The public comment period has been extended on the proposed bus-rapid transit network for Van Ness Avenue, but residents have just two more days to offer feedback on the project.The San Francisco County Transportation Authority, a local transportation planning agency, recently completed its environmental impact report on the project, which will feature heavy-duty buses traveling down Van Ness Avenue in grade-separated, transit-only lanes.
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The San Francisco County Transportation Authority could move out of its longtime office building for a new location with the help of a $750,000 buyout from its current landlord.
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San Francisco community leaders and planners will meet today to brainstorm on Market Street’s future at a lunchtime forum.Event planners referred to Market Street as “a critical artery where much of the city’s transit infrastructure comes together” in a statement. Organizers said they are hoping today’s forum will help launch ideas for ways the street can be transformed from a transit hub to a destination location.
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A plan to implement a 15 mph speed limit near all schools in San Francisco, an initiative backed by pedestrian safety advocates, could be in place by September.
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The San Francisco County Transportation Authority, a local planning and financing agency that is governed by the Board of Supervisors, could preliminarily approve its budget for the upcoming fiscal year on Tuesday.
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The financial plan to pay for the Doyle Drive rebuild has come under criticism from a state agency.
The roadway, which is a key artery to the Golden Gate Bridge, is being rebuilt and funded through a private consortium of investors and construction firms that will be responsible for the $488 million second phase of the project.
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A controversial plan to charge drivers a fee for entering portions of San Francisco has reached a fork in the road: whether to drive ahead or curb the plan.
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The new $4.2 billion Transbay Transit Center may one day boast public parks, towering skyscrapers, 2,600 new homes and access to a host of different transit lines, but the development has come under fire for what it lacks: child care facilities.
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A parking policy study suggesting that The City should install more on-street meters and that neighborhood communities should have a greater say in where revenue goes was approved on Tuesday, but the OK doesn’t mean the recommendations will be put in place.
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The Examiner’s editorial of July 28 (“Pay to drive downtown?”) outlined the case for studying congestion pricing in San Francisco. As stated aptly in that piece, drivers have wasted countless amounts of time, money and fuel sitting in traffic on our overcrowded streets. Given the future growth planned for our region, combined with a mandate to cut our city’s emissions by 2012, the status quo is not an option.
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