Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Community, Advocacy and Labor

Speak Out Against Proposed Muni Cuts at MTA Board Meeting Tuesday

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 18, 2010 | 3 Comments

Transit advocates have begun mobilizing Muni riders to speak out against a new round of proposed service cuts at tomorrow’s MTA Board meeting. Writes Manish Champsee of Walk SF: The SFMTA has just released revised budget projections for the current fiscal year. Due to the Mayor’s reluctance to raise money by extending parking meter hours, […]

San Francisco Struggles to Finance and Build Livable Streets

By Matthew Roth | Jan 14, 2010 | 7 Comments

Folsom Street simulation with elements of the Better Streets Plan. Photo: SF Planning Department As San Francisco’s Better Streets Plan (BSP) street design manual nears environmental certification, many questions remain about financing street maintenance and how all of the agencies responsible for the city’s streets will work together to improve conditions for transit, walking, and […]

San Francisco Converts Some Bus Zones on Terminated Lines to Parking

By Matthew Roth | Jan 12, 2010 | 16 Comments

Photos: Matthew Roth The San Francisco MTA has an interesting decision to make with bus zones throughout the city now that a number of bus routes were changed or terminated with the service reductions that went into effect on December 5th, 2009. Will the city open the curb space up to cars, potentially adding meters […]

Facebook Refuses to Remove Group Promoting Anti-Cyclist Violence

By Matthew Roth | Jan 8, 2010 | 105 Comments

Screenshot from the Facebook group promoting dooring, among other acts that injure cyclists. A number of Streetsblog readers have noticed a particularly loathsome group that has sprouted up on Facebook and has a legion of fans. As of this writing, more than 32,000 people are fans of "There’s a perfectly good bike path right next […]

It’s Official: Governor’s Budget Shorts Public Transit Once Again

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 8, 2010 | 3 Comments

Schwarzenegger outlines his budget at a Capitol press conference. Photo: Governor’s Press Office Governor Schwarzenegger’s budget (PDF), unveiled today at a Capitol press conference, confirms what transit agencies and advocates across the state have been fearing: a $1.5 billion proposed scheme to divert funds that would otherwise provide critical relief to California’s struggling transit agencies. […]

eBART Extension Nears Bid, Rep Garamendi Tours Station Sites

By Matthew Roth | Jan 7, 2010 | 20 Comments

Images: BART With bids for the eBART extension project expected in early February, newly elected Congressman John Garamendi from California’s 10th District conducted a tour of the planned station sites of BART’s 10-mile extension from Pittsburg Bay Point to Antioch. Garamendi joined BART Director Joel Keller, Brentwood Mayor Robert Taylor, and representatives from the Contra […]

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