Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Nat Ford

SFMTA Chief Nat Ford: I Didn’t Seek Out D.C. Airports Job

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 24, 2011 | 5 Comments

SFMTA Chief Nat Ford told Streetsblog today that heading up the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) is actually the first job that he’s been interested in taking, despite steady rumors that he’s been applying for a number of positions over the years. “I am not seeking to leave the MTA. I was approached by the […]

Mayor Lee Must Make SFMTA Act Quickly on TEP Implementation

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 24, 2011 | 6 Comments

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, in an interview with Streetsblog this week, pledged to make the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) implementation his number one Muni priority. That’ll be no easy task, however. More than three years after the SFMTA Board unanimously approved a plan to give Muni its first major revamp in 20 years, the […]

Mayor Ed Lee: TEP Implementation Is My #1 Muni Priority

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 22, 2011 | 25 Comments

In a wide ranging interview with Streetsblog this morning, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said he is frustrated by how long it takes to implement ideas to improve transit and pedestrian safety, and pledged to make the implementation of the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) the top Muni priority in his administration. “The Transit Effectiveness plan […]

SFMTA Chief Nat Ford Top Candidate To Head D.C. Airports Authority

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 22, 2011 | 18 Comments

Rumors about whether SFMTA Chief Nat Ford plans to depart the agency have been circulating for years now. In interviews with Streetsblog, Ford has repeatedly said he doesn’t want to leave the SFMTA, telling us in our most recent meeting last September that he is confident about the future the agency is charting “and I’d […]

SFMTA Board Debates Mode Shift Goal at Workshop

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 21, 2010 | 37 Comments

SFMTA Chief Nat Ford presented his “State of the SFMTA” [pdf] report to the board of directors at a special workshop today, a mostly glowing assessment of the past few years but one that acknowledged the pains of its funding crises and the many challenges the agency faces as it looks to the future. It […]

SFMTA Board Approves $32 Million Contract to Repair LRV ‘Piles of Rubble’

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 13, 2010 | 14 Comments

The SFMTA Board last week approved a $32 million, six-year contract (PDF) with AnseldoBreda to repair and rebuild seven damaged light-rail vehicles, including four LRVs described as “piles of rubble.” At least one board director, however, Malcolm Heinicke, wanted to know if the agency would be better off buying new LRVs, instead of spending all […]

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