Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transportation Policy

BART Releases 2010 Budget, But Board Doesn’t Debate Its Merits

By Matthew Roth | Apr 10, 2009 | 2 Comments

Photo by dav id from East Bay Indymedia Despite meeting for more than seven hours yesterday, the BART Board of Directors never managed to discuss the budget, in no small part because of the drama and theatrics of a public enraged about the shooting of Oscar Grant on January 1st and the release of an […]

Calls For Greater 311, MTA Efficiency

By Matthew Roth | Apr 9, 2009 | 4 Comments

From rick via Flickr While the list of budget problems facing the MTA is long, Supervisor Bevan Dufty believes he can save them a few million just by changing the way they do customer service. In a special hearing on work orders to the MTA yesterday, Dufty proposed that the MTA come up with a […]

What Effect Will World’s Smallest Car Have on Global Warming?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 8, 2009 | No Comments

Traffic in Delhi and Atlanta. Notice which scene also includes bikes. Photos: Ri Co Fo To and silvrayn via Flickr Environmentally-conscious citizens of India aren’t alone in their concern about the rollout of the Tata Nano, the "world’s cheapest car." But in an op-ed piece for Forbes, Projjal Dutta, the director of sustainability initiatives for […]

MTA Board Tweaks Budget Proposal Following First Public Hearing

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 8, 2009 | 2 Comments

Executive Director Nat Ford and Directors Cameron Beach and Rev. James McCray listen to testimony. The Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, in a marathon meeting that lasted nearly six hours, voiced support for fare hikes, but balked at a budget proposal to charge 50 cents for transfers and indicated it favors service reduction options […]

What’s in a Neighborhood

By Matthew Roth | Apr 6, 2009 | 10 Comments

A Sunday Stroll on International Boulevard, Flickr photo by madpai How would you define the boundaries of your neighborhood? Is it the streets that describe it? Is it the people who live in it, a cultural or demographic group that you belong to, or that excludes you? Do you think your neighbors would describe your […]

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