Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Seniors

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 […]

AARP Sends Its Transportation Priorities to Congress

By Elana Schor | Jun 15, 2009 | No Comments

AARP, the Washington mega-force that lays claim to a membership base of 40 million older Americans, today threw its weight behind three transportation policy changes in a letter to House members. The group asked Reps. Jim Oberstar (D-MN) and John Mica (R-FL), the chairman and senior Republican on the House transportation committee, to include "complete […]