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Tomorrow: Hearing on Traffic Signals to Speed Muni on Haight, McAllister
On the agenda [PDF] for tomorrow's SFMTA public engineering hearing are proposals to speed up Muni lines with transit-priority traffic signals and bus bulb-outs along Haight and McAllister Streets. These types of changes are central to the Muni Transit Effectiveness Project, but some residents have voiced concerns about replacing stop signs with traffic signals and requiring pedestrians to wait before crossing.
September 4, 2014
Parking-First “Save Polk Street” Crowd Attacks Van Ness BRT
"Save Polk Street" has aimed its parking-first agenda at Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit. A couple dozen speakers protested the project an SFMTA hearing last week, distributing fearmongering flyers [PDF] claiming that removing some parking and banning left turns would "kill small businesses," back up car traffic, and make the street more dangerous.
August 28, 2014
Ocean Ave to Get Spruced Up, But Real Transformation Will Have to Wait
City planners are shaping up plans for Ocean Avenue, following public workshops that will help develop a vision for both near-term and long-term improvements. The near-term plans, for the commercial stretch of Ocean west of Phelan Avenue and the City College campus, are far along in their development. Meanwhile, a long-term plan for the remainder of the avenue, stretching eastward to the Balboa Park BART Station, is still in its earlier stages.
August 7, 2014
Commentary: Why This Senior and Transit Advocate Blocked a Google Bus
Editor's note: This is a guest op-ed that does not represent the views of Streetsblog.
August 4, 2014
SFMTA to Create Sansome Street Contra-Flow Lane for Muni’s 10, 12 Lines
The SFMTA plans to install a contra-flow transit lane for three blocks of Sansome Street near the Financial District, providing a faster and more direct route for Muni's 10-Townsend and 12-Folsom bus routes.
August 1, 2014
Muni Plans to Launch “Double Berthing” in October, a Year Behind Schedule
Muni still hasn't launched double loading of trains in its metro stations, a.k.a. "double berthing," but says it could finally happen in October -- a full year after the original launch date.
July 31, 2014
Mayor-Funded BeyondChron Attacks Wiener’s Transit Funding Measure
BeyondChron editor Randy Shaw, who gets funding from the Mayor Ed Lee's office for projects like the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, penned a predictable defense of Lee's recent attack on Supervisor Scott Wiener's transit funding ballot measure today. Shaw backed Lee's decision to drop support for the vehicle license fee increase, and argued that Muni's share of the city's general fund has increased enough in recent years, compared to other city services.
July 31, 2014
Mayor Vows to Punish Supes Who Backed Wiener’s Transit Funding Measure
Mayor Ed Lee, who has cut into transportation funding by nixing Sunday parking meters and abandoning a proposed vehicle license fee increase, now says that he will punish the six supervisors who voted to approve a ballot measure to increase transportation's share of the general fund. Supervisor Scott Wiener proposed the charter amendment as a stop-gap measure to fund the city's transportation needs, while SF waits two years for the mayor to support a vehicle license fee measure.
July 29, 2014
Watch Muni Explain the Need to Crack Down on Parking Scofflaws — In 1988
When it comes to effectively enforcing parking regulations to make San Francisco's streets work more efficiently, SF hasn't changed much since 1988.
July 28, 2014
Eyes on the Street: First Block of Muni’s Red Carpet Rolled Out on Market
The first segment of Market Street's transit-only lanes was colored red this weekend, on the eastbound side between Fifth and Sixth Streets.
July 28, 2014