state funding. In fact, with the state money, BART expects to have enough to replenish the reserves it dipped into last year to fend off the budget crisis.
April 5, 2010
San Francisco Company Brings Good Design to City Bikes
With a burgeoning market for bicycles made for practical urban commuting, a new company based in San Francisco has a vision for bridging the divide between the cruiser market and high-end racing models and possibly change the perspective about the role bicycles can play in American cities.
April 5, 2010
Today’s Headlines
(Ed. note: Streetsblog San Francisco will be dark for the rest of the day for Good Friday. See you back here on Monday!)
April 2, 2010
A Bicycle Rider’s Troubling Brush with the SFPD in the Mission
Over on Change Your Life, Ride a Bike, Adrienne Johnson writes about a terrifying encounter she had while riding a bicycle when a motorist behaved aggressively and then escalated with threats of violence. The motorist, according to Johnson, was an SFPD officer in an unmarked vehicle.
April 1, 2010
Today’s Headlines
MTA Institutes Fee Increases on Residential Parking Permits (CBS, BCN via Appeal) Van Crashes into Muni T-Third Train (CBS, ABC, KCBS, NBC) Mayor Newsom Still Accepting Nominations for MTA Board (SF Appeal) SF’s Old Streetcars Languish and Rot in Missouri (Market St. Railway) Chronicle Op-Ed: BART Civil Right Complaint Hurt Oakland Palestinian Activists Put Up … Continued
April 1, 2010
San Francisco Planners Proud of Long List of Road Diets
Although there is no record book for the cities with the most traffic-calmed streets, San Francisco planners believe their city has the most road diets, or roads that have had auto lanes narrowed or removed to calm traffic speeds and provide room for other modes of travel.
March 31, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Muni Riders Voice Anger at MTA Board Meeting (ABC, CBS) MTA Pilot to Extend Meter Hours on Evenings, Sundays (CBS, SF Gate) SFPD Investigates Muni Assaults, Makes Arrest (CoCo Times, KCBS, Merc) Sue Vaughan’s Minding Muni, Part III (FCJ) Three Cup Shuffle/Monte Scam and Intimidation on Muni (Muni Diaries) MTA to Traffic Calm Fell and … Continued
March 31, 2010
How Quickly Will Caltrans Embrace Complete Streets Guidelines?
Though it may seem esoteric, one of the biggest impediments to designing streets for people is the over-reliance on design standards that have long privileged movement of vehicles over any other consideration on the streets. That's why advocates cheered when U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood published a policy paper recently that, at least in word, placed bicycles and pedestrians on equal footing with motorists.
March 30, 2010
Today’s Headlines
BART Intensifies Security After Moscow Bombing (SF Gate, KCBS, CoCo Times, CBS) BART Tries to Improve Minority Outreach (Examiner, SF Appeal) Reaction to AC Transit Service Cuts (Oakbook, CBS) Sacramento Regional Transit Votes to Cut Service 22 Percent (Sac Bee) Hearing on Muni Cuts and Budget Woes Today (KCBS) Muni Fight Not Caught on Camera, … Continued
March 30, 2010