Transit Category Archive
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Trimming the Trolley
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 -2 comments
I'd meant to post this earlier, but never got around to it. For Christmas each year, Market Street Railway volunteers decorate one of the historic streetcars of the F-Market & Wharves line. This year we decorated a tram from Milan which Muni had just finished repairing and repainted from the orange livery it arrived in (orange Milan streetcars are a fixture on San Francisco's Market Street) to an older color scheme, this two-tone green.
You can see how it turned out in these photos from Telstar Logistics, I secured that garland damn tight too, only two bows came off during the month it was decorated.
Election Day
Monday, November 5, 2007 Post comment
Since it's an odd year, this wouldn't normally be a big election year, but here in San Francisco we'll be going to the polls to elect a new mayor (well, we are pretty certain to be re-electing mayor Gavin Newsom) as well as some major transit related issues.
If you still haven't figured out how you're voting, I recommend The Usual Suspects election guide and I want to urge everyone to vote Yes on A, which will bring much needed reform and accountability (as well as millions of dollars) to the SFMTA/Muni. And vote No on H, which calls for more parking in the city, but would do so at the expense of transit, pedestrians and cyclists along with driving up the cost of housing with greater parking requirements.
Transbay Jury Picks a Favorite Design for Tower and Terminal Buildings
Monday, September 10, 2007 -2 comments
The panel of experts assembled to recommend a design for the new Transbay Terminal has made it's choice for the design of the new landmark tower and replacement of the original terminal building, an outdated and dilapidated concrete box from the 1930's.
The jury selected the Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects proposal, with a tower that gently tapers inward as it goes up, and tops the long, low terminal building in downtown with a 5.4 acre park. I was partial to the Rogers Stirk Harbour from what I'd seen and read, but not in any way disappointed by the recommendation, which will now go to the Transbay Joint Power Authority for their decision.