If you live in the Richmond, ride the 38/L, or are just interested in helping improve San Francisco transit, SPUR is looking for volunteers to help spread the word about the upcoming GoGeary project. The GoGeary project will provide pre-pay platforms (like Metro), new buses, timed street signals and dedicated bus lanes to help ease the crowding and congestion that the 38 Geary is notorious for.
We are looking for people to:
- Canvas the 38 with flyers
- Petitioners to get signatures/address from:
- people waiting to go home after work
- people waiting to go work
- any other time the bus is running (such as at 2am when service is… interesting)
- People to come to 2 critical city meetings to show community support
- Other Transit volunteer opportunities
If you are interested in helping, please contact me at ballew@sublinear.net. SPUR will be starting this next week, and I’ll contact you with the information you’ll need. With your help, we can make sure this project passes the board of supervisors’ approval in May, so the riders of the 38 Geary can see improvements to the line as soon as possible.
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In the interest of transit advocacy, LastMuni has joined SPUR in researching and pushing forth transit in the city of San Francisco.
There are two upcoming meetings that we’ll be attending:
Learn about and support the Geary BRT project at a special session of the Small Business Commission on Monday, January 29. Please consider attending the meeting to learn about the project and decide for yourself whether you agree with us and advise the Commission that the drastic increase in the speed, capacity and comfort of Geary Blvd transit are well worth the minimal effects on parking and traffic including during construction. If you know +the owner or manager of a small business in the Richmond who might support BRT, please contact me. The meeting is at City Hall, Room 400, at 5:30 p.m.
Mark your calendar for February’s Transportation Committee meeting, Monday Feb. 5, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the SPUR offices, 312 Sutter St., 5th floor. Muni has to close a $15 million deficit in FY 2007-08, and SPUR wants to help them do that without fare increases or service cuts. Our recommendations for this topic constitute the entire agenda Feb 5.