Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Muni

More Grumbles at Final Hearing on Taraval Changes

By Roger Rudick | Jul 22, 2016 | 221 Comments

SFMTA, at long last, held its final hearing on the proposed Muni Forward safety and speed improvements to the L-Taraval. The two-hour meeting, which started at 10 a.m. at City Hall, was attended by some 60 people. Streetsblog readers will recall the last large hearing for Taraval was held in February and, as with many of […]

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Streetsblog Talks with Supervisor Jane Kim, Part II

By Roger Rudick | Jul 21, 2016 | 14 Comments

Two weeks ago, Streetsblog did a Q&A with San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim. Kim was on a trip to New York and arranged to do the interview by phone. Unfortunately, the connection was intermittent, there was some miscommunication, and the interview had to be cut short. A few days later, Kim asked Streetsblog if we […]

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Eyes on the Street: Tenderloin Sunday Streets

By Roger Rudick | Jul 11, 2016 | No Comments

Sunday from 11 to 4 p.m. it was the Tenderloin’s turn to enjoy its streets free of car traffic. The route followed Fulton St. between Hyde and Larkin, Larkin to Ellis St., Ellis to Jones St., Jones to Golden Gate Ave., and Golden Gate back to Larkin St. The streets were filled with various activities […]

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Streetsblog Talks with Supervisor Jane Kim

By Roger Rudick | Jul 6, 2016 | No Comments

Supervisor Jane Kim represents San Francisco’s District 6, which includes the Civic Center area, Mission Bay, South of Market, and the Tenderloin. Kim also sits on the SF County Transportation Authority’s Vision Zero Sub-Committee, where last week she took SFMTA to task for not moving fast enough to install safety measures that might have saved […]

Two San Francisco Cyclists Killed: What Now?

By Roger Rudick | Jul 1, 2016 | 12 Comments

The deaths of Heather Miller and Kate Slattery highlighted the obvious: San Francisco is not on track to Vision Zero, a commitment to eliminating all traffic deaths by 2024. That was echoed by Supervisors Jane Kim and Scott Wiener, as well as advocates from the public who spoke at Thursday afternoon’s meeting of the SF County […]

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Outrage Over Bicycling Deaths is Not Enough

By Roger Rudick | Jun 27, 2016 | 23 Comments

The deaths of Heather Miller and Kate Slattery, two more people killed riding on San Francisco’s dangerous streets, has left the entire safe-streets community rattled and heart broken. Cycling advocates took San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and SFMTA head Ed Reiskin to task for a tone-deaf press conference held Thursday about the carnage. The mayor […]

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