Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transportation Funding

Neglecting Muni Costs the Economy at Least $50 Million Per Year

By Aaron Bialick | May 29, 2013 | 32 Comments

Every time a Muni train breaks down or a bus is stuck in car traffic, San Francisco pays big time. City staffers are beginning to tally up the economic toll of Muni delays, and presented [PDF] some alarming figures at a hearing yesterday called by Supervisor Scott Wiener. In April, riders were delayed a cumulative […]

Livable City: Ticket Fee a Smart Way to Fund Transit to Warriors Arena

By Aaron Bialick | May 22, 2013 | 21 Comments

Transporting folks to and from a new Warriors arena, condo, and hotel development planned for Piers 30-32 along the Embarcadero will require smart planning and the money to fund improvements for transit, walking, and biking to avoid clogging the waterfront with cars. But Muni typically gets shorted when it beefs up transit service to bring fans to […]

Supervisor Mar: Abysmal Funding for Bicycle Infrastructure “Not Acceptable”

By Aaron Bialick | May 15, 2013 | 11 Comments

It looks like Supervisor Eric Mar is ready to make some noise about the need to fund the SFMTA’s vision for a major expansion of bike-friendly streets — which Mayor Ed Lee hasn’t prioritized at all since the agency released its Draft Bicycle Strategy earlier this year. At yesterday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Mar issued a […]

Sup. Wiener: Muni Will Only Get Worse Under City’s Ten-Year Spending Plan

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 23, 2013 | 6 Comments

Supervisor Scott Wiener is sounding the alarm that Muni, already the slowest transit system in the country, will only get worse over the next ten years unless officials at City Hall take the initiative to devote more resources to the city’s decrepit transit vehicles and infrastructure. Under the the latest iteration of the city’s ten-year […]

New CPMC Hospital Deal: Smaller Campus, But More Car Parking for Its Size

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 6, 2013 | 12 Comments

The new plan for California Pacific Medical Center’s Cathedral Hill campus at Van Ness Avenue and Geary Boulevard calls for a far less massive facility than originally planned, but the number of car parking spaces per bed will actually be higher. Under the new agreement announced by city supervisors yesterday, the size of the hospital will […]

Supes Find Compromise in West SoMa Plan’s Housing/Transit Tussle

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 5, 2013 | 4 Comments

City supervisors have reached a compromise on a contentious measure in the zoning plan for the western South of Market District that would have diverted some developer impact fees away from transit and street improvements to fund affordable housing. By increasing the number of subsidized affordable apartments that residential building developers will be required to […]

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