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Streetfilms: The Final Sunday Streets of 2009

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 8, 2009 | 5 Comments

Despite a blanket of fog, the last Sunday Streets of 2009 was, from all accounts, a smashing success, one of the most popular so far, with thousands of people enjoying four activity-filled hours of pristine car-free space through Golden Gate Park and the Great Highway. John Hamilton, who produced a very inspiring Streetfilm on San […]

Will Nat Ford’s Reorganization Help Change the Culture of the MTA?

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 3, 2009 | 14 Comments

MTA Chief Nat Ford in an interview earlier this year with Streetsblog. Photo by Bryan Goebel. MTA Chief Nat Ford announced an encouraging reorganization (PDF) of his top brass this week, a move which may usher in a much needed change in the structure of the agency, and potentially give less power to the old […]

Muni Announces Plan to Install TransLink Machines At All Subway Stations

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 20, 2009 | 15 Comments

A demonstration model of new TransLink fare gates. Photo: Michael Rhodes Muni announced an ambitious plan today to replace all of its fare gates with TransLink-only machines by fall 2010. In coordination with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), which manages the TransLink program regionally, Muni will install a total of 98 new fare gate aisles […]

Muni Crashes Dominate MTA Board Meeting

By Michael Rhodes | Aug 4, 2009 | 7 Comments

. Nat Ford gives the MTA Board a safety update. Photo by Bryan Goebel. MTA Chief Nat Ford sought to assure the MTA Board of Directors today that the agency is taking the appropriate steps to address safety concerns, despite two high-profile crashes in two weeks that he called "disturbing." "We are displeased with the […]

MTA Chief Operating Officer Ken McDonald Resigns

By Bryan Goebel | Aug 4, 2009 | No Comments

Ken McDonald, in the middle with his hands resting on the rail, at the scene of last night’s streetcar crash. Photo by Bryan Goebel. We heard rumblings from sources in the days following the West Portal Muni crash that Ken McDonald, Muni’s Chief Operating Officer, had been reassigned by MTA Chief Nat Ford. The agency […]

Plan Would Track SFPD Officers on Muni Using Translink Cards

By Bryan Goebel | Jun 17, 2009 | 9 Comments

Flickr photo: AgentAkit Everyone knows spotting an SFPD officer on Muni is rare, but now the department thinks it has a way to provide some accountability and track the number of officers who are actually riding the transit system: Translink cards. Tony Parra, the SFPD Deputy Chief and director of Security Enforcement for the MTA, […]

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