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Tag Archives: mayor
“Sunday Streets” delights bikers, frustrates drivers along Embarcadero
When the Chronicle ran a story about Mayor Gavin Newsom’s idea for “Sunday Streets” I was a bit skeptical. I wasn’t so sure that we needed another street closure, especially on a Sunday when so many tourists rely on the … Continue reading
Posted in politics, transit
Tagged bicycles, bike, bikes, california, city, gavin, infrastructure, mayor, newsom, planning, public, san francisco, sf, space, sunday, sunday streets, transit, transport
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Sad news: New York City congestion fee proposal killed by New York State.
The NY Times reports on the sad news that the New York State Assembly vetoed New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to charge drivers to enter Manhattan during peak times. While I do not understand the legal wrangling between agencies … Continue reading
Posted in econ, politics, transit
Tagged albany, bloomberg, city, congestion, fee, hour, mayor, new york, new york city, nyc, peak, personal, pricing, proposal, road, roadway, san francisco, sf, throughput, toll, vehicle
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TEP proposes good things for Muni. Is this good news?
A week ago the Chronicle reported on some promising preliminary recommendations based on findings from the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP). These recommendations are great. In many ways they are in line with common sense: improve highly used lines using BRT, … Continue reading
Posted in happiness, politics, transit
Tagged board, brt, bus, busses, effectiveness, ford, francisco, gavin, gavin newsom, heavy, light, lrt, mayor, muni, municipal, nat, nat ford, nathaniel, newsom, project, public, rail, railroad, railway, rapid, san, san francisco, sf, supervisors, TEP, transit, transport, transportation, union, workers
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Muni’s Nat Ford doing good things?
Wow, it looks like Nat Ford might actually know how to run a municipal transit agency. Let’s hope the Board of Supervisors gets off his back and lets him do it right. Link
Mayor spends thousands of dollars to learn transit user fees are necessary.
Dear Mayor Newsom You didn’t have to spend City taxpayer money on private consultants. Anyone could have told you: Just like any other shared and limited public resource, public transit needs user fees. Offering ‘free’ Muni is a destructive proposal. … Continue reading
Does San Francisco suffer from hippie conservatism?
I’ll admit: I’m relatively new to San Francisco. I’ve only lived here for about a year and a half. In that short time I’ve seen a puzzling set of behaviors in the City that troubles me. Our City suffers from … Continue reading
Posted in econ, politics
Tagged apple, board, chain, conservatism, conservative, democrat, democratic, gavin, hippie, mayor, newsom, republican, richmond, san francisco, sf, starbucks, stores, sunset, supervisor
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