Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transit

Mission Transit Lane Removal Nudged Closer to Reality

By Roger Rudick | | 82 Comments
Last April, businesses on Mission Street started to gain some traction in pushing against SFMTA’s “red carpet” bus-only lanes, which they claim—contrary to the available evidence, it should be noted—are hurting their bottom line. The result: Supervisor David Campos asked the SFMTA to “make a radical shift in the program,” as he put it in […]

Why are More Facebook Workers Driving to the Office?

By Roger Rudick | | 44 Comments
As Facebook prepares to expand its West Campus in San Mateo County, it is presenting environmental reports to groups such as the Menlo Park Transportation Commission. Commissioner Adina Levin brought this to Streetsblog’s attention from the report: apparently more Facebook employees started driving in the past couple of months to the social media giant’s headquarters […]

Not Voting for Buses? Bay Area Transit Study Open Thread

By Roger Rudick | | 27 Comments
Election day is a good time for a discussion about a recent Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) study that seems to show that Bay Area residents are using their transit choices to, in effect, vote for rail, ferry, and ride-hailing, but not for more buses. From an East Bay Times look at the study: The problem is that buses, by far […]
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