Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Nat Ford

Supervisor Avalos, Advocates Call for More Equitable Muni Budget

By Bryan Goebel | May 19, 2009 | 2 Comments

Supervisor John Avalos at Transit Justice rally. Photos by Bryan Goebel. Supervisor John Avalos, leading the charge for a Muni budget that is more equitably balanced between drivers and transit riders, was joined Monday by a broad coalition of advocates, including groups representing seniors and youth, in a rally designed to pressure the MTA into […]

Supervisors Vote 6-5 Against Rejecting MTA Budget

By Bryan Goebel | May 13, 2009 | 23 Comments

BOS Prez David Chiu. Photo by Bryan Goebel BOS Prez David Chiu gave quite a performance at last week’s Budget and Finance Committee meeting, peppering MTA Chief Nat Ford with a series of hard-hitting questions about the agency’s unpopular budget, and lining up the six necessary votes to reject the spending plan. Yesterday, though, at […]

Supes Committee Votes to Recommend Rejection of MTA Budget

By Bryan Goebel | May 7, 2009 | 8 Comments

Supervisor David Campos with BOS Prez David Chiu and Supervisor Bevan Dufty in background at yesterday’s Budget and Finance Committee meeting. Photos by Bryan Goebel. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee voted 4-1, with Supervisor Carmen Chu dissenting, to recommend the rejection of the MTA’s $778 million budget following a marathon […]

Is It Time for Muni to Consolidate Bus Stops?

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 28, 2009 | 62 Comments

As the MTA Board considers solutions to reduce its enormous $129 million deficit, bus stop consolidation should be at the top of its agenda.

Where is the MTA Board’s Leadership on the Budget Crisis?

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 22, 2009 | 6 Comments

MTA Chair Tom Nolan. Aside from Malcolm Heinicke’s proposal to tax rental cars at SFO — which was apparently shot down by legal staff — no member of the MTA Board of Directors has offered any ideas for generating new revenue, other than toying or saying yay or nay to recommendations presented by staff, to […]

Streetscast: An Interview with MTA Chief Nat Ford, Part II

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

Photo by Bryan Goebel MTA Executive Director Nat Ford sat down with Streetsblog San Francisco last week for an hour-long interview. In today’s segment, he addresses the funding crisis facing California transit agencies, the long-awaited implementation of the Bike Plan and the internal MTA battle over how to balance the different modes. I also asked […]

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