Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transit

SPUR Talk: Transportation Challenges for Downtown Tech Companies

By Roger Rudick | Aug 11, 2016 | No Comments

The San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), hosted a lunchtime talk in downtown San Francisco today, with representatives from Salesforce and Airbnb, about how the companies help employees commute between work and home. Unlike tech giants based outside of downtown San Francisco, neither company makes heavy use of private buses–so-called Tech […]

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SFMTA Readies Limited Roll Back on Mission Transit Project

By Roger Rudick | Aug 10, 2016 | 144 Comments

SFMTA staff has released its recommendations for compromises to its recently completed Mission Street transit upgrades. In addition to plans to relocate the outbound Cortland stop to the nearside of the intersection, the staff wants to move forward with (from the agency’s FAQ): Removing two of the required right turns on Mission at 26th and 22nd. This will […]

A Call to Save Stockton Street

By Adam Greenfield | Aug 8, 2016 | 203 Comments

Societies can rise or fall based on the quantity and quality of their public spaces. New decent public spaces are rare and precious is the day when there’s a chance of a new one. Does it matter if you live near that proposed space? No. Any new public space is a beacon to the world, […]

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Streetsblog Talks with Lisa Feldstein about BART

By Roger Rudick | Aug 3, 2016 | 53 Comments

20-year BART board veteran and current board president Tom Radulovich announced yesterday that he will not seek re-election this November. Additionally, he endorsed a replacement: Lisa Feldstein, an instructor at the University of San Francisco. It looks as if Feldstein is going to have quite a bit of competition for Radulovich’s seat. That said, Streetsblog […]

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Advocates Renew Push for West Alameda Estuary Bike and Pedestrian Bridge

By Roger Rudick | Aug 2, 2016 | 34 Comments

There are few places in the Bay Area where the expression “you can’t get there from here” more aptly applies. Stand at the estuary at Jack London Square, and one can see the west Alameda piers clearly, just a half-mile away. But try to get there and it turns into a two-mile-plus circuitous trek that […]

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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