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Budget Update Taken Off Agenda for Today’s MTA Board Meeting

By Matthew Roth | Oct 20, 2009 | 8 Comments

Although the MTA is facing a growing budget deficit that some estimate at $25-30 million or higher, the agency has not publicly talked about how it intends to close the gap, nor has it embraced revenue generators like expanded parking meter hours in commercial districts. An update of the FY 2010 budget was agendized last […]

SPUR Offers a Bold Bike Path Proposal for the Embarcadero

By Dave Snyder | Oct 14, 2009 | 25 Comments

It would someday rank among the world’s most beautiful bike paths. Imagine a separated, 2.5-mile bicycle path between the northbound traffic lanes of the Embarcadero and the pedestrian promenade from AT&T Park to Fisherman’s Wharf. Not only would it provide a safe and dignified passage for cyclists, it would cut down on bike and pedestrian […]

WalkSF Hosts Fifth Annual Peak to Peak Walk

By Michael Rhodes | Oct 8, 2009 | 2 Comments

Peak to Peak Walk 2007. Flickr photo: jeffluszcz Tomorrow is the early-registration deadline for Walk San Francisco’s fifth annual Peak to Peak Walk, a 12-mile challenge designed give even avid walkers a workout. The fully guided walking tour features some of the city’s finest vistas, covering 15 peaks in total, and will help the organization […]

Oakland Airport Connector Clears One More Hurdle

By Matthew Roth | Oct 7, 2009 | 5 Comments

OAC image: BART Transit advocates, community groups, and faith-based environmental justice organizations made another plea to Oakland and regional policy makers to kill the half a billion dollar Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) with a resolution sponsored by Oakland City Council members Nancy Nadel and Rebecca Kaplan at their monthly meeting last night. Citing a significantly […]

Oakland Council Rolls Back Parking Changes Amid Cries From Merchants

By Matthew Roth | Oct 7, 2009 | 18 Comments

Grand Lake Theater owner Alan Michaan exhorts the public to "Stop the Parking Madness!" Photo: DigiAnt During another raucous staging of political parking theater at last night’s Oakland City Council meeting, where more than 90 speakers often shouted their opinions on the city’s parking policy, the council reversed its position from July, scaling back the […]

Is the Geary Bus Rapid Transit Project in Jeopardy?

By Dave Snyder | Oct 5, 2009 | 54 Comments

Photo: plug1 If the Geary Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project doesn’t get some love from advocates and the general public, the project could be in trouble, according to several people closely following the process. "I look to the left, I look to the right, all I see is opposition and criticism," says Joel Ramos, a […]

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