Rescue Muni

Here’s more on the terrible initiative to require massive increases in parking in residential developments citywide, thanks to our friends at The Usual Suspects: Matt Smith (SF Weekly) with a detailed critique of the “Profits for Developers Initiative,” and SF Bay Guardian. Included in this measure are massive delays to YOUR bus, due to much easier permitting for curb cuts for garage construction in any home citywide, even if there is a bus stop already serving thousands of riders a day.

Though this is officially sponsored by the Council of District Merchants (tell your local merchant you walked or took the bus to shop!), it’s largely funded by Gap founder Don Fisher and Webcor Builders.

To help defeat this, join Rescue Muni now and we will keep you posted!

A measure to require big increases in parking in new developments has been submitted for the ballot and is likely to qualify. If this measure passes, it will be terrible for transit riders, causing massive new traffic congestion. Stay tuned for how you can help defeat it!

Today’s Examiner profiles the horribly anti-transit “Parking for Neighborhoods Initiative”, sponsored by the Council of District Merchants (your hard earned local spending at work!) and funded by big garage builders, that would require every new residential unit to have a parking space throughout SF, and allow property owners to build at least one parking space regardless of bus stops, bicycle lanes or trees that may be in the way, even in highly transit served corridors like downtown.

This would lead to huge increases in traffic and massive Muni delays – as if there weren’t enough already! Don’t sign it.

Today’s Chronicle quotes a Caltrain commuter on the N: “It’s like I woke up and the nightmare was over.” Meanwhile the K and T lines are through-routed, as planned long ago for the Third Street line, and the new 20-Columbus is running to North Beach.

Is service better? Check Nextbus before you ride, and let us know what you think.

Wondering where the buses and LRVs are going today? The helpful if cranky SFist provided yesterday this convenient map of today’s Muni service changes.
(SFist article; official notice.)
Keep in mind that today is a ballgame day so ballpark service will be in effect in the evening.