“Muni Diaries,” an online journal, collects and shares Muni riders’ stories in its blog, podcasts and live events around San Francisco. Co-founder Eugenia Chien and producer Peter Clarke provide a glimpse of what’s happening in the world of buses, streetcars, transit stops and stations around town.
Category: Transportation
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Transportation
Bike-Friendly San Francisco Still a Work in Progress
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition promotes the bicycle as everyday transportation and pushes for better and safer streets. Executive Director Brian Wiedenmeier highlights what’s happening on the streets of San Francisco that is good, or bad, for bicyclists. He-gives a shout-out to the Bicycle Coalition’s valet bike parking at the new Chase Center, where automobile […]
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Muni, Neighborhoods, Transportation
Why the Mission District Bus-Only Red Lanes Bug a Lot of People
Mission Local reporter Abe Rodriguez talks about the cons, and pros — easing traffic congestion and lessening air pollution — of the red bus-only lanes in the Mission District.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Media, Transportation
Veteran Bay Area Traffic Reporter Talks Shop
Mark Pape, a radio reporter for the Total Traffic & Weather Network, tells it like it is about reporting on traffic in the San Francisco Bay Area, the third-worst commute in the country. Interviewed in what traffic reporters call “the pit, ” an area ringed by computer workstations, large TV monitors and microphones, Pape, who […]
Posted inData Privacy, Data Privacy, Economy & Business, News, Public Safety, Transportation
New State Law Pits Privacy Against Free Speech, Public Records and Data Brokers
Though consumers may ask companies to delete or stop collecting data about them, the First Amendment and open-records statutes may thwart their efforts to get people-search sites to delete data after the law takes effect in January. Information brokers argue that the data they post comes from government entities and is publicly available.
Posted inFood Systems, Neighborhoods, Social Justice, Transportation
State Law Cracks Down on Free Public Meals
Many city residents who are not housed or are food insecure depend on humanitarian aid from Food Not Bombs to survive. But state regulations taking effect in January jeopardize the group’s 35-year mission of sharing food outside the confines of government bureaucracy.
Posted inCity Hall, Community, Homelessness, Housing, Media, Navigating Homelessness: Which Way Home?, Transportation
More Homeless Returning to Streets From Navigation Centers
Two years after the city launched its navigation centers, fewer than a quarter of the nearly 1,200 people who have passed through have been placed in verified long-term housing, and more are returning to the streets, an analysis of city records shows. The most common outcome is a one-way bus ticket to another city.
Posted in2016 Non-partisan Voter Guide, Elections, Transportation
District Measure RR: Maintaining, Upgrading BART with a $3.5 Billion Bond
This regional bond measure would raise money to rehabilitate and update the Bay Area Rapid Transit system.
If passed, it would raise property taxes.
This initiative was placed on the ballot by a 9-0 vote of the BART Board of Directors.