Recent Streetsblog SF posts about AC Transit

Violations in SF’s Transit-Only Lanes Rampant and Rarely Enforced

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 11, 2009 | 27 Comments

A driver on Mission Street in SoMa uses the transit-only lane to zoom past other cars, and faces little risk of being ticketed. Photo: Michael Rhodes It doesn’t take much for a car illegally driving in Market Street’s transit-only lanes to set Muni vehicles back by an entire stoplight cycle. In fact, it happens all […]

Muni Claims It Will Clarify Its Photography Policy Soon

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 7, 2009 | 8 Comments

After reports of fare inspectors and drivers telling Muni passengers they can’t take photos on Muni’s buses and trains, the MTA is being forced to craft a photo policy and make it public. The San Francisco Appeal and WHAT IM SEEING both have stories today about Muni’s elusive policy, which MTA spokesperson Judson True told […]

Extra! Extra! Nevius and Matier Serving Up Steaming Piles of Journalism

By Matthew Roth | Aug 6, 2009 | 31 Comments

C.W. Nevius. Photo: dumbeast A couple of real stinkers over in Mainstream Medialand today. Let’s start with Chuck Nevius’s column, which tries to argue that San Francisco will never be bike friendly. Forget the fact that San Franciscans are riding in greater numbers than ever before despite the fact that the city has implemented only […]

Local Advocates Mourn “Death of Transit” as Part of National Campaign

By Matthew Roth | Jul 22, 2009 | 7 Comments

Mock funeral for transit today in Oakland. Photos: Matthew Roth Transit advocates, transit riders, politicians, and religious figures mourned the continual underfunding of transit operations by staging a mock funeral for public transit above the 12th Street/Oakland BART station today. The event was tied to a national campaign led by Transit Riders for Public Transportation […]

CA Transit Operators Win in Court, But Face Challenge by Governor

By Matthew Roth | Jul 2, 2009 | 3 Comments

Photo: rhondawinter A state appellate court in Sacramento ruled two days ago that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger can’t continue taking money out of the Public Transportation Account (PTA) to help balance the budget, something the governor has done repeatedly while in office, costing state transit operators $1.19 billion in 2007-2008 alone. Many Bay Area transit operators […]

AC Transit Board To Consider Declaring Fiscal Emergency

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 23, 2009 | No Comments

Flickr photo: pbo31 The MTA Board did it this week, and now AC Transit may become the second transit agency in the Bay Area to declare a fiscal emergency. Such a declaration allows the agencies to bypass environmental review in order to implement service cuts. The AC Transit Board of Directors voted yesterday to hold […]

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