Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Muni

A look at a short segment of Geary that will get true "BRT" upgrades. Image: CTA

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SPUR Talk: Update on Geary Corridor Bus Rapid Transit

By Roger Rudick | Nov 28, 2016 | No Comments

The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (CTA), along with SFMTA, is completing its final environmental review for “Bus Rapid Transit” and other street improvements on Geary. Last week, the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) held an update/discussion about this busy corridor. As many Streetsblog readers already know, the planned improvements are primarily […]

The walk ended in front of City Hall in San Francisco. Photo: Streetsblog

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Remembering Victims of Road Violence

By Roger Rudick | Nov 21, 2016 | No Comments

Yesterday afternoon, advocates from Walk San Francisco joined the newly formed “Families for Safe Streets” and others, for a walk of remembrance for traffic victims. The walk, with a crowd of nearly 100 participants, started at 16th and Mission and followed a circuitous route through some of San Francisco’s most notorious intersections, concluding with a […]

A Muni oops from 2016. Photo: Daniel Pifko

Muni Driver Mistakes his Bus for a Train?

By Roger Rudick | Nov 21, 2016 | No Comments

This happened on Sunday morning near the intersection of Ocean and Junipero Serra. The bus has since been removed from the K-Ingleside tracks. Streetsblog got this photo via a tip. It’s unclear how the bus ended up on the tracks. Paul Rose, a spokesman for SFMTA, only said that, “The operator of the bus drove […]

The current green-striped, unprotected lane on Embarcadero. Photo: Streetsblog

SFMTA Gets Input on Plans for a Better Embarcadero

By Roger Rudick | Nov 18, 2016 | No Comments

Yesterday evening, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency held an open house, at Pier 1 on the Embarcadero, to get public feedback for the Embarcadero Enhancement Project. From the SFMTA website: The SFMTA, Port of San Francisco, San Francisco Planning Department and San Francisco Public Works Department are collaborating on a planning project that will […]

Radulovich after his Streetsblog exit-interview outside a cafe near his home in the Mission. Photo: Streetsblog

Exit Interview: Director Tom Radulovich Reflects on 20 Years with BART

By Roger Rudick | Nov 17, 2016 | 2 Comments

Tom Radulovich, as most Streetsblog readers probably know, is retiring from BART at the end of the year. He was first elected to the BART Board of Directors in November 1996, to represent the 9th District, which includes portions of San Francisco. He serves on the board’s Personnel Review Special Committee and on the Capitol Corridor Joint […]

Two trains pulling into a station in Switzerland under the type of 'pulse' transfer system the California State Transportation Agency wants to emulate. Wikimedia Commons

SPUR Talk: Running Public Transportation Like a Swiss Watch

By Roger Rudick | Nov 16, 2016 | 1 Comment

Yesterday evening, Andrew Nash and Ulrich Leister, transit consultants from Europe, explained to an audience at SPUR’s Oakland location what California needs to do to make its transit and intercity rail as user-friendly as it is in Switzerland and Denmark. “The most important thing is the service,” said Leister a railroad consultant and CEO for […]

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