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Apr 9: Balboa Reservoir housing project community meeting

On By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Balboa Reservoir Project, CCSF, City College of San Francisco, city government, development, Greening, Housing, Norman Yee, parking, Parks, SF Planning Dept, SFMTA, Streets, Traffic, Transit, UncategorizedLeave a comment

The next meeting of the Balboa Reservoir Community Advisory Committee is Monday Apr 9, 6pm, at the CCSF Multi-Use Building. The developer team AvalonBay/BRIDGE will show their plan for the 17-acre site, along with several options for various aspects. Now that the City has approved the Fiscal Feasibility Report, this site plan, if accepted, will begin the environmental review process.

The project site is located west of Phelan Ave and north of Ocean Ave. All residents are welcome at the BRCAC meetings. There is an open public comment period.

  • Review previous meetings, including minutes and presentations, here.
  • Read an archive of posts about the Balboa Reservoir Project on this site here. 
  • Other related links can be found at the Balboa Reservoir tab at the top of this page.
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Slide from AvalonBay/BRIDGE presentation of their June 2017 proposal for the Balboa Reservoir site. http://sfwater.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=10884

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SFMTA asks for your input to improve Muni, transit, streets

On By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn parking, Pedestrian Safety, SFMTA, Streets, Traffic, Transit, transportationLeave a comment

From SFMTA: Some opportunities for your feedback, as SF Municipal Transportation Agency plans its budget for 2019-2020. 
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The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency manages the city’s surface transportation system, including Muni, parking and traffic, bicycling, walking and taxis.  Every day, over one million people rely on us to ensure safe and reliable mobility throughout the city.

As we develop our Operating and Capital Budgets for Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020, please join us and make sure that your voice is heard at a series of public meetings.  This is your opportunity to learn more about what we do and provide feedback on a variety of programs and projects.

Public In-Person Meetings Co-hosted with Senior Disability Action (SDA)

Friday, March 02, 1:00 – 4:00 PM

SF Public Library Main Branch, Latino Room at Lower Level, 100 Larkin Street

Online Budget Townhall Meeting

Wednesday, March 07, 6:00 – 7:00 PM

Stream live at sfmta.com/budget

Board of Directors Meetings

Tuesday, March 06, 1:00 PM

Tuesday, March 20, 1:00 PM

City Hall, Room 400, 1 Carlton B. Goodlett Place

For free interpretation services, submit your request 48 hours in advance to 415.701.4387.

How We Will Use Your Feedback

All incoming public feedback via the live-stream meeting, public meetings and emails will be sorted and analyzed.  The information will be incorporated into the operating and capital budget documents and transmitted to the SFMTA Board as required by the City Charter.  The Board then reviews the proposed operating and capital budget in public hearings on March 6 and March 20.  The budget is formally adopted by the vote on SFMTA Board of Directors on April 3 or April 17.  Any changes to the proposed budget, as considered and approved by the Board during budget hearings, are included in the Approved Budget document.

If you are unable to attend the meetings, you can email questions or comments tosfmtabudget@sfmta.com or contact 311.

Contact Information

U.S. Mail: SFMTA Board of Directors, One South Van Ness Avenue, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103

SFMTA: Further upgrades for pedestrian safety on Sunnyside streets

On By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Norman Yee, Pedestrian Safety, Safety, SFMTA, Streets, Traffic, UncategorizedLeave a comment

From SFMTA, an update about the work they are doing regarding pedestrian safety upgrades on Sunnyside streets. Read the previous update from SFMTA here.

From SFMTA Engineer Philip Louie:

We have been working on the list of Sunnyside area traffic and safety improvements that were listed in the participatory budget application. As part of the safety improvements, we recommend “daylighting” the intersections which pulls back parked vehicles from the intersection by installing a short red zone between the stop line and parked car. This increases the visibility of pedestrians for drivers as they approach the intersection. This can affect parking in the area, and the streets you requested increased safety on are no different.

We are now presenting you with our recommended places where additional daylighting would be beneficial to increasing safety. Most of the red zones will be pushing the cars back from the intersection to increase visibility. For example, on Monterey, we recommend extending the red zones between the yield triangles and the crosswalk at Colon, Valdez and Hazelwood in the westbound direction. This will be an additional 15 feet of red zone which is less than the length of a parking space. However, there are several parking spaces that we recommend removing: three on Hearst, two on Congo, five on Monterey.    Continue reading “SFMTA: Further upgrades for pedestrian safety on Sunnyside streets” →

Update from SFMTA on the Sunnyside Pedestrian Safety money

On By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn bugdeting, Pedestrian Safety, Safety, SFMTA, Streets, Traffic, UncategorizedLeave a comment

From Philip Louie, Associate Engineer, SFMTA, regarding the Sunnyside Pedestrian Safety Proposal funds ($120,000) allocated during 2017 Participatory Budgeting. Read about the Proposal here.

“Below is a breakdown of the requests in the Participatory Budget application. Some of these still need to be reviewed to ensure they meet our feasibility standards. The timeline for these measures is that they will all be complete by July of this year unless otherwise noted; as more specific timelines are figured out we can plan to let the group know. The measures include:

1. Speed Radar Feedback signs – already met with you to determine location and continuing to move forward on this

o At Monterey and Acadia, for westbound traffic

2.  Speed humps at various locations – we are awaiting speed data to determine eligibility. For the locations that qualify, we will send a ballot to residents of that street. The humps that are approved should be constructed in the summer/fall, dependent on workload for the construction crews. The locations are:

o Joost from Baden – Congo

o Mangels: Baden to Nordoff and Nordoff to Congo

o Congo between Mangels and Stillings

o Melrose between Mangels and Gennessee

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Help improve Muni — SFMTA Survey in progress

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From SFMTA: As Muni service continues to improve in 2018, the agency is launching new surveys reaching riders, students and people with disabilities as a part of the Muni Service Equity Strategy. Since you are part of SFMTA’s valued stakeholders, we are asking for your participation to help us improve transit service performance in the Bayview, Chinatown, Excelsior, Ingleside, Mission, Oceanview, South of Market, Tenderloin, Visitacion Valley, and Western Addition neighborhoods. Also, because your organization works with riders in these areas, we would appreciate your assistance in sharing the most relevant survey links with your networks at your earliest opportunity. The deadline to complete the survey is Friday, February 2.

General Customer Survey
English: www.sfmta.com/equity-english
Chinese: www.sfmta.com/equity-chinese
Spanish: www.sfmta.com/equity-spanish
Tagalog: www.sfmta.com/equity-tagalog
Vietnamese: www.sfmta.com/equity-vietnamese

Seniors and People with Disabilities Customer Survey    
English: www.sfmta.com/equity-spd
Chinese: www.sfmta.com/equity-spd-chinese 
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