Recent Streetsblog SF posts about SFCTA

Van Ness BRT Delayed 2 More Years After Caltrans Pushes Wider Car Lanes

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 11, 2013 | 73 Comments

Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit is now scheduled to open in 2018, two years later than the previous target of 2016. It’s the latest setback for a project that was originally set to open in 2012. In fleshing out the conceptual design approved in June 2012, the SF County Transportation Authority “encountered greater than expected […]

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Track Transportation Projects With the SFCTA’s New “MyStreetSF” Map

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 8, 2013 | 1 Comment

The SF County Transportation Authority recently launched an interactive Google map that shows ongoing transportation projects throughout San Francisco all in one place. MyStreetSF.com lets users search for traffic calming projects, pedestrian safety upgrades, bike lanes, transit lanes, traffic signal upgrades, and even BART/Muni escalator rehabs. Users can search with a number of filters, including by […]

Advocates: Next SFCTA Chief Needs to Collaborate for a Sustainable Future

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 3, 2013 | 4 Comments

Some time this month, a new executive director is expected to be chosen to head the SF County Transportation Authority, filling the shoes of José Luis Moscovich, who resigned from the position late last year citing health reasons. In selecting a new leader, sustainable transportation advocates say, the Board of Supervisors should seek a candidate who can improve […]

SFCTA Board Approves Funding For Masonic, Second Street, and More

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 26, 2013 | 11 Comments

Federal funding for street redesigns on Masonic Avenue, Second Street, and other improvements was unanimously approved yesterday by the Board of Supervisors, acting as the board of the SF County Transportation Authority. The projects selected to receive a chunk of the regional One Bay Area grant also include a bike/ped path on Mansell Street in […]

Support Streetsblog, Your Translator of Transpo Planner Jargon

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 3, 2013 | 6 Comments

Even SF transportation planners know: they can be pretty hard to understand. Listening in on a discussion about safer streets encrypted in countless acronyms and technical terms can often leave the layperson feeling pretty lost. See, in planner-speak, it’s not “getting run over” — it’s “a multi-modal right-of-way conflict.” In San Francisco, this language barrier […]

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Bikeway on Mission Street Would Cost More Than One on Market

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 27, 2013 | 38 Comments

Constructing raised, protected bike lanes on downtown Mission Street would cost more than building them on Market, according to SF Municipal Transportation Agency Director Ed Reiskin. The Mission bikeway proposal, which recently surfaced as an option to be studied in the repeatedly-delayed Better Market Street project, would entail abandoning long-sought bike safety improvements on Market, which is […]

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