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Open Thread: Room for Private Vehicles in Red Carpet Lanes?
The SFMTA Board of Directors approved the next step in the $35 million Geary Rapid project on Tuesday, which includes segments of red carpet, bus-only lanes between Stanyan and downtown. The rub: the SFMTA decided to allow privately run transit, including tour buses, tech-buses, and Chariot, to also use the lane (in reality, non-Muni vehicles of one type or another already use pretty much all the city's red-carpet lanes, more on that a few paragraphs down).
August 23, 2018
Should the Mayor Sack Director Reiskin?
She'd need the SFMTA Board to actually do it, but Mayor Breed sets stage for Reiskin's ouster
August 21, 2018
SFMTA Launches “Muni Backward” Program
5 Fulton bus service had improved, but neighbors complained, so let the roll back begin
August 20, 2018
SPUR Talk: The Business of Public Transit
It has customers. It takes in revenue. It provides a service. Public transportation sounds like a business, doesn't it?
July 31, 2018
Public Safety Committee Hears Reports on Traffic Violence and Seniors
Caltrans talks about HAWK beacons and how they balance safety and traffic flow
July 25, 2018
Editorial: Prevent Another Tragedy on the Embarcadero by Dividing the Promenade
If the family had stayed home and gone for a bike ride on Vancouver's waterfront, it's unlikely they would have been in a serious crash, because they wouldn't be riding in the street with traffic in the first place.
July 24, 2018
Advocates Want Better Valencia Street Options
SFMTA planners and engineers unveiled three initial design proposals for re-configuring the bike lanes on Valencia Street.
July 20, 2018
Transit Riders Win Half-Hour Extension on Muni Tickets
Riders will have a full two hours to complete their journeys
July 19, 2018
Advocates, Angered by Townsend Project Cancellation, Dominate SFMTA Board Meeting
Some sixty advocates from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, and more from other street safety groups, came to today's SFMTA board meeting to demand the agency reinstate the Townsend Corridor Improvement Project
July 17, 2018
Oakland DOT Preps Next Phases of Telegraph Plan
The City of Oakland is conducting public outreach for repaving, repairs, and a major redesign of Telegraph.
July 16, 2018
