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SFPD Conducting First Citywide “Operation Safe Muni” Sting Today

By Michael Rhodes | Nov 4, 2009 | 10 Comments

Ingleside Captain David Lazar briefs officers and the media on Operation Safe Muni today. Photo: Michael Rhodes For years, spotting a police officer on Muni has been about as likely as winning the lottery, even though officers are required to ride transit vehicles twice per shift. As a result, fare evasion, tagging, eating, and other […]

Muni’s Safety Chief Defends Agency at Supes Hearing

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 10, 2009 | 7 Comments

New Muni Chief Safety Officer Jim Dougherty, left, at the scene of the August 3rd historic streetcar crash. Photo: Bryan Goebel Muni’s new chief safety officer went before a Board of Supervisors committee today to explain what’s being done to prevent crashes like the two major rail collisions that have happened in the last month. […]

Employee Shuttles Finding Their Place in SF’s Complex Transit System

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 5, 2009 | 38 Comments

A Yahoo employee waits to board a corporate shuttle in the Civic Center. Flickr photo: commander_klaus In New York, the standard icon of corporate prestige is a gleaming tower downtown bearing a company’s name. Here in the Bay Area, one of the preferred symbols is a sprawling, parking lot-ringed "corporate campus" off US-101 (Google, Yahoo) […]

Streetfilms: SF Carves a Park from the Midst of Its Pavement

By Matthew Roth | Jun 29, 2009 | 9 Comments

The entire family of San Francisco city agencies responsible for maintaining its streets made an unconventional decision to close a portion of a street to cars and convert the new space into a simple, yet elegant, public plaza. The project combines all the important elements of plaza creation that have been successful in New York […]

Newsom Opposed to Sunday Parking Enforcement, Study or No

By Bryan Goebel | May 29, 2009 | 13 Comments

A free parking meter in San Francisco. Flickr phto: .dru It’s no surprise, but it’s troubling. Mayor Gavin Newsom has confirmed to Streetsblog that he remains opposed to extending parking meter enforcement to Sundays, despite a promise by MTA Chief Nat Ford that it’s being studied and remains on the table for consideration, along with […]

Supes Delay Action on Motion to Reject MTA Budget

By Bryan Goebel | May 19, 2009 | 12 Comments

Supervisor Avalos on parking enforcement: "The more I think about how we need to do what’s best for the environment and what’s best for riders my position has changed." The Board of Supervisors will try again on an MTA budget, voting 7-4 this afternoon to delay a motion to reject it. Instead, they’ll hold a […]

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