Update from SFMTA on the construction projects on the N-Judah and L-Taraval streetcar lines.
SFMTA Press Release – Work on N-Judah and L-Taraval Lines
Press Release: SFMTA Community Discussion, L-Taraval Construction
You’re invited. Please join us to learn more and have a discussion about staging locations for L Taraval Improvement Project Segment B’s work (Sunset Boulevard to West Portal).
My Observations: L-Taraval Construction Project – Community Meeting #2
There were many different opinions held by the community, though most were in opposition. It was hoped that this meeting would find an alternate staging area for construction at the large lot cornering Sloat and Lake Merced boulevards.
Press Release: SFMTA L-Taraval Project Work Schedule for Aug. 26-Sept. 6, 2019
Forecast of Work Planned for August 26-September 6, 2019.
Press Release: L-Taraval Improvement Project Begins Construction
Starting Thursday, August 15, traffic pattern on lower Great Highway between Ulloa and Santiago streets will be changed. Northbound travel lane on lower Great Highway will be rerouted to 48th Avenue for two blocks between Ulloa and Santiago streets. Southbound travel lane will continue on lower Great Highway as usual. This will be in effect until project completion in 2022.
Press Release: SFMTA Reveals Community Vote Results for L-Taraval Staging Plan
The votes have been tallied and by more than 50% of the votes, option B- retain more parking, is the winning vote.
L-Taraval Rail Plan Struggles to Stay On Track
When a raucous meeting about plans for the L-Taraval Improvement Project did not go as the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) had hoped, they went back to the drawing board to reassess the plan and have now scheduled another meeting.
L-Taraval Improvement Project Update from SFMTA
Press Release from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), August 1, 2019.
Final meetings on Geary Bus Rapid Transit plan
The SF Municipal Transportation Agency is holding two meetings in August to show the public final details of the Geary Bus Rapid Transit plan slated to begin construction in the fall.
SFMTA to Vote on Taraval Parking, Transit Stops
Three light-rail train stops and 36 more parking spaces may be permanently removed from
Taraval Street, between 15th and 46th avenues, if the SF Municipal Transportation
Agency’s (SFMTA) board of directors approves a final plan for the L-Taraval streetcar line
at its Dec. 5 meeting.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor of the Sunset Beacon.
Final plan for Eighth Avenue presented to public
The SF Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) presented to the public on Oct. 18 its
final plan to ease traffic on Eighth Avenue, between Lake and Fulton streets in the Inner
Richmond District.
Experts examine transit options 20 years in future
Experts in various transportation modes came together at a Planning Association for the
Richmond (PAR) forum to discuss the future of transportation.
Transportation madness
Lately, I have been wondering why the city’s transportation agency has been running
roughshod over merchants and local residents across town, and acting in total disregard
for the wishes of most San Francisco residents.
Political muscle and dealmaking got Prop. E passed
Political muscle and deal-making got Proposition E passed, which created
the SF Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). The proposition was on the
November, 1999 ballot.
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 