Posts Tagged ‘transit’
Friday, May 24th, 2013
Here’s your San Francisco County Transit Authoritah in a nutshell:
“Created in 1989, the Authority is responsible for long-range transportation planning for the city, and it analyzes, designs and funds improvements for San Francisco’s roadway and public transportation networks.”
Well, the SFCTA is on the move in 2013, doing stuff like making new webpages, and, among other things, looking at Bus Rapid Transit for the 415.
So that means studying, like er mah Gah, monstrous buses like these rigs straight outta Mexico City:

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Now, would BRT be a good thing for those poor souls living out in the West Bay taking the wretched #38 Geary home every night? IDK. I’ll look into it.
Tags: 2013, 80-Foot .Bi-Articulated, bay area, bicycle, Big-Ass, bikes, brt, bus, bus rapid transit, buses, california, car, City, county, district, DPT, funding, geary, inner, Line, map, mexico, money, mta, Muni, my street, My Street SF, MyStreetSF, MyStreetSF.com, outer, pedestrian, project, San Francisco, san francisco County Transportation Authority, sfcta, SFMTA, St. patricks, street, taxpayers, transit, transportation
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Monday, May 20th, 2013
That’s what they’re calling it, MyStreetSF.Com, but all that URL does now is point you to http://www.sfcta.org/mystreetsf-map, which is also new.
Check it, SFCTA is EV ERYWHERE:

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This image is just a snapshot. What you should do is click on over and then start tapping on the interactive map.
[Call and response, like when you were an activist before you became a typical selfish millionaire property-owning NIMBY-type] Whose streets? _MY_ STREETS!
Now you’re on the trolley. In fact, you’re paying for one, right…here. See?
All the deets:
[Click on this link to go directly to the MyStreetSF Projects Map.]
From signals to streetcars, bicycles to boulevards, from pedestrian safety to paving, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) provides funding for hundreds of transportation projects citywide. The MyStreetSF interactive map shows all projects currently underway that are funded by, or prioritized for funding by the SFCTA, as well as those for which the SFCTA provides some level of oversight, in our role as Congestion Management Agency for San Francisco.
Most of these projects are funded with Prop K sales tax funds matching other federal, state, or regional funds. We also provide funding through the Prop AA Vehicle Registration Fee and the Transportation Fund for Clean Air programs.
The MyStreetSF interactive map allows you to search for projects by location, Supervisorial District, project type (e.g., bicycle, pedestrian safety, transit rehabilitation), project sponsor, or timeline. Click on a project on the map to see key information (e.g., short description, schedule, cost) and a link to the project page and/or project sponsor’s main page. The map page also includes information on city-wide projects and programs like Bicycle Education and Outreach.
We’re still beta testing the map and continue to work on new features, such as displaying already-completed projects.
Please let us know what you think. Your comments are invaluable in helping us correct, refine, and improve the map.
Disclaimer This map only shows transportation projects funded or prioritized for funding by the SFCTA, as well as those for which SFCTA is responsible for some level of oversight, acting in its capacity as Congestion Management Agency for San Francisco. SFCTA does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information shown on the map.
Tags: 2013, bay area, bicycle, bikes, bus, california, car, county, district, DPT, funding, Line, map, money, mta, Muni, my street, My Street SF, MyStreetSF, MyStreetSF.com, pedestrian, project, San Francisco, san francisco County Transportation Authority, SFMTA, street, taxpayers, transit, transportation
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
All right, first of all, if you want CW Nevius to Block you from his Twitter feed, start up a crappy WordPress blog and call him one of the following:
“SHARP-AS-A-MARBLE, EX-JOCK, EVERYMAN NEWS COLUMNIST/QUASI SPORTSWRITER” or a
“BROWN-NOSING, OBSEQUIOUS KISS-ASS LICKSPITTLE TOADIE”
That’s what did it, one or the other, I figure.
So now I’m banned, for life, from the Twitterings of the The Neve.
Oh well.
Anyway, here’s what the Nevinator has to say today about the Central Subway boondoggle.
See? It doesn’t seem that the Nevemeister opposes the wasteful Subway to Nowhere.
But he does! Check it:
“Nevius: Chinatown subway plan makes me wince”
“There’s really only one question to ask about the proposal to bore a light-rail subway deep under the heart of downtown San Francisco. You’re kidding, right?“
“Just the initial math makes your head hurt. Basically it works out to somewhere between $1.22 billion and $1.4 billion for an underground railway that runs for less than two miles and has only three stops. That’s not a transit system, it’s a model railroad.“
“Throw in a few of the inevitable cost overruns and this could work out to a billion dollars a mile.”
“No matter. This is the kind of big, splashy project that city officials love to put their name on.”
“Basically, the argument seems to boil down to this - we’ve got the money (as if federal tax dollars grow on trees), the Chinatown community is behind it, why not build it? Oh, let me count some of the reasons.”
“But, critics say, a stop on Market beneath which BART and other Muni lines already run might have made this whole thing an easier sell. That would have created an opportunity for a single station where riders could make connections between regional and local trains, almost like Grand Central Terminal in New York. Instead, riders will have to walk all the way up to Union Square.”
“Oh, and did I mention that in order to get under the BART tube, the subway station at Union Square will have to be at least 95 feet below the surface. That’s nine stories.”
“What is it about that image of deep, underground dirt-munching machines in earthquake country that makes me wince?”
Of course that was from a half-decade back, but it shows how he actually felt about this boondoggly boondoggle, about Big Dig West.
I mean, the Central Subway proposal hasn’t gotten better the past five years, has it? Five years ago, the promise was that it would “make money” for MUNI, that it would subsidize other parts of the system by generating a surplus. But now we know that it will burden the SFMTA and the current projections for the number of riders per day is down dramatically from what people were promising back then.
So what’s a matter Neve? Why don’t you write things like this anymore? Cat got your tongue?
Pak got your tongue?
The Old Nevius wasn’t afraid to be labeled a racist who’s against “transit justice.”
The Old Nevius wasn’t so monomaniacally dedicated to write source greasers every chance he got.
Oh well.
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Friday, April 12th, 2013
Rickshaws were first used in Japan, so it’s appropriate that they’re still in use.
I guess.

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Anyway, these contraptions are illegal in some places, but not Japan, not yet…
Tags: 2013, bay area, california, illegal, japan, Japanese, jinrikisha, Learning From Japan, legal, Rickshaw, rickshaws, San Francisco, transit
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Monday, September 17th, 2012
Together forever, in Ignatius Heights from a few days back:

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PS: MUNI sucks. And San Francisco’s “strong Mayor” systems sucks as well. Perhaps there’s a relationship there…
PPS: Speaking of which, Mayor Ed Lee’s approval rating is now in the 40′s and MUNI’s on-time rating is down in the 50′s. Perhaps there’s a relationship there…
PPPS: An on-time rating is a fairly stupid way to keep track of MUNI, but it’s what we have so oh well.
And no one’s been lying
‘Cause we don’t lie any more
Tags: 2012, bay area, bunch, bunched, bus, buses, california, clayton, cole, college, DPT, ed lee, fulton, law, Mayor, mta, Muni, parker, San Francisco, school, SFMTA, shrader, street, together, transit, university of san francisco, up, USF, World War II, wwii
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Monday, August 13th, 2012
From the mind of your Supervisor Eric Mar comes a proposal to have a 5 Fulton Limited during the morning and evenings drives Monday through Friday, plus a 5 Fulton short line from 6th Avenue to the Financh.
Like if the N Judah can get an N Judah Express, why can’t the #5 Fulton get a #5 Fulton Limited, am I right, gf?
So, if this sound good to you, as well it might, be sure to attend the big meeting on August 21, 2012 at 5:30 PM, 461 6th Avenue betwixt Anza and Geary:

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Hurray!

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Monday, August 6th, 2012
Here’s your accident scene* on Market betwixt Battery and Sansome on August 3rd, 2012…

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…and here’s the streetcar driver, sitting inside of his streetcar, old 1811, pondering developments:

Wow.
Just because the SFMTA MUNI DPT is corrupt and evil and the worst large public transit agency in America and it has spokespeople who are famous for lying all the time, just because of that, doesn’t mean that the average SFMTA MUNI DPT is a bad person or anything…
*Maybe there’s some blame to go around here, having to do with maintenance or procedures or maybe the Mom-ish Subaru driver went on the wrong side of Market for a while only to suddenly pull in front of the streetcar and slam on the brakes – these things are possibilities, I suppose. But, man, things don’t look good for this operator.
Tags: +3, 1811, 2012, accident, august, battery, bay area, bus, california, child, cruashed, DPT, driver, F, f market, historic, hospital, injuries, injury, Line, market, Muni, oinbound, orange, San Francisco, sansome, SFMTA, station wagon, street, streetcar, subaru, transit, white
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Monday, July 30th, 2012
Here’s how some people cross six lanes of Masonic at Ewing Terrace:

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Now, is this kind of thing legal? Well sure, if you’re walking – this could be one of those unmarked crosswalk deals.
But it’s not legal to cross here if you’re running. Sorry pedestrian.
(Our FUBARed beyond all reason SFMTA has a plan to put a traffic light in here whenever it can get its grand mal Masonic Street Design off the ground.)
Now a little further up the hill, we lost a ped who was similarly jaywalking earlier this year. I guess we could blame accidents like that the 30 MPH speed limit in front of Trader Joe’s, but that’s not how I’d look at it.
I’d look at it by trying to get inside the peds’ heads to try to think of a way to get them to not kill themselves.
Oh well.
“Masonic Avenue Street Design Study
Engineering hearing on proposed changes, May 13, 2011
Masonic Street Redesign Study final report (PDF)
The survey results from the third community meeting, held on September 30, 2010, at San Francisco Day School (PDF), are available.
About the Project
The primary goal of the Masonic Avenue Street Design Study is to identify how Masonic Avenue between Geary Boulevard and Fell Street can safely and efficiently accommodate the needs of all roadway users, including but not limited to pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and Muni. The project is funded by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority through the Prop K half-cent local transportation sales tax program.
Objectives:
1. Engage representatives of all constituencies within the community who would be impacted by changes to Masonic Avenue including, but not limited to, residents on Masonic Avenue, residents on side-streets, merchants, school representatives, bicyclists, Muni customers and pedestrians.
2. Improve transit operation.
3. Improve pedestrian and non-motorized access to transit.
4. Increase the safety of pedestrian crossings.
5. Increase motorist compliance with traffic rules and regulations.
6. Reduce the number of vehicular collisions, especially those involving pedestrians and bicyclists.
7. Support neighborhood vitality by creating a more inviting and accommodating public realm.
Community meeting presentations
The following presentations from the various community meetings are available from the San Francisco Planning Department website:
First community meeting presentation, June 15, 2010, Day School, PDF, 7MB
Second community meeting presentation, Aug. 10, 2010, Day School, PDF, 7MB
Third community meeting presentation, Sept. 30, 2010, Day School, PDF, 6MB
James Shahamiri
415.701.4732
james.shahamiri@sfmta.com
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
Am I missing something?

Does this look like a cell phone to you?

Zoomed in:

It doesn’t to me.
Taurus:

All the deets, as of last year…
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Friday, July 6th, 2012
Tags: 2012, 5, bay area, bideo, bus, california, call, chinatown, driver, ejected, fight, fulton, Irate, kicked, kicks off, mta, Muni, off, phone, San Francisco, SFMTA, transit, youtube
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