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Muni Approves Upgrades for 28-19th Ave With Bus Bulbs, Fewer Stops

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 8, 2015 | 29 Comments

Muni’s 28-19th Avenue will get a speed boost from bus bulbs and stop consolidations approved by the SFMTA Board of Directors yesterday. The upgrades, part of the Muni Forward program, are expected to be constructed starting in the fall of 2016 and completed by 2018. On 19th Avenue, the 28 currently stops on nearly every block, and buses must pull […]

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SFMTA Looks to Boost Muni’s 28-19th Ave With Bus Bulbs, Fewer Stops

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 11, 2014 | 11 Comments

The SFMTA has an online survey available where you can weigh in on the proposed improvements for Muni’s 28-19th Avenue. Take a ride on Muni’s crowded 28-19th Avenue from the Golden Gate Bridge to SF State University, and you may notice the that bus gets a lot slower south of Golden Gate Park. That’s because […]

87-Year-Old Louis Van Velzen Killed by Driver on Deadly Sloat Blvd

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 20, 2014 | 17 Comments

Another life has been taken on Sloat Boulevard — the deadly, too-wide street slicing through SF’s southwestern Parkside and Sunset Districts past the San Francisco Zoo. Louis Van Velzen, an 87-year-old father, was killed by a driver while crossing Sloat at 43rd Avenue at 7:00 a.m. this morning, the SF Chronicle reported. Van Velzen was reportedly […]

New Muni-Only Lanes Streamline Buses on Haight, Lincoln at 19th Avenue

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 2, 2014 | 77 Comments

Muni riders have just gotten some sweet new transit-only lanes to speed up their commutes. Red paint is on the ground for two new bus lanes: One at Lincoln Way and 19th Avenue, and another on the east end of Haight Street. A new left-turn lane, exclusively for Muni buses, went into operation this week […]

SPUR Ocean Beach Erosion Plan Shelves Road Diet for Great Highway

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 27, 2014 | 22 Comments

SPUR has set adrift its proposal to halve the size of the Great Highway along Ocean Beach, as the group strives to avoid distracting attention from implementing the other priorities in its Ocean Beach Master Plan. A road diet may be revisited later, once more pressing concerns have advanced. SPUR calls the OBMP “a comprehensive vision to […]

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