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NACTO Street Design Guides Now Official Policy in SF

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 8, 2014 | 8 Comments

The Board of Supervisors yesterday voted unanimously to establish the National Association of City Transportation Officials’ Urban Street and Urban Bikeway Design Guides as official policy for all city agencies, as proposed by Supervisor Scott Wiener. “Safe and livable streets start with smart street design reflecting the needs of all users,” Wiener said in a statement. “Safe streets and […]

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Supes Stand Up to Transbay Developers, Approve Original Rail Funding Deal

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 24, 2014 | 8 Comments

The Board of Supervisors yesterday unanimously approved the original agreement to fund Transbay District transportation upgrades, like the downtown rail extension to the Transbay Transit Center, through development charges. Although supervisors had announced a compromise agreement two weeks ago, some developers apparently backed out of it. City Hall officials decided to move forward with the original agreement, […]

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Wiener Moves to Make NACTO Street Design Guides Official Policy for SF

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 15, 2014 | 1 Comment

Supervisor Scott Wiener has introduced a bill that would make the National Association of City Transportation Officials’ guides for Urban Streets and Urban Bikeways official city policy. The SFMTA Board of Directors already adopted the NACTO guides in January, but Wiener’s legislation would establish them as official guidelines for other agencies to use, including the […]

Supes, Mayor Get Developers to Pay Nearly Full Tax for Transbay Rail

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 10, 2014 | 7 Comments

Developers agreed to pay nearly the full property assessment rates to help fund transportation projects in the Transbay Transit Center District, under an agreement announced by the Board of Supervisors yesterday. Supervisors and Mayor Ed Lee stood their ground against the developers, who hired former mayor Willie Brown as a lobbyist to try to lower […]

Mayor-Funded BeyondChron Attacks Wiener’s Transit Funding Measure

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 31, 2014 | 10 Comments

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 […]

Mayor Vows to Punish Supes Who Backed Wiener’s Transit Funding Measure

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 29, 2014 | 47 Comments

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 […]

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