Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Muni

Ballot Primer for an Election that Will Drive You to Drink

By Roger Rudick | | 11 Comments
Yesterday evening, over 220 people squeezed into the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association’s (SPUR) downtown S.F. location to hear the organization’s policy experts explain which ballot measures they are endorsing. With 25 measures on the San Francisco ballot this November 8, each of the six SPUR experts spent just a few minutes on […]

Rail~Volution: All-Things-Rail Conference Comes to San Francisco

By Roger Rudick | | 12 Comments
Some 1,200 planners, engineers, managers and transit journalists crowded into the San Francisco Hyatt Regency this week for the Rail~Volution conference. From the conference press release: The…conference brings together thought leaders and innovators to discuss the relationship between public transit and land-use, examine best practices in transit-oriented development, and look at how to maintain diversity […]

Was the Turning Point on Taraval a Teachable Moment?

By Roger Rudick | | 39 Comments
A week ago today, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency decided unanimously to move forward with concrete boarding islands on the L-Taraval. And maybe, just maybe, it was also a concrete turning point towards finally putting safety first. As Streetsblog readers know all too well, every time SFMTA develops transit improvements as part of its Muni Forward […]

Guest Editorial: Safety Must Come First on Taraval

By Nicole Ferrara | | 11 Comments
Every day 29,000 Muni riders and countless walkers travel on Taraval Street, one of the city’s 12 percent of streets responsible for over 70 percent of traffic deaths and life-changing injuries. On average, every five and-a-half weeks someone is hit while walking on Taraval. This afternoon, walkers and MUNI riders will have a once-in-a-generation chance […]

Vision Zero Committee Hears Radio Spot and Other Efforts to Curtail Speeding

By Roger Rudick | | No Comments
Note the ‘call to action’ at the end of this post. Thursday afternoon, Supervisors Norman Yee and David Campos, commissioners on the County Transportation Authority Vision Zero Committee, heard updates from SFMTA officials on plans to install safety infrastructure and increase educational awareness on the dangers of speeding. They also discussed Mayor Ed Lee’s Executive Directive to, […]
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