http://lastmuni.com/blog San Francisco Metro Transportation Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:24:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While I was at Church and Duboce today around 6PM, 7 22/outbound diesel coaches passed me within about 2 minutes. Where are the street supervisors? What happened that required the diesel coaches to be ran? Of course, the last 5 22's were completely empty. http://lastmuni.com/blog/2008/07/06/the-22-was-busted-tody/ There’s been a lot of talk lately in the US about congestion pricing. What is congestion pricing? It is basically a toll for taking your auto into an urban area. The program is quite successful in many large cities in Europe, and is the first step reducing pollution and breaking ... http://lastmuni.com/blog/2007/07/17/congestion-pricing-fails-in-nyc/ Don't expect to see two-car trains on Muni's new T line. It isn't equipped to ADA standards, nor does the Union allow it. http://lastmuni.com/blog/2007/04/11/two-car-trains-on-the-t/ The San Francisco Public Utilities commission is working on a program that would have Muni's fleet of polluting diesel vehicles run on environmentally friendly grease from the city's 2600 restaurants. As part of a $1.3m program, the PUC plans to buy a couple of vehicles, higher some staff, and go ... http://lastmuni.com/blog/2007/04/04/would-you-like-fries-with-that-bus-pass/ NextMuni, otherwise known as NextBus, now has all of the electric line arrival times listed, complete with real time map! Now I can find that pesky 31 on Market street without having to wait a half hour. Remember that you can also use your cell phone, if it has internet access, ... http://lastmuni.com/blog/2007/03/14/nextmuni-goes-fully-electric/ Transit ridership in the US is on the move upward, the highest since World War II: 10.1 billion trips, up 2.9% from 2005 to 2006. The death spiral that is Muni ridership declined 1.7%. Can Newsom fix it one route at a time? Bay area top three systems, 2005 over 2006 ridership ... http://lastmuni.com/blog/2007/03/13/transit-ridership-highest-since-world-war-ii/ High Speed Rail in the Golden State It's time California got on board with High Speed Rail. HSR would have a terminal in the rebuilt Transpay Terminal downtown near second street, and would offer an underground station to transfer to the Muni Metro. The longer we wait, the more it costs, ... http://lastmuni.com/blog/2007/03/12/bring-highspeed-rail-to-san-francisco-and-the-gold-state/ For those of you interested in learning more about Muni and how to help out, tonight is RescueMuni's General meeting. We won't be able to make it due to work commitments, so be sure to send us your notes so we can post what went on! Annoucement: Tonight is RescueMuni's General Meeting. ... http://lastmuni.com/blog/2007/02/13/rescue-muni-meeting-tonight/ 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 ... http://lastmuni.com/blog/2007/02/12/looking-for-volunteers-for-38-geary-improvements/ 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. ... http://lastmuni.com/blog/2007/01/26/lastmuni-joins-spur/