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Stop the gradual erosion of bus service to and from the North Bay

This past weekend marked the fourth 'Sunday Streets' event of the year--this time in the Tenderloin. But there was another, lesser-known neighborhood-building street event this weekend in San Francisco: Saturday's Spear Street Pop-Up Party. It took place at the cul-de-sac where Spear dead-ends just before the Embarcadero.

Will we soon see the end of transit tickets?

BART and Muni elevators, especially at the downtown and Mission Stations, are not places people go voluntarily, given the putrid smells and unsanitary conditions.

The San Francisco Transit Riders (SFTR) released the results of its "Ride the Vote" survey yesterday. It reveals the stated positions of the mayoral candidates and District 8 candidates on local and regional transit issues.

Motivate, operator of Ford GoBike, the Bay Area's official bike-share system, added 250 electric assist bikes to the fleet today. The new black bikes were rolled out during an event this morning at Proxy in Hayes Valley.

State Senator Scott Wiener's transit housing bill, S.B. 827, was defeated by a six-to-four vote in the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee yesterday. "While I’m disappointed that Senate Bill 827 won’t be moving forward this year, I’m heartened by the conversation it has started, both with those who support the bill and with critics of the bill," wrote Wiener, in a prepared statement about the vote. "The passion we have seen around this bill is driven by what we are all feeling--that California’s housing costs are unsustainable and our housing policies aren’t working. California needs to get at the heart of our housing shortage, not just work around the edges, or we will become a hollowed out state with no middle class."

Before the freeway building age, West Oakland was actually the gateway for the entire Bay Area to the rest of the world.

Senator Scott Wiener has revised S.B. 827, the Transit-Rich Housing Bonus, his bill to allow more housing near public transportation.