Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Ed Reiskin

Will City Hall Get on Board With Extending Parking Meter Hours?

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 15, 2012 | 17 Comments

Giving away free curbside car parking when it’s in demand on Sundays and evenings just doesn’t make any sense. The point may feel somewhat belabored to Streetsblog readers, but it’s highly relevant at the moment and hugely important for the city’s streets and transit system. Political momentum to end the traffic congestion and dysfunction caused by unregulated […]

SFMTA Leaning Toward Extended Meter Hours, Away From Fare Hikes

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 7, 2012 | 31 Comments

A picture is forming of how the SFMTA might address its budget shortfalls over the next two years. The SFMTA Board of Directors and an advisory panel of community leaders seem to oppose any further fare hikes or service cuts for Muni riders while mostly favoring extending parking meter hours to nights and Sundays — […]

Commentary: The Eds Respond to Frustration With Fell/Oak Bikeway Delay

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 1, 2012 | 56 Comments

Note: The discussion on the Fell and Oak bikeways begins at about 11:05. Mayor Ed Lee and SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin (a.k.a. “the Eds”) faced questions about the city’s extensive delivery time on the Fell and Oak bikeway project at Google’s recent “Fireside Chat” forum. A questioner asked why the project is coming in 2013 […]

Will SF’s Leaders Turn Transport Policy Innovations Into Lasting Change?

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 27, 2012 | 82 Comments

San Francisco was one of two cities this week to receive the Institute for Transportation and Development’s prestigious 2012 Sustainable Transport Award. No doubt, the ITDP award was well-deserved for the SFMTA’s successful implementation of the groundbreaking SFPark program, as well as the SF Planning Department’s proliferation of parklets under its Pavement to Parks program. Those efforts […]

A New Era Begins at the SFMTA with the Appointment of Ed Reiskin

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 21, 2011 | 5 Comments

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board of Directors has appointed a regular bicycle and Muni rider to become its Chief Executive Officer, ushering in a new era of leadership that advocates hoped would dramatically improve sustainable transportation in the city. Ed Reiskin, the current head of the Department of Public Works (DPW) who […]