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Tag Archives: sfmta
Why I resigned from Geary Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) board
I love Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). Implementing BRT is recognized by transportation professionals across the world as a proven set of techniques to significantly improve a bus line’s performance with little up-front investment in costly infrastructure such as rail. BRT … Continue reading
Posted in happiness, politics, tech, transit
Tagged brt, bus rapid transit, cta, geary, geary brt, mta, san francisco, sfcta, sfmta, transit, transportation, transportation authority
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SFMTA Taxi Medallion Sales Pilot Program
(PDF Link) I’m returning from my blogging hiatus at an amazingly unique time in the history of San Francisco taxi regulation. In the past I’ve written extensively about the San Francisco medallion system and other regulations, including: What would be … Continue reading
Back in the Saddle: Driving Fleet Weekend
It’s been a long time since I’ve taxi blogged. I drove last Saturday for the first time in a few weeks. I’ve been working dispatch phones and doing VidSF work instead of driving over the past few weeks. Novel-length post … Continue reading
SFMTA takeover of Taxi Commission on track for March
San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency absorbs the Taxi Commission in March, but SFMTA Chief Nathaniel Ford says progress will be slow.
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged cab, cabbie, commission, dpt, government, local, local regulation, mta, muni, regulation, san francisco, sf, sfmta, taxi, taxi commission, taxi regulation, taxicab
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Thank a DPT traffic control officer today.
DPT officers get a bad rap. Everyone seems to despise them, yet they are a crucial element necessary to help all of us to effectively share our City streets. Here are a few of the ways they make our lives … Continue reading
Posted in econ, politics, transit
Tagged authority, california, charge, cleaning, curbed, department, double, double-park, dpt, fee, fine, generate, income, mta, municipal, municipality, officer, park, parking, parking ticket, revenue, san francisco, sf, sfmta, street, street cleaning, ticket, traffic, transit, transportation, wheels
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Hey, SFMTA, please double residential parking fees and introduce traffic congestion fees.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is a bureaucratic whale, containing, in separate stomachs, the Department of Parking and Traffic (DPT) and the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) public transit system. Recently, the SFMTA crunched some numbers and said, … Continue reading
Posted in econ, politics, transit
Tagged bus, busses, congestion, department, dpt, econ, economics, empty, fee, fines, macro, meter, micro, mta, muni, municipal, neighborhood, parking, parking and traffic, permit, pockets, pricing, railway, san francisco, sf, sfmta, shortfall, spot, traffic, train, transit, transportation, user, user fee, variable, variable pricing, yearly
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Is the Transit Effectiveness Project just expensive City government masturbation?
I attended a presentation by the Transit Effectiveness Project at the November 28th meeting of the Transportation and Land Use Coalition (TALC). I was excited at the prospect. Finally, the City Controller Office is doing serious work regarding a delinquent, … Continue reading
Posted in politics, transit
Tagged audit, bus, controller, effectiveness, light rail, lrt, metro, mta, muni, project, research, ridership, san francisco, sf, sfmta, TEP, transit, transportation
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