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Tepid Response from SFMTA, Mayor on Car-Free Market Resolution
In a unanimous vote, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week passed Supervisor and mayoral candidate David Chiu's resolution calling on the SFMTA to initiate more pilot projects on Market Street to further restrict private auto traffic and make it car-free on a trial basis in advance of the 2015 redesign. The 11 votes were a strong message to the SFMTA that it needs to take more immediate steps to calm private auto traffic on parts of Market Street that are a mess for Muni, and a danger to bicyclists and pedestrians.
September 23, 2011
Broad Coalition Calls on SFMTA to Provide Free Muni Youth Passes
A broad coalition of community groups, youth leaders, transit advocates and elected officials called on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency today to initiate a three-year pilot program to give young people ages 5 to 17 free Muni passes. The program would cost an estimated $7 million a year and result in a 4.6 percent increase in Muni ridership.
September 20, 2011
Tomorrow: Support a Two-Way Haight and More 15 MPH School Zones
Two important projects will get a hearing before an SFMTA engineering panel tomorrow, and advocates say a show of support is crucial.
September 15, 2011
SFMTA Moves Closer to a System Wide All-Door Boarding Policy
SFMTA Director of Transportation Ed Reiskin told the agency's board of directors yesterday that the earliest Muni could implement a system wide all-door boarding system would be sometime in the first half of next year.
September 7, 2011
Hundreds Pay Their Respects to Emily Dunn, Woman Killed by Muni Driver
Last Saturday, a standing-room only audience of 750 people turned out at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia to pay their respects to Emily Dunn, the 23-year-old woman killed by a Muni driver on August 19 while she was walking in the Castro. Dunn, who had just moved to San Francisco to start a new life, was just a step away from the curb when she was run over at Hartford and 18th streets.
September 1, 2011
Young Woman Killed by Muni Driver Remembered in the Castro
Her name was Emily Dunn, and over the weekend, a steady stream of friends and people who never knew her brought flowers, candles and photos of her to the site in the Castro where the young woman was killed Friday afternoon by a Muni driver. A grief-stricken friend, who I met Saturday, said Dunn, who was only 23, had moved to San Francisco from Atlanta a month ago and was just beginning a new life.
August 22, 2011
SF Mayoral Candidates Need to Tackle Transportation Funding
Monday night's first major mayoral debate contained more political theater than substance, and it's too bad, because the very first question posed to some of the candidates -- who gave no real answers to it -- was a critically important one. The moderator, with a list of questions compiled by the Castro/Eureka Valley and Duboce Triangle neighborhood associations, asked the following before a large crowd at the Castro Theatre:
August 10, 2011
Two-Way McAllister Provides a Direct Route for 5-Fulton Riders
Two-way access on the east end of McAllister Street has been restored for Muni buses, bicycles, and commercial vehicles, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) announced last week.
August 8, 2011
J-Church Line Could Be the First to Get All-Door Boarding
The J-Church has emerged as the top candidate for Muni to test all-door boarding as a way to speed up service on its busiest and least reliable lines. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Transit Director John Haley said today that it is being evaluated for a pilot program that could lead to a system-wide change in boarding policy.
July 25, 2011
A New Era Begins at the SFMTA with the Appointment of Ed Reiskin
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board of Directors has appointed a regular bicycle and Muni rider to become its Chief Executive Officer, ushering in a new era of leadership that advocates hoped would dramatically improve sustainable transportation in the city.
July 21, 2011