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What Do You Call A One-Time Solution to Muni Cuts? "A Bold Solution to Agency Woes!"
Whenever people start talking about "saving Muni," the tendency is to not talk about things in the broader context of what's happened, but instead take a hyper-focus on the immediate press releases and hot air downtown. That makes for easier...
Wow, You Miss one SFCTA Meeting, and Suddenly All Hell Breaks Loose
Sometimes while I'm working I'll have SFGOV TV on in the background, just in case something happens. This morning I was out and about and wasn't able to catch the SF County Transit Authority meeting, and apparently (according to various...
This Week Was a WTF For the Records. Newsom's Jihad "War on Muni" is in Full Force
This week was truly one for the record books wasn't it? What with some pretty major failures every day of the week, with Newsom's "War on Muni" in full effect, and an MTA Board ruthlessly committed to carry out that...
Don't Forget: Inner Sunset Town Hall Meeting TONIGHT With Sups. Elsbernd and Mirkarimi and SFPD Chief Gascon
Tonight only! Thursday Thursday Thursday! The Inner Sunset will have a Town Hall Meeting with Supervisors Elsernd and Mirkarimi, and SFPD Chief Gascon at 7pm in the County Fair buliding in Golden Gate Park, located just past the park entrance...
Sup. Mirakrimi New Chair of San Francisco COUNTY Transit Authority!
While we await word as to when today's Muni N/J Failwhale will be repaired, there's some news today that is of interest, particularly those of you who live in District Five (Inner Sunset, Haight, et al) - Sup. Ross Mirkarimi...
Follow Up: Taking Another Look at that Muni Crime Hearing...With Some Surprises...
So today was the Big Day for that Board of Supervisors hearing on Muni Crime. Predictably, mainstream outlets focused primarily on the individual incidents people spoke to in public comment, while Streetsblog put more of a focus on what the...
Weekend Fun: Sunday Streets II: Electric Boogaloo and LaPlaya Fixit Party!
There's quite a lot going on this Labor Day Weekend. If you haven't heard by now (and I can't imagine anyone hasn't at this point) the Bay Bridge will be closed all weekend, so if you're planning to go to...
Big MUNI Safety Hearings Today: Big Deal or "meh, Big Deal?"
In light of the recent dramatic accidents on MUNI, we have not one, but two Supervisors holding "hearings" of some sort this morning at City Hall and the press has been getting all fired up about it. The question I...
Hey Look! A Meeting With the SFCTA In the Sunset Tonight!
Jim Herd at the San Francisco Citizen was kind enough to pass along this notice of a meeting tonight at the Sunset Community Center with the SF County Transit Authority (aka the only functional agency in San Francisco run by...
Monday Morning Blues: Stop Consolidation and A Chance to Talk All Things BRT on Van Ness
There was a lot of talk last week about potential stop consolidation along MUNI routes to speed things up and perhaps save some money. Until I read more of the actual proposal, I'm not going to discuss this too much...
Proposition P: Politics and Posturing Promoting Poor Policy = No on P, Please...
(Originally published at Beyond Chron.org 10/01/2008 so it was written for an audience that might not be as familiar with the NJC as readers here might be.) Just about anyone who lives in San Francisco has an opinion about MUNI...
Hey! BeyondChron.org Gave Me A Guest Editorial!
My friend Paul Hogarth, who edits BeyondChron.org asked me to write a short editorial on Proposition P and it appeared today. Go check it out! The City Hall back and forth about the SFCTA that led to this measure was...
Some Possible Good News from City Hall: They Might Not Knee-Cap the SFCTA After All...
I had a short break this afternoon and thought I'd write an Important Blog Entry about the potential knee-capping of one of the few effective transit agencies in San Francisco, the SFCTA. (You remember, MUNI's more popular, more successful younger...
A Pile of Blog Posts Keeps Getting Higher
More Kearny Clouds Loyal Readers: No, really I will get this site updated once I clear past a few big projects at work. I've got a ton of local business reviews to write about great places you need to...
A Follow Up To Yesterday's Post: Who Is Intimately Involved With MUNI, Anyway?
"I just want the Board of Supervisors to be more intimately involved in how Muni runs. It's all about accountability" - Sup. Jake McGoldrick, SF Chronicle, 5/14/08 Some more things to consider as we discuss Supervisor McG's plans for his...
A Sort Of Update On The New Signals for Irving/9th and Judah/9th
Reader Donald made an observation on a post from March regarding the new signal upgrades for the Irving/9th and Judah/9th intersections that made an interesting point, so I decided to make a few calls to find out what the situation...
Pictures, Because It Happened: New Signals On Irving and 9th, Hopefully Mayhem and Noise Will Die Down...
Well, it seems the SFCTA meant what they said and said what they meant: as you can see by the picture here (as well as here on Flickr) the process of installing a better traffic signal system has begun....
The SFCTA Needs You!
Ah, the San Francisco County Transit Agency, described by a sage scribe as MUNI's successful younger sibling. First we heard the news about work finally beginning on the Irving and 9th/Judah and 9th intersections, and soon afterwards, MUNI Chief Nate...
Victory (For Reals) at Irving and 9th!
The always informative and entertaining MattyMatt at SFist.com caught the latest agenda of the San Francisco County Transit Agency (SFCTA) and at tomorrow's meeting there's some pretty big news - it appears that the much touted, delayed, and awaited for...
The Gavin and Jake Show Comes to the Richmond AKA "The Geary BRT /Anti Sex Act Meeting"
Looking for some fun on a Saturday afternoon but low on cash? Then go to your local neighborhood Town Hall meeting with your Supervisor and Mayor Newsom. Never have I been more informed and more entertained all at once. There...
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