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Test Runs for the Double-Decker Buses
Sorry, everyone, for the dearth of updates. Things have been busy lately, so there hasn’t been a great deal of time to prepare posts. I’ll try to get back on it soon. Courtesy San Francisco Chronicle. For now, just a quick note. You’ve probably already read in the Chronicle that the SFMTA is working to … Continue reading
Central Subway: Thinking Outside the (Station) Box
This is the last part of a five post series on the Central Subway project. Click here to navigate the table of contents for these posts. The 30-Stockton and 45-Union/Stockton buses are undeniably crowded, with an especially dense crush load in the mile-long stretch between Market Street and Chinatown. The current situation — in which … Continue reading
Central Subway: Visionary Project or Colossal Boondoggle?
This is Part 4 of a five post series on the Central Subway project. Click here to navigate the table of contents for these posts. In the last few posts, we introduced the Central Subway project and its potential alignments and stations. The MTA is fond of explaining why San Francisco so desperately needs the … Continue reading
Central Subway: Stations
This is Part 3 of a five post series on the Central Subway project. Click here to navigate the table of contents for these posts. The previous post outlined the route for the three Central Subway alignments being studied, with mostly cursory mentions of station locations. The purpose of this post is to flesh out … Continue reading
Central Subway: Alternative Alignments
This is Part 2 of a five post series on the Central Subway project. Click here to navigate the table of contents for these posts. Studies carried out for the past several years gave rise to a few different alignments of the Central Subway. Although the SFMTA now prefers a plan that would tunnel under … Continue reading
Central Subway: An Introduction
This is Part 1 of a five post series on the Central Subway project. Click here to navigate the table of contents for these posts. On April 7, 2007, Muni’s 15-Third Street bus was officially retired and replaced with a new light rail line, the T-Third Street, which features over five miles of new track … Continue reading
A Series on the Central Subway
In light of the SFMTA meetings offered this month in connection with the Central Subway, this seemed as good of a time as any to start the discussion here about this major project. Towards that end, there will be a series of posts on the Central Subway this week, starting today: Central Subway: An Introduction … Continue reading
The Final Push for “Yes on A, No on H”
UPDATE (November 6, 2007): Early absentee ballot results show that yes/no votes for Prop A are essentially tied, with “yes” votes in the very slight lead. In the meantime, “no” votes for Prop H have a substantial edge so far, roughly 58% no to 42% yes. This is an encouraging start at least on the … Continue reading
Fall 2007 Central Subway Meetings
Over the next few weeks, the SFMTA will be holding a few public meetings on the Central Subway, a project which would extend the T-Third in a subway tunnel through South of Market and Union Square, terminating in Chinatown. Once the tunnel is completed, T-Third trains would proceed north from the 4th and King/Caltrain stop, … Continue reading
Vote For Transit, Not Traffic
San Francisco voters this election are faced with a key choice that will have very significant effects on the city’s future. On the one hand, voters will be asked to consider Proposition A, which would reform Muni and address many issues that are fundamental to operational difficulties that Muni has faced in the past decade. … Continue reading
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