Concerned citizens watch a February 26 meeting
of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
which met to discuss Muni service cuts and fare increases
to close a $12.1 million budget shortfall in the current fiscal year.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Sue Vaughan
March 10, 2010
On Friday, February 26, facing yet another in an ongoing series of deficits, the seven members […]
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Filed under: Economy, News, Politics, Transportation
In a world threatened by Peak Oil, Transit Oriented Development is a development concept
aimed at encouraging the development of housing and commercial centers around mass-transit systems.
By Marc Salomon
March 4, 2010
Over the past ten years, the San Francisco Department of City Planning has rezoned much of the east side of San Francisco [0] for greater […]
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Filed under: Energy, Environment, Land Use, Opinion, Politics, Transportation
Muni drivers have incredibly hard jobs. They sit in the same position for hours and take all kinds of abuse from the public. They deserve to be paid well. At the same time, they are not completely blameless. Perhaps the work rules do need to be tightened up, but the general public should be clear: getting changing operator work rules will bring back some money to the agency - but $15 million is not enough.
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Filed under: Opinion, Transportation
Rather than demand substantive improvements of themselves, they prefer to aim Muni rider anger toward average Muni workers, creating the false impression operator salaries and attitude have caused the MTA’s massive budget deficit. Don’t be fooled by their superheated rhetoric and lack of leadership.
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Filed under: News, Opinion, Politics, Transportation
Supervisor Sean Elsbernd.
Photo by Luke Thomas
By Hope Johnson
January 26, 2010
District 7 Supervisor Sean Elsbernd is mad as hell that a city charter amendment he urged voters pass in 2007 is not as fiscally responsible as previously hoped. He’s made it clear someone is going to pay for his mistake and it damn well better not […]
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Filed under: Economy, Opinion, Politics, Transportation
California High Speed Trains: Business Plan.
By Matt Drake, guest editorial
January 18, 2010
In November of 2008, Californians voted yes on Proposition 1A, a bond measure raising $10 billion to construct a high speed rail line linking San Francisco and southern California. When it is completed, we will be able to travel from downtown San Francisco to […]
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Filed under: Economy, Environment, Land Use, Opinion, Politics, Transportation
Markese Bryant raps about the legacy of Dr. King, President Obama, and how a growing movementis creating opportunities for communities of color through the green economy.
By Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
January 18, 2010
America is struggling.
Families strive to make ends meet while facing an uncertain economic future. The deterioration of our environment - rather than slowing - continues to […]
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Filed under: Arts and Entertainment, Economy, Energy, Environment, Politics, Technology, Transportation, War
By William Chadwick
September 29, 2009
“We are a society that is addicted to oil, and we don’t want to hear that it is going to run out.”
- James Howard Kunstler
What do the following three cities have in common? Maracaibo in Venezuela, McCamey in Texas, and Baku in Azerbaijan (formerly part of the Soviet Union)? They are […]
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Filed under: Economy, Energy, Environment, News, Politics, Transportation, War
Openly gay, Woods was discharged from the US military in December 2008 after he challenged the Pentagon’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy, an ignominious slap in the face to a man who put his life on the line in service of his country.
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Filed under: Economy, Energy, Healthcare, Human Interest, Immigration, News, Politics, Transportation, War
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