Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Ed Reiskin

Lacking Details, Officials Tout Upcoming SF Ped Action Strategy

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 19, 2012 | 3 Comments

While there’s no concrete Pedestrian Action Strategy (formerly the “Action Plan”) for San Franciscans to read over yet, city officials went ahead and held a press conference today to tell the public the document is coming next month. Mayor Ed Lee, SFMTA Director of Transportation Ed Reiskin, and other officials gathered on the Powell Street Promenade […]

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SF Has to Pick Up the Pace on Downtown Protected Bike Lanes

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 6, 2012 | 19 Comments

Bicycling in San Francisco is getting better since the bicycle injunction was lifted in 2010, and concrete progress on projects like the critical Fell and Oak Street bikeway is very encouraging. But this week also made bicyclists in SF painfully aware that as the SF Municipal Transportation Agency gets closer to completing the projects in its […]

NACTO Wrap-Up: Cities Are Doing It For Themselves

By Dani Simons | Oct 26, 2012 | No Comments

The leaders of the nation’s big city transportation agencies have formed a tight-knit circle, brought together by the National Association of City Transportation Officials to share best practices, and yes, battle scars. As NACTO’s first ever national conference drew to a close today, transportation chiefs from Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago and New York all […]

Supe Wiener’s Misguided Opposition to Sunday Parking Meters

By Aaron Bialick | May 29, 2012 | 45 Comments

Since Scott Wiener took office as District 8 supervisor, he’s stood out as a progressive transportation advocate at City Hall, holding the SFMTA accountable for improving service for Muni riders, making the streets safer for pedestrians, and more. So it was disappointing to hear him say he’s against the SFMTA’s long-overdue proposal to enforce parking meters […]

SFMTA Budget Proposal Includes Metered Parking on Sunday Afternoons

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 29, 2012 | 34 Comments

The SFMTA unveiled its proposed two-year budget today, and it includes extending car parking meter hours to Sundays between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m., but not during evenings. On those afternoons, the proposal promises to curb the congestion that results from drivers cruising for free parking when it’s in high demand. The measure is one of many […]

Breaking: Ed Reiskin Lays Off “Roughly a Dozen” Managers at SFMTA

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 16, 2012 | 15 Comments

SFMTA Director of Transportation Ed Reiskin has laid off “roughly a dozen” executive staff members at the agency, according to a letter sent to staff today provided by spokesperson Paul Rose. Rose said the agency is not releasing any names yet. In the letter, Reiskin says the move is intended to reduce the agency’s budget […]

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