Tag: public transit

Telephone/Online Town Hall Meeting for Rebuilding BART

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Thursday September 15th, 6:30pm: Participate in this virtual town hall meeting for San Francisco, concerning BART’s plans to rebuild the system: phone 1-877-353-4701 or go to http://bart.gov/telephonetownhall.

More on the program: http://www.bart.gov/better-bart.

Now on YouTube: See a video of some public response so far.  Continue reading “Telephone/Online Town Hall Meeting for Rebuilding BART” →

This Sunday on Ocean Ave: Ride a Historic Streetcar, plus Live Jazz and Boswick the Clown

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[Source:  Ocean Avenue Association http://www.oceanavenueassociation.org/events/detail/639/26.]

Second Sundays on Ocean Avenue

unnamed (2).jpgHere’s the lineup for September 11:

Take a free ride on a historic streetcar!
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Balboa Reservoir Community Advisory Committee Meeting, Monday August 8th

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The Balboa Reservoir Project is the largest development to take place near Sunnyside in many decades. Read more about it here.

The Community Advisory Committee, led by SNA ex-president Lisa Spinali, provides a voice for our neighborhood in the process. All community members are welcome at BRCAC meetings. More about the upcoming meeting at City College here.

The remarkable document that this committee helped create to guide development at the site, Proposed Development Principles & Parameters for the Balboa Reservoir, has just been released (PDF).

Read other posts on this site about the project here.

Area impacted by Balboa Reservoir Project. Image: sf-planning.org
Area impacted by Balboa Reservoir Project. Image: sf-planning.org

SFMTA Update: Transit Impacts of Balboa Park Station Improvement Project

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The advisory below from SFMTA comes from a larger press release: SFMTA Weekend Transit and Traffic Advisory, which includes transportation information about Outside Lands Festival and other weekend events.

Update:  Balboa Park Station Improvement Project

Now until Further Notice:  The Balboa Park Station Area and Plaza Improvements project broke ground on February 29 to implement safety, accessibility and transit improvements around the Balboa Park Station.  Weather permitting, construction work for the project is anticipated to last through November 2016.  Temporary impacts include:

Bus Stop Relocation

To complete sidewalk widening, the bus stop located westbound on Geneva Avenue between I-280 and San Jose Avenue has been temporarily relocated until Tuesday, August 30.

  • Customers riding the following Muni routes will board from the temporary stop on Geneva Avenue at San  Jose Avenue:
    • 28R 19th Avenue Rapid
    • 8BX Bayshore B Express
    • 43 Masonic
    • 54 Felton
    • 88 BART Shuttle
    • 91-Owl

The bus stop located eastbound on Geneva Avenue between I-280 and San Jose Avenue has been temporarily relocated from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. until Friday, August 12.

  • Customers riding the following Muni routes will board from the temporary stop 120 feet west on the overpass over I-280:
    • 8 Bayshore
    • 43 Masonic
    • 54 Felton
    • 91 Owl

 Pedestrian Pathways

  • The sidewalk on the north side of Geneva Avenue, between I-280 and San Jose Avenue has been partially closed for sidewalk widening. An alternative accessible pathway is provided around the work area.

For more project details, please visit www.sfmta.com/balboaparkarea.