West Portal
Commentary: SFMTA Board Weakness Nearly Killed Another Family
The same basic failures that let a family get killed just happened again, in the same neighborhood. SFMTA's abdication of their responsibility to act independently is a primary factor in perpetuating this deadly situation
Officials Celebrate Lackluster West Portal Safety Installation
The original plans put safety first and gave transit priority over individuals in cars. The watered-down, plastic-and-paint 'compromise' that was ultimately installed is profoundly disappointing.
SFMTA Approves Merchant-Driven, ‘Holistic’ Plan for West Portal
SFMTA board again fails in its role to put transit, safety, and city wide interests above parochial politics
Call to Action: Demand a Safe West Portal
The San Francisco Transit Riders wants YOU to urge the SFMTA Board of Directors to approve stronger West Portal safety and transit improvements
Advocates React to Watered-Down West Portal Plan
The political 'compromise' still allows drivers to cross over the railway junction, assuring future delays and maintaining extensive conflict areas between motorists, transit vehicles, and pedestrians
Commentary: SFMTA Board Must Reject Unsafe, Driver-Centric ‘Final’ West Portal Plan
A family died. If that isn't enough to stop putting politics above safety, then the SFMTA board should be dissolved
Emails Confirm West Portal ‘Welcoming’ Committee Was Stacked from the Start
Diego Cardoso de Oliveira and Matilde Ramos Pinto weren't from West Portal. If they'd survived last March's crash, even they would have been barred from the 'West Portal Welcoming Committee,' according to the selection 'criteria'
West Portal Committee Members Named
The committee is comprised mostly of the same merchants who have prevented Muni and safety improvements all along
Two-Item Tuesday: A Very Ferry Future. Plus Advocates Call BS on ‘Welcoming West Portal Committee’
Commentary: Merchants Are Getting People Killed
The number one local obstruction to curbing traffic violence is commerce and merchant groups.
