Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Van Ness BRT

Federal Money for BRT Good for Local Projects, But Future Uncertain

By Matthew Roth | Feb 3, 2010 | 1 Comment

Image: SFCTA With the announcement of this year’s $1.8 billion in Federal New Starts and Small Starts grants [PDF], two of the Bay Area’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects are set to receive much-needed money to maintain their viability in the face of severe budget cuts. The vote of confidence in the Bay Area’s first […]

The Future of Van Ness Avenue is a Full-Feature BRT Route

By Matthew Roth | Feb 17, 2009 | 19 Comments

Van Ness BRT at City Hall, Alternative 5: center-center median option. With overwhelming approval for the Proposition K half-cent transportation sales tax in 2003, San Franciscans signaled they not only wanted to maintain a state of good repair and operational solvency for their transit system, they were willing to dedicate more than 25 percent of […]