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Transbay Transit Center to Fill Downtown With People, Not Cars
The new Transbay Transit Center is expected to transform San Francisco's downtown core by focusing new development around a massive regional transit hub in eastern SoMa. Scheduled to open in 2017, it will link 11 transit systems and eventually CA High-Speed Rail. Some have called it the "Grand Central of the West."
June 1, 2012
Six Ideas for Saving Bay Area Transit
[Editor's note: This article is re-published with permission from the transit-themed March issue of The Urbanist, the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association's (SPUR) monthly member magazine. The article, written by SPUR Regional Planning Director Egon Terplan, is based on a discussion paper developed by the SPUR Transportation Policy Board. Read the full paper at spur.org/tsp.]
March 14, 2012
What SF Needs to Catch Up to NYC’s Bicycling Success: Political Leadership
New York City has raised the bar in recent years for rolling out bicycle improvements and reclaiming public space from automobiles. While San Franciscans have come to expect major delays for bike projects as the norm in their city, New York, the only American city more dense than SF, has zoomed ahead by adding roughly 20 miles of protected bike lanes since 2007, with more on the way. After each new NYC bikeway is built, injuries to all users decline and bicycling increases along the corridor.
March 5, 2012
SPUR: Let’s Not Miss the Boat on What America’s Cup Could Do For SF
Editor's note: The following is being republished from SPUR, the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association. Visit their blog at SPUR.org.
February 7, 2011
Commentary: Why This Working Family is Supporting Muni Reform
Editor's note: On Friday, we presented an op-ed opposing Prop G. Today, Gillian Gillett, a transit advocate who is the chair of SPUR's Transportation Committee, explains why she's voting for Prop G.
October 25, 2010
Muni Charter Measure Supporters Take to the Streets to Collect Signatures
People catching Muni near West Portal station this morning were greeted by an unusual sight: Supervisor Sean Elsbernd, SPUR Executive Director Gabriel Metcalf, and a team of volunteers were out canvassing the avenue to gather signatures for a ballot measure that would change the way the city sets Muni operator salaries.
April 8, 2010
MTA Board May Finally Get Creative on Funding, But Obstacles Remain
Could the bleakest budget in the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's history force its directors to finally get creative in funding Muni?
March 5, 2010
Are More Service Cuts the Last Straw For a Public Fed Up With Muni?
Widespread outrage at the MTA Board, so visibly on display at today's meeting on Muni service cuts and fare increases, appears to be driving a growing surge of organizing that transit supporters hope might finally create a sustained movement with the potential to pressure the MTA into developing long-term fixes for Muni.
February 26, 2010