Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transportation Funding

Supes Cave to Opposition, Shoot Down Muni Funding Reform — for Now

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 5, 2012 | 4 Comments

Letting down their transit-riding constituents once again, the Board of Supervisors rejected a measure to increase Muni funding by ending a fee exemption for large non-profit developers, following an intense opposition campaign that sowed misconceptions about which organizations would have to pay the fee. The policy change, proposed as part of a regular update to […]

Misconceptions Fuel Non-Profit Opposition to Crucial Muni Funding Reform

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 28, 2012 | 19 Comments

With any increase in the number of people living and working in San Francisco comes an added strain on the city’s streets and transit system. To account for that, San Francisco collects fees on new development — with an exception carved out for just about any non-profit organization. That means that even massive developments like […]

SFMTA Board’s Final Vote Expected to Grant Free Muni for Low-Income Youth

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 21, 2012 | 5 Comments

With backing from the Board of Supervisors yesterday, free Muni for low-income youth may finally come to fruition if approved by the SF Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors on December 4. Favor from the SFMTA board seems likely, since it already approved the agency’s share of the funds for the program in its two-year budget […]

Livable City: With Smarter Land Use, SFCTA Could Avert “Total Gridlock”

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 13, 2012 | 12 Comments

San Francisco’s South of Market district will be crippled by gridlock within a generation unless the city makes major improvements to its transit, bicycle, and pedestrian infrastructure and implements policies that entice commuters to travel by means other than driving. That’s according to planners from the SF County Transportation Authority who aim to avert such […]

East Palo Alto Begins Design Process for Bike/Pedestrian Overcrossing

By Bryan Goebel | Nov 5, 2012 | 1 Comment

This is part two of our series on the proposed bike and pedestrian overcrossing in East Palo Alto. You can read part one here. During the public outreach for the proposed bike and pedestrian overcrossing in East Palo Alto, residents made clear to city planners and consultants that their main concern is safety. For decades, […]

With Turnover at the Top of C/CAG, an Opportunity for Change in San Mateo

By Bryan Goebel | Oct 31, 2012 | 15 Comments

San Mateo County has the third highest rate of driving mileage per capita in the Bay Area, behind Marin and Sonoma counties. Eighty-two percent of residents drive as their primary mode, due in part to a built environment that keeps people stuck in their cars. Low-income and transit-dependent populations who take the bus face dwindling […]

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