Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transportation Policy

Cable Cars a Popular Tourist Draw But How Should We Pay for Them?

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 31, 2009 | 26 Comments

Flickr photo: laverrue Cable cars are icons of San Francisco, a draw of tourist dollars far beyond their fare revenue, and living pieces of San Francisco history and transit. They’re also protected in the city’s charter, just like the Transit First policy, though perhaps with greater force. Like the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars bring […]

Senator Dukakis? What the Loss of Kennedy Could Mean for Transport Policy

By Elana Schor | Aug 31, 2009 | No Comments

As the nation mourns the loss of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), a discussion has begun over how to fill his outsized shoes, both in Massachusetts’ Senate seat and atop the Senate health committee — two vacancies that could have notable consequences for transportation policy-making. Is rail booster Michael Dukakis headed for the U.S. Senate? (Photo: […]

High Speed Rail Authority Says Ruling Won’t Affect Timeline or Funding

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 27, 2009 | 9 Comments

High Speed Rail as envisioned running along the San Francisco Bay. Image: California High Speed Rail Authority. A Sacramento judge ruled this week that the California High Speed Rail Authority failed to provide an adequate description of the San Francisco to Los Angeles high speed train project in its Environmental Impact Report. Critics of the […]

Transit Cuts Report Underscores Cities’ Congressional Influence Gap

By Elana Schor | Aug 18, 2009 | 1 Comment

In a report released this morning, Transportation for America (T4A) expands on its months-long effort to map transit cutbacks across the nation and concludes that 10 of the largest 25 local agencies are being forced to hike fares by more than 13 percent. (Photo: T4A) T4A’s report illustrates the punishing effect of such cuts on […]

Obama Administration Touts Nation’s First All-Electronic Toll Road in N.C.

By Elana Schor | Aug 13, 2009 | No Comments

The U.S. DOT dispatched Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez to North Carolina yesterday to kick off construction of the $1 billion Triangle Expressway, the state’s first toll road and the nation’s first to use per-mile electronic tolling. The scene at yesterday’s N.C. toll road groundbreaking. (Photo: WRAL) The highway was financed by a package of […]

Violations in SF’s Transit-Only Lanes Rampant and Rarely Enforced

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 11, 2009 | 27 Comments

A driver on Mission Street in SoMa uses the transit-only lane to zoom past other cars, and faces little risk of being ticketed. Photo: Michael Rhodes It doesn’t take much for a car illegally driving in Market Street’s transit-only lanes to set Muni vehicles back by an entire stoplight cycle. In fact, it happens all […]

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