West Portal
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
Commentary: Merchants Are Getting People Killed
The number one local obstruction to curbing traffic violence is commerce and merchant groups.
Supervisor Melgar Betrays Promises, Sells Out Family Killed in West Portal
Well that didn't take long
Commentary: There is Zero Ambiguity to the West Portal Tragedy
What happened in West Portal was entirely predictable and preventable. The city must now close Ulloa to through traffic and make sure it can never happen again