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Rush-hour Muni service cuts; no extension of parking meter hours. Another brilliant expression of MTA's "Transit Last" policy.
I'll say it again: get a bicycle and save the $70 monthly cost of rapidly declining transit 'service.' |
:previous: If they just eliminate Muni entirely, they'll save a lot more money . . . and San Francisco will become unlivable.
This is idiocy. Raise the sales tax 1/4 cent or something. Or as I've repeatedly said, find a way to make everybody who rides pay. |
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anyway, the mtc should become the regional transit authority (like tri-met in portland, which covers three counties) with members from each county represented and funds released based on population. |
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I'm in the latter category but, alas, not yet old enough for a senior fare. For some time now, my solution has been a 2-wheeled vehicle but a motorized one. |
When I address forumers I'm assuming they aren't senior citizens, because forum demographics skew young. Obviously old people aren't going to bike. If younger people do, however, there will be more room on the bus and train for those who have no alternatives. As frequency declines and lines are cut, believe me--you're going to need all the space you can get on Muni.
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If you want to encourage everyone to continue to suffer Muni's degraded system and spiraling costs, be my guest. I will continue to point out a viable alternative for many current Muni victims who have had enough. |
Design ideas begin to form for SMART trains
By Mark Prado Posted: 01/13/2010 06:13:04 PM PST Decisions, decisions. Officials with Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit are trying to figure out just how the inside of their trains will look, and they held a workshop in San Rafael Wednesday to hear from the public. Among the design issues pondered: Cloth seats or leather-like seats? A permanent snack bar or rolling cart? Face-to-face or row seating? Are work tables needed? Where to put bike racks - should they be hanging or at floor level? Should rows of seats be two-by-two or two-by-three? "This is the fun part, we get to go shopping," said Debora Fudge, who headed SMART's Operation Committee that met at the San Rafael Corporate Center. The agency will have little say on the design of the exterior, although it will request a sleek "aerodynamic" front end, versus a box shape. What the agency will have a say on is the interior of the trains, and it wanted to get the public's thoughts. Committee members made no final decisions at Wednesday's meeting. Steve Birdlebough, of the group Friends of SMART, wants to see the trains with rows of seats two-by-two, instead of two-by-three, to allow for more aisle space. "Otherwise it's just too cramped a feeling, like an airplane," he said. "We need to have sufficient space for bicycles, too. There are going to be a lot of people riding to the train and then riding from the train to their work." Mill Valley resident Walter Strakosch wondered if it was better not to have restrooms on the trains and instead have them at stations in order to create more seating on board. "It will take up at least six seats on board and perhaps more to have a restroom," he said. "That is a lot of seats to lose, especially when the service becomes more popular." SMART has set aside $88 million for the design, construction and delivery of the cars for the system. Unlike traditional trains with huge locomotives pulling long lines of passenger cars, the SMART vehicles will be self-propelled units with the engines placed underneath passenger compartments. That allows for compact trains, generally two cars operating together in a "married pair" that seats about 150 passengers and is about 150 to 170 feet long. SMART's specifications likely will require manufacturers to provide a third car that can be added, increasing the seating capacity to 225. The agency will order a maximum of 22 cars. Development of vehicle specifications, which will include public comment, is expected to be complete by the end of March. Bids will be due around Oct. 1, 2010. The first vehicles should arrive in the North Bay for testing on the SMART corridor in fall 2013. SMART is expecting to start rail service in 2014 on a 70-mile route between Cloverdale and Larkspur. Voters in Sonoma and Marin counties approved a quarter-cent sales tax to fund the project in November 2008. To submit ideas on train design, send e-mail to info@sonomamarintrain.org or write to SMART, 750 Lindaro St., Suite 200, San Rafael 94901. http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_14183455 Their logo: http://sonomacountygrapevine.com/fil...il-Transit.jpg Map from tunneltalk.com http://www.tunneltalk.com/images/app...rain-route.png An old rendering from the North Bay Council. http://www.northbaycouncil.org/x/ima...art_train2.jpg |
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It would probably be cheaper to just build an additional lane in each direction over Altamont, make it HOV, and run buses every 5 minutes to Dublin BART than to build full-fledged BART. |
Hold on there, BART...
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The first sections of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge arrived yesterday.
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^^I've always wondered why we didn't have water taxis years ago. Seems like a no-brainer to me.
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Considering all the delays and quality issues, you gotta wonder if getting the bridge steel fabricated in China was the right decision--other considerations aside (which they probably shouldn't be with tax money). |
"They envision a taxi, operating most likely during the spring and summer, that would zip along the waterfront at specified times . . . ."
Yeah, that's not a watertaxi, thats a ferry. Water taxi = call dispatcher for boat to pick you up. |
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What is the point of having a water ferry in those areas? Seems pretty ridiculous if you ask me.
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get people out of their cars, relieve overcrowding on the historic trolley/muni lines, and for tourists to view the spectacular sf skyline from the water |
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