Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Nat Ford

California Transit Association Recommends Long-Term Funding Ideas

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 16, 2009 | No Comments

Flickr photo: pbo31 The California Transit Association has submitted a list of recommendations (PDF) to the Commission of the 21st Century Economy, a "bipartisan" panel mostly appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger, that call for establishing a "stable, predictable source of long-term funding" for the state’s public transit agencies. “The latest budget shell game only reinforced what […]

Streetscast: An Interview with MTA Chief Nat Ford, Part 1

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 10, 2009 | 7 Comments

Photo by Bryan Goebel Municipal Transportation Agency Executive Director Nat Ford has been on the job for more than three years now and is a veteran public transportation manager. He began his career as a train conductor 26 years ago at New York’s MTA before moving on to a number of managerial positions. He was […]

Calls For Greater 311, MTA Efficiency

By Matthew Roth | Apr 9, 2009 | 4 Comments

From rick via Flickr While the list of budget problems facing the MTA is long, Supervisor Bevan Dufty believes he can save them a few million just by changing the way they do customer service. In a special hearing on work orders to the MTA yesterday, Dufty proposed that the MTA come up with a […]

Should Nat Ford Stay or Go?

By Bryan Goebel | Mar 20, 2009 | 10 Comments

SFMTA Executive Director Nat Ford and Mayor Gavin Newsom. Flickr photo: SFist At yesterday’s Rules Committee meeting at City Hall, as first noted by the Examiner, there was some banter between Supervisor Chris Daly and MTA Board Chair Tom Nolan about MTA Executive Director Nat Ford. They seemed to indicate he was looking to leave […]