Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Elderly & Disabled

SFMTA Allows Taxis to Block Bike Lanes

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 25, 2011 | 105 Comments

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is officially allowing taxi drivers to block bicycle lanes. A memo [PDF] from Deputy Director of Taxi Services Christiane Hayashi and Accessible Services Manager Annette Williams says the agency is issuing bumper stickers to taxi drivers telling Parking Control Officers not to cite them. John Han of Taxi […]

People with Disabilities Find Mobility Through “Wheels for Wellbeing”

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 24, 2011 | 10 Comments

Wheels for Wellbeing, a UK program, helps get people with physical disabilities cycling and challenges conventional notions that equate their mobility with automobile dependency. Using tricycles, handcycles and recumbent cycles, participants discover that there are options for nearly anyone to enjoy the freedom of cycling. For these folks, the health benefits that come with their […]

Muni to Pilot Senior/Disabled Pass with BART Access

By Michael Rhodes | Oct 16, 2009 | 2 Comments

Flickr photo: frankfarm The MTA had some good news to announce today about Muni amidst a deepening budget shortfall, service cuts, and fare increases: the agency is launching a pilot program to allow senior and disabled customers unlimited access to BART within San Francisco and all Muni transit services with a single pass. At least […]

For Bus Stop Consolidation, a Good Policy Will Be Good Politics

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 12, 2009 | 2 Comments

Flickr photo: ehoyer With support for bus stop consolidation building, local leaders are starting to weigh in on political strategies for implementing a new stop spacing policy. For Pi Ra of the Senior Action Network, the best political strategy is to start with a good policy, before recommendations to eliminate specific stops are out. The […]

Enrique Peñalosa Urges SF to Embrace Pedestrians and Public Space

By Matthew Roth | Jul 8, 2009 | 14 Comments

Photo: Matthew Roth Celebrated Colombian urbanist and former mayor of Bogotá Enrique Peñalosa told a standing room audience of more than one hundred people at the San Francisco Public Library last night that San Francisco can be friendly to cars or to people, but not both. Further, he argued that there is no fundamental technical […]

AARP Joins Campaign to Reform National Transportation Policy

By Ben Fried | Mar 24, 2009 | 2 Comments

Photo: AARP AARP announced today that it will join the Transportation for America campaign to advocate for a "broad restructuring" of national transportation policy. In a letter sent to Congressional leaders last week [PDF], AARP said that it is "working to enable older adults to live independently in their homes and communities throughout their lifespan, […]

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