Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transportation Policy

Voinovich Joins House Dems in Saying No to Transpo Funding Stopgap

By Elana Schor | Jul 14, 2009 | No Comments

Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) allied with House Democrats today. (Photo: UPI) The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will move tomorrow on a White House-backed extension of the four-year-old federal transportation law, but at least one of its members is already opposed. George Voinovich (R-OH) linked arms with House Democratic leaders on the transportation panel […]

BART a National Leader in Real-Time Data Transparency and Development

By Matthew Roth | Jul 14, 2009 | 6 Comments

While the dispute between the MTA and NextBus Information Services (NBIS) over how real-time bus data on NextMuni (a separate company from NBIS) is used and licensed continues behind closed doors in downtown San Francisco, across the Bay, BART has flung its proverbial doors wide open to third-party developers to use its real-time data in […]

SF Approves Trial Closure of Mason Street In North Beach

By Matthew Roth | Jul 13, 2009 | 11 Comments

Mason Street triangle will be future home of North Beach Branch Public Library. Photo from corner of Lombard St and Columbus Ave. Courtesy: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects. San Francisco’s traffic managers last week approved a trial closure of one block of Mason Street in North Beach from August 1st to September 27th to test what […]

Streetscast: An Interview with MTA Chair Tom Nolan

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 6, 2009 | 13 Comments

Photo by Bryan Goebel. Tom Nolan is a veteran of local government. A former San Mateo County supervisor, he’s served on the boards of numerous public agencies, including SamTrans, Caltrain and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. He views his current position as chair of the MTA Board of Directors as his "civic responsibility." "I’m not campaigning […]

Livable Streets Expert Enrique Peñalosa Comes to San Francisco

By Michael Rhodes | Jul 6, 2009 | 1 Comment

San Francisco’s livable streets advocates have a chance to participate in a public forum tomorrow with Enrique Peñalosa, who, as mayor of traffic-clogged Bogotá, Colombia, implemented a s⁞weeping set of improvements to transit and the pedestrian realm. A public plaza in Bogotá, Columbia. These initiatives include the Ciclovia, a model for San Francisco’s own Sunday […]

Bus Stop Consolidation: The Times Have Changed

By Dave Snyder | Jul 2, 2009 | 52 Comments

Flickr photo: erik kuo Does the 14-Mission really need to stop at every block on Mission Street? Does the 21-Hayes? Consolidating bus stops could speed transit vehicles and reduce dwell time, saving service hours that could be used to increase frequencies and add hours of operation. Yet the MTA has avoided the topic for years, […]

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