Recent Streetsblog SF posts about David Chiu

SF Supervisors Chiu and Mirkarimi Ride the Electric Bike Wave

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 15, 2009 | 18 Comments

BOS Prez David Chiu tries out a new electric bike. Photos by Bryan Goebel For David Chiu, one of the challenges of being the president of the Board of Supervisors and remaining car-free has been getting from meeting to meeting in a timely fashion on his bicycle. Then there’s the sweat factor. Climbing the hilly […]

MTA Releases MOU with SFPD

By Bryan Goebel | Jun 12, 2009 | 8 Comments

A rare sighting of an SFPD officer on Muni. Flickr photo: moppet65535 More than a month after it was promised, the MTA has released a memorandum of understanding (PDF) with the San Francisco Police Department, an agreement that will give the transit agency and its chief Nat Ford control over SFPD officers who are supposed […]

Supervisor Chiu Urges MTC to Invest in Transit Over Freeway Expansion

By Bryan Goebel | Jun 3, 2009 | 11 Comments

Flickr photo: pbo31 In honor of the 50th anniversary of San Francisco’s famous "Freeway Revolt," car-free Board of Supes President David Chiu has introduced a resolution calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to reallocate funds for highway expansion and "prioritize investment in public transit maintenance." "This is really to put us on record as saying […]

Board of Supes Votes Again Not to Reject MTA Budget

By Bryan Goebel | May 27, 2009 | 7 Comments

BOS Prez David Chiu, who voted not to reject: "It is time for us to move forward." Photo by Bryan Goebel. The Board of Supervisors, for the second time this month, voted 6-5 this afternoon against a motion to reject the MTA’s $778 million budget. BOS Prez David Chiu and Sophie Maxwell were among those […]

Supervisors Vote 6-5 Against Rejecting MTA Budget

By Bryan Goebel | May 13, 2009 | 23 Comments

BOS Prez David Chiu. Photo by Bryan Goebel BOS Prez David Chiu gave quite a performance at last week’s Budget and Finance Committee meeting, peppering MTA Chief Nat Ford with a series of hard-hitting questions about the agency’s unpopular budget, and lining up the six necessary votes to reject the spending plan. Yesterday, though, at […]

MTA Budget Facing Likely Rejection from Board of Supervisors

By Bryan Goebel | May 4, 2009 | 1 Comment

BOS Prez David Chiu is concerned fares would rise while service is cut. Photo by Bryan Goebel. Support appears to be growing at City Hall for Supervisor David Chiu’s motion to reject the MTA’s budget passed last Thursday. Very little has changed to satisfy Chiu, who remains deeply concerned about fare hikes, service cuts and […]

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