by Rebecca Gibian | Apr 1, 2022 | Updates
The San Francisco Transit Riders asked Streetsblog to publish this reflective post on Friday’s launch of the long-awaited Van Ness transit-only lanes and street improvement project. The new Van Ness Avenue bus rapid transit (BRT) system will reduce travel times by 32...
by Rebecca Gibian | Mar 14, 2022 | Updates
In my eleventh week within my permanent role at SFTR, it has been truly gratifying to think strategically of SFTR’s priorities nested within the approaches for addressing systemic disparities. We believe these will ultimately rest on the successful triangulation of...
by Rebecca Gibian | Mar 10, 2022 | Updates
On Tuesday March 8th, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board of Directors voted unanimously to endorse the $2.6 billion Transportation 2022 Sales Tax Expenditure Plan. This new 30-year spending plan for the existing half-cent sales tax will help...
by Rebecca Gibian | Jan 20, 2022 | Updates
The following letter was intially submitted to Mayor Breed, the Board of Supervisors, SFMTA and Rec and Park on January 20, 2022. This letter & post has since been updated to reflect the upcoming vote on Car-Free JFK at the joint Board of Supervisors, SFCTA Board...
by Rebecca Gibian | Jan 20, 2022 | Updates
Get your Clipper Cards ready because more Muni is coming your way. On December 7th, the SFMTA Board of Directors approved the Muni Service Network proposal for 2022. This signifies the largest proposed increase in service levels since the agency reduced subway and bus...
by Rebecca Gibian | Nov 18, 2021 | Updates
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