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Two MTA Board Appointments to Come at Pivotal Time for Muni
On March 1, the terms of the MTA Board's two longest-serving directors will end, and a convergence of factors could make their reappointment or replacement more closely scrutinized than any in the agency's ten-year history. Adding to the uncertainty, one or both of the directors - Shirley Breyer Black and Rev. Dr. James McCray, Jr. - may actually be termed out of their seats, depending on how the City Attorney's office interprets the City Charter.
February 4, 2010
Transit Riders Put Heat on Mayor Through SFBC, Twitter
Two new online campaigns are helping transit supporters pressure the Mayor to save Muni from the brink of massive service cuts.
February 3, 2010
What’s With the Critical Mass Comic in Mayor Newsom’s Press Office?
On a recent visit to Mayor Gavin Newsom's Press Office, I was a bit befuddled by the enormous comic behind the reception desk. The four-by-five foot framed illustration completely dominates the room, but that wasn't the half of it. Click on the picture to enlarge it and read the speech bubble, you'll see what I mean.
January 26, 2010
MTA Directors Balk at F-Line Fare Hike, Want Meter Plan Back on Table
Three members of the MTA Board of Directors today voiced their unwillingness to vote for measures that would drastically cut Muni service and raise various fares to close a $16.9 million budget gap, and they insisted on taking a further look at extending parking meter enforcement hours, a proposal the Mayor has strongly counseled the MTA to kill.
January 19, 2010
Advocates, Supervisors Push for Alternatives to Proposed Muni Service Cuts
A proposal to drastically cut Muni service while raising some fares has angered and energized transit riders in advance of Tuesday's MTA Board meeting, and has left advocates and elected officials in search of alternative measures to fill the agency's $16.9 million budget gap. Proposals are starting to pour in from advocates as well as members of the Board of Supervisors, who currently have limited control over such service cuts.
January 18, 2010
Eyes on the Street: New Bus Shelters Appear on Market Street
Although they aren't quite as innovative as the solar bus shelter at Geary and Arguello boulevards that we profiled in May 2009, the newly designed MTA bus shelters are appearing around the city, including these two on Market Street near the Ferry Building.
January 15, 2010
Mayor Newsom’s State of the City Address Breezes Over Muni
For anyone still looking for bold action from the Mayor to improve the city's transit system and rescue it from financial calamity, last night's State of the City speech didn't offer any hope. The Mayor did apparently defy his staff, though, including Muni briefly in his speech - a two-minute discussion buried 70 minutes into his 81-minute address.
January 14, 2010
San Francisco Struggles to Finance and Build Livable Streets
As San Francisco's Better Streets Plan (BSP) street design manual nears environmental certification, many questions remain about financing street maintenance and how all of the agencies responsible for the city's streets will work together to improve conditions for transit, walking, and bicycling, one of the primary goals of the three year BSP planning process.
January 14, 2010
Dates and Locations For 2010 San Francisco Sunday Streets Announced
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has announced the dates and locations for nine Sunday Streets events for 2010, starting on March 14th along the Embarcadero and finishing October 24th around Civic Center. Building off the tremendous success of the events in 2009, Mayor Newsom announced the events will expand to new communities and run for an extra hour, eventually becoming a permanent San Francisco tradition.
December 19, 2009