City Planning (finally) admits it has a problem
The Land Use and Transportation Committee hearing this week was remarkable: For the first time ever, as far as I can remember, the Planning Department admitted that it has...
OPINION: Keep transit lanes for public transit
The SFMTA Board of Directors will hold a special meeting Tuesday/30 to consider, among other items, the creation of temporary emergency transit lanes. We need to tell the board...
For taxi drivers, COVID is a brutal dilemma
“I can’t even afford to go to work,” said taxi driver Colin Marcoux, who has been driving a cab for over two decades.
COVID has caused a sharp decline in...
Should Muni raise fares in a crisis?
Transit justice advocates in San Francisco are left with more questions after San Francisco ordered a “shelter-in-place” directive in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This public health emergency overlaps with...
Large crowd debates Valencia bike lanes
On Monday night, the meeting room at the City College Mission campus was packed as tightly as an N-Judah train during commute hours. The Municipal Transportation Agency had called...
Deal with SF’s worst planning scofflaw goes forward with little public review
A settlement deal with one of the city’s worst planning scofflaws comes before the Government Audit and Oversight Committee tomorrow – but the case is far from over.
The City...
Uber, Lyft, and Amazon make SF’s environmental planning irrelevant
The San Francisco Planning Commission appears ready to go forward on a proposal that could bring as many as 15,000 new residents to the Market-Van Ness area although the...
