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SFMTA Board Extends Fiscal Emergency, Eyes Parking Meter Extension
The SFMTA Board of Directors voted to continue the agency's declaration of fiscal emergency today, but took a proposal to charge a premium for cable cars and express bus routes off the table, and promised to use some of the $36 million expected from a state windfall to help "defray or delay" a 10 percent service cut scheduled to take effect in a month
March 30, 2010
Sadik-Khan Packs the House in LA, Then Brings It Down
Thanks to Clarence
Eckerson for this Streetfilms Shortie.
March 19, 2010
In Any Language, The Cost of Congestion Comes Through Loud and Clear
It’s
not often that you get to see your work set off a Eureka moment for
someone else -- particularly when that someone is from a different
culture. But I had that experience recently, and it seems worth sharing
on
Streetsblog in light of the interest
shown today in my
analysis of the travel
delay costs from FreshDirect deliveries.
March 19, 2010
Better Streets Plan Provisions Stripped from Chiu Garage Legislation
In a move to gain the support of Supervisor Bevan Dufty, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu has stripped language from his proposed garage legislation that would have ensured all new garage additions to existing buildings in Chinatown, North Beach and Telegraph Hill conform with Better Streets Plan (BSP) guidelines.
March 18, 2010
Head to the Embarcadero this Weekend for the Year’s First Sunday Streets!
As if the lure of playing in the street wasn't enough, city leaders and organizers gathered at City Hall yesterday afternoon to promote the first of nine Sunday Streets events this year, which will run along the Embarcadero up to Fisherman's Wharf [route map PDF] this Sunday.
March 12, 2010
Supervisors Delay Final Vote on Garage Legislation for Another Week
For a second time in two weeks, the Board of Supervisors today delayed a final vote on legislation that would impose stricter rules on the construction of new garages in Chinatown, North Beach and
Telegraph Hill. Unlike the first delay, however, the Board voted to make a small amendment to the measure today, passing the amended bill on first reading. It will be back next week for a final vote.
March 9, 2010
Supervisors to Take Final Vote on Garage Legislation Tomorrow
The Board of Supervisors will vote tomorrow on legislation
that would limit new garages in Chinatown, North Beach and
Telegraph Hill.
March 8, 2010
State Legislature Bill Could Restore Millions in STA Funds to Struggling MTA
Last minute legislation to send some State Transit Assistance (STA) funds back to local transit agencies could prove a huge boon for Muni if Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger approves it.
March 4, 2010
LaHood Faces Off With GOP Senator Over High-Speed Rail, Livability
When Cabinet secretaries appear in front of Congress' appropriations
committees, which control the annual budgets for each federal agency,
the proceedings tend to be dry affairs dominated by local concerns and
arcane fiscal debates.
March 4, 2010
LaHood Backs Feingold’s Plan to Cancel Unspent Transport Earmarks
When a member of Congress earmarks transportation money for a local project, the funding isn't always spent in a timely manner. The Bush administration's final budget proposed to cancel road earmarks that had sat largely unspent for 10 years, a move that would have freed up $626 million, according to Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI).
February 26, 2010