Recent Streetsblog SF posts about London Breed

Muni Tests Train With More Standing Room, Supes Breed and Wiener Approve

By Aaron Bialick | May 15, 2014 | 60 Comments

A Muni train car re-configured with fewer seats and more standing room was put into Metro service this week. According to the SFMTA, 14 “double-wide” seats were replaced with “single-wide” seats, adding a net capacity gain of “at least ten” riders to the car, which is a pilot project to squeeze more capacity onto Muni’s […]

Pandering to the Parking-First Contingent Won’t Win Transportation Funding

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 16, 2014 | 119 Comments

Some pretty specious rationales are being used to peddle some pretty terrible recent transportation policy decisions in San Francisco. Yesterday, the SFMTA Board of Directors repealed Sunday parking metering, caving to pressure from Mayor Ed Lee. Board members said they bought into the mayor’s thinking that bringing back free Sunday parking would help win support for […]

Supervisor London Breed Won’t Fight for Full Transit Bulbs on Irving Street

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 18, 2014 | 51 Comments

D5 Supervisor London Breed, whose district includes the Inner Sunset, says that the downsized proposals for transit bulbs on Irving Street and Ninth Avenue are “headed in the right direction,” according to Conor Johnston, a legislative aide. “We are balancing a lot of competing interests,” Johnston told Streetsblog, citing vocal opposition from neighbors and merchants to parking removal. […]

GG Bridge Toll Hikes Approved 15-2, Supes Campos and Breed Opposed

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 3, 2014 | 24 Comments

When the plan for much-needed toll hikes on the Golden Gate Bridge was approved Friday, the only opponents on the GG Bridge Highway and Transportation District Board of Directors were Supervisors David Campos and London Breed. All other 15 members who voted, including Marin County reps, apparently understood the need to fund rising infrastructure costs for […]

Breed Defends Record on Safer Streets for Biking; Plus: Other Supes Respond

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 20, 2013 | 30 Comments

Supervisor London Breed has issued a statement explaining her Twitter comments yesterday on safer streets for bicycling which led her to delete her account. Breed had responded to an inquiry sent out by Twitter user Patrick Traughber to every city supervisor and a few other city officials, asking, “In your opinion, what is the biggest […]

The Faulty Assumptions Behind Supervisor London Breed’s Bike Tweets

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 19, 2013 | 105 Comments

In response to a Twitter inquiry this morning about what she deems to be “the “biggest obstacle to creating safer streets for bicycling,” D5 Supervisor London Breed blamed “the bad behavior of some bicyclist” [sic]. She then argued with several Twitter users before suddenly deleting her Twitter account. Mike Sonn got a screenshot of the […]

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