Archive for November, 2009
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Walk San Francisco urges Speaker Pelosi and Congresswoman Speier to Support Increased Focus on Pedestrian Safety in Upcoming Federal Legislation
San Francisco’s priorities when it comes to pedestrian safety are a little off a new national report along with additional number crunching from a local group shows.
The report lumped San Francisco ...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) will implement MAJOR MUNI CHANGES beginning on Saturday, December 5, 2009. Specifically, service on more than half of Muni’s bus routes and the N Judah on weekends will change. For details on these changes visit www.sfmta.com or call 311 for multilingual assistance. ...
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
A new report released today by Transportation For America and the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership takes stock of how city streets built for speed and not safety can be deadly to pedestrians. “Dangerous By Design: Solving the Epidemic of Preventable Pedestrian Deaths (And Making Great Neighborhoods)” ranks the nation’s 52 ...
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
Thanks to the over 100 people who participated in our fifth annual Peak2Peak Walk on October 24th. There was some typical San Francisco fog in the morning, though most of the day was beautiful weather. We climbed 15 peaks from Mt. Davidson to Coit Tower and along the way raised ...
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
On October 20, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board heard an introductory presentation of the SFMTA's Extended Parking Meter Hours Study, commissioned by the SFMTA Board last spring during their budget deliberations, in which Muni service was cut and fares were raised while parking rates remained essentially untouched. When ...
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