Recent Streetsblog SF posts about SFCTA

Livable Streets Concerns Overshadowed at Geary Blvd BRT Meeting

By Michael Rhodes | Jul 28, 2009 | 9 Comments

Supervisor Eric Mar, right, sought to ease concerns and set straight untrue rumors about the Geary BRT project. Photos: Michael Rhodes At a community meeting in the Richmond last night, planners from the San Francisco County Transportation Authority and Supervisor Eric Mar sought public input on the Geary Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit project – and […]

Geary Blvd BRT Meeting Tonight in the Richmond

By Matthew Roth | Jul 27, 2009 | No Comments

Image: SFCTA As the environmental review process moves forward for the Geary Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, Supervisor Eric Mar is holding a community meeting to discuss the many issues at stake along the city’s busiest bus route. As we’ve written, the Geary BRT will be complementary to the proposed Van Ness corridor project, […]

SFCTA Completes Exhaustive Parking Study, Supervisors Delay Action

By Matthew Roth | Jul 21, 2009 | 5 Comments

Residential Parking Permit (RPP) zones. Courtesy: TA The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (TA) presented the results of the comprehensive parking study it started in 2006 to the Board of Supervisors today, fleshing out many of the parking management principles espoused by parking guru Donald Shoup in his High Cost of Free Parking and recommending […]

Only 17 Percent Drive to Downtown SF to Shop, Study Finds

By Matthew Roth | May 27, 2009 | 12 Comments

There’s gold in them thar shoes. Flickr photo: Billy Quach The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (TA) has released a survey of nearly 1400 shoppers in downtown San Francisco that found less than one-fifth drive to shop, and that they spend less money in aggregate than shoppers using other transportation modes (PDF). The study indicates […]

Streetscast: An Interview with MTA Chief Nat Ford, Part II

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

Photo by Bryan Goebel MTA Executive Director Nat Ford sat down with Streetsblog San Francisco last week for an hour-long interview. In today’s segment, he addresses the funding crisis facing California transit agencies, the long-awaited implementation of the Bike Plan and the internal MTA battle over how to balance the different modes. I also asked […]

San Francisco Shovel Ready for Freeway Project Through a Park

By Susan Vaughan | Mar 30, 2009 | 17 Comments

SFCTA Graphic Five decades after activists killed plans for a major freeway traveling through San Francisco’s Panhandle, construction companies are lining up for the contract to break ground in August on another major freeway through a park – the Presidio Parkway, which will replace Doyle Drive in the Presidio National Park. Plans to improve or […]

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