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Muni Tests Train With More Standing Room, Supes Breed and Wiener Approve
A Muni train car re-configured with fewer seats and more standing room was put into Metro service this week. According to the SFMTA, 14 "double-wide" seats were replaced with "single-wide" seats, adding a net capacity gain of "at least ten" riders to the car, which is a pilot project to squeeze more capacity onto Muni's trains.
May 15, 2014
SFTRU, Livable City Want CEQA Review of Sunday Parking Meter Repeal
Updated 4:16 p.m. with comment from Supervisor John Avalos.
May 15, 2014
50 More On-Street Car-Share Spaces Proposed — Support One Near You
About 50 on-street car-share parking spaces could be approved at an SFMTA engineering hearing tomorrow. That's your chance to write in, or show up at City Hall, to support a smart move by the SFMTA: placing car-share vehicles in convenient locations citywide, and putting everyone within easy reach of this alternative to car ownership.
May 15, 2014
Bikes Now Get Green Waves Along Folsom, North Point, Fulton
The SFMTA has recently re-timed traffic signals to give green waves for bicycle riders on three street segments: North Point from Stockton to Polk Streets, Folsom from 15th to 24th Streets, and Fulton from Laguna to Steiner Streets.
May 7, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Easier Bike Navigation at Market and Buchanan
Doing the Wiggle should be a little easier, thanks to new green-backed sharrows and plastic posts installed by the SFMTA last week. These help bike commuters navigate the entrance to the Duboce bikeway, at Market and Buchanan Streets.
May 5, 2014
Polk Street Contra-Flow Bike Lane Opens to the Public
City planners, politicians, and bicycle advocates gathered this morning for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony of the contra-flow bike lane on Polk Street, a two-block protected cycle track from Market to Grove Streets. Just in time for next week's Bike to Work Day, the opening ceremony came after a decade of delays and a great deal of pressure from advocates like the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, who were excited to see the critical connection opened to the public.
May 2, 2014
Mission Boasts USA’s Largest Bike Corral; 55 Across SF Park 668 Bikes
Four years after the SFMTA started converting curbside car parking into bike parking with bike corrals, the city now has 55 corrals that can lock 668 bikes -- and still more are on the way.
April 28, 2014
Warriors Arena Moving to Mission Bay: A Win for Transit Accessibility?
The Warriors announced this week that the site for the basketball team's proposed arena would be moved from Piers 30-32 on the Embarcadero to Mission Bay, quelling opposition from waterfront development foes. Whether or not the new site will work out for better or worse in terms of accessibility to regional transit, however, is still up for debate.
April 23, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Geary’s Bus Lane, Wiggle’s Curbs Get Red Paint
Updated 4/23 2:45 p.m. with corrected project timelines for the painted bus lanes.
April 22, 2014
SFMTA to Ban Cars on Kezar, Stanyan, Haight Street for 4/20 This Sunday
The SFMTA announced that cars will be banned on several major streets for the 4/20 gathering on the east end of Golden Gate Park this Sunday.
April 18, 2014