Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bus Rapid Transit

AC Transit GM Proposes Diverting BRT Funds For Operational Shortfall

By Matthew Roth | Sep 25, 2009 | No Comments

Image: AC Transit One day after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger tooted his own horn on climate change and carbon reductions mandated under AB 32, another California transit operator is taking drastic steps to stop the hemorrhaging of its operations budget by cutting back on future innovation, in no small part due to the fact that the […]

Civil Rights Complaint Filed Against BART Over Oak Airport Connector

By Michael Rhodes | Sep 4, 2009 | 3 Comments

Oaklan Airport BART Station rendering. Image: BART Transit advocates and community groups have filed a complaint (PDF) with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), charging that BART has not complied with federal civil rights obligations in its planning of the Oakland Airport Connector (OAC). The move by Public Advocates Inc. on behalf of TransForm, Urban Habitat […]

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, […]

Environmentalists Oppose Bridge Over Yosemite Slough

By Susan Vaughan | Jun 15, 2009 | 4 Comments

Artist’s rendering of new development at Hunter’s Point and Candlestick Point. Courtesy Lennar If all goes as planned for San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development and one of the nation’s largest home builders, the Lennar Corporation, a causeway over the Yosemite Slough wetlands restoration project between Hunters Point and Candlestick […]

Advocates, Unions Call for BRT Connector Service to Oakland Airport

By Matthew Roth | May 8, 2009 | 10 Comments

Rendering of the BRT proposal to connect BART to the Oakland Airport, courtesy TransForm In a rally held at the Oakland Coliseum BART station yesterday, transportation and social justice advocates joined with transit and public health unions to call on the BART Board of Directors to study a full-BRT line connecting BART to Oakland Airport, […]

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