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It's so awkward looking. Tinting the glass blue and having the half face and smile as glassy layers on top seems like the obviously correct answer... not sure what they're thinking here.
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It’s fantastic—quality of life and supports families. We need more plazas and squares in our neighborhoods in SF!
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Such a no-brainer.
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Haha yes!! Bad choice of words 😅
My concern is only that her scope may be too small to rise to this critical occasion. But I certainly hope those fears are proven wrong. Few people know Muni like she does.
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She’s a good choice. I do have some lingering concerns about bolder policy decisions that are needed right now; let’s hope she pulls out all the stops to take Muni to thriving.
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Yeah wtf is this
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5,000 rides in 2 months is 83 riders per day? Even lowest performing community service routes like the 37 carry 1,000 riders per DAY. This feels like a different definition of “popularity”?
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Not really.
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Obligatory: prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...
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It was sent to the NTSB not the FAA. The US has independent bodies to prevent political prejudices that the FAA might have, precisely for reasons like this. Many countries do not make that distinction which is why it’s much harder to trust the outcomes of analyses. The NTSB’s record is pretty solid.
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It has:
1. Increased transit ridership
2. Improved equity
3. Substantially reduced financial burden for low income residents
4. Increased popular support for transit, helping increase capital investment
5. Moderately improved pollution & cars in CBD
It has not:
1. Reduced cars in the region
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Given the weird regulations around RPP pricing, I think we could still address it with something like this—where RPP is only available as an add-on to a base transportation package: bsky.app/profile/next...
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Totally… (It’s also wild to me that it would be not legal??)
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This doesn’t seem terribly rapid in the video…? appreciate the accessibility angle though. (And Curitiba for caring!)
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I think that’s a pretty reasonable hypothesis. SFMTA is far more political than it should be in that sense—and the city should be making and owning these decisions alongside.
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Shockingly? No! Montreal and Vancouver have the best North American examples that I’m aware of…
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I think the benefits of the L project, while good, don’t feel commensurate with the amount of time it took & disruption caused. Outside of comms issues, these generational projects have far too limited a scope & reflect a major issue of modern-day government/infra: slow with limited benefit.
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Bingo. SFMTA shoots themselves in the foot far too often as well. I don’t know if it’s a comms issue or a city hall / interagency issue, but it’s definitely something that should be addressed.
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This isn’t universally applicable, but it’s important for SFMTA to prioritize projects that lead to greatest benefit for all in order to shift perceptions and change the narrative. Drawn-out projects that accomplish only a single goal at the cost of others inherently invite criticism & frustration..
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That quieted the anger pretty quickly and other businesses began clamoring for the same treatment. Instead of debating geometries of bike lanes, pitting transportation means against each other, they showcased the potential of real placemaking which led to a thriving outcome.
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Take Montreal and their pedestrianized streets. There was quite a bit of anger and frustration by neighbors & biz owners beforehand in community meetings. A familiar scene.
But the city went all in. They didn’t half ass anything: they pulled out all the stops—and it worked. Business thrived.
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I don’t love the framing of this issue, and I while I don’t blame SMFTA for this, I do think the way in which projects get watered down or overly detail focused — missing forest for the trees — (unintentionally?) invites a certain level of vitriol, unfortunately.
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The problem is not that we have community outreach, the problem is how we move forward with it. Our public agencies seem to think they need to get near 100% consensus which is simply untenable in any scenario. Outreach is about sharing perspectives to consider—information gathering, not directives.
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It certainly seems most people complaining about “lack of accountability” are simply trying to defund public services.
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Our problem in SF is almost comically reverse: we demand SO much accountability that we waste crazy amounts of time and money making sure nobody thinks their particular need is ignored (eg parking) or wasting money on things that each person thinks doesn’t matter—a fools errand, frankly.
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Tax and spend is literally just paying for something. It’s like saying the days of withdraw-and-purchase products are over. I think you’ll find almost nobody has ever suggested we have no accountability. San Franciscans are notoriously involved at every step of every process.
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As SF became wealthier, transit ridership decreased and car ownership went up. But San Franciscans pretty consistently vote for transit taxation, so I disagree that people are reluctant to adequately fund transit. Deliver the goods and the funds to do it.
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That is a ridiculous tweet. San Franciscans support and pass virtually every transit proposition and bill put forward. The issue is 20,000 small wounds in the micro details like parking spaces that city hall and SFMTA somehow can’t seem to just do their jobs and get past.
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You’re just saying that because you’re apparently surrounded by enemy forces. sfstandard.com/2024/12/12/s...
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100% right. I disagree with engardio plenty but recalling him is just vindictive and foolish. Then again, I argued the same against Boudin’s recall and I agreed with him far more. Democracy is double-edged.
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Isolation and capacity are big—a contractor that rolls into a new project when they finish provides incentive to move quickly. Limited/no project pipeline creates incentive for contractors to drag out projects or leverage legal challenges to increase private revenue at taxpayers expense.
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👏 Please scream when you bring this to us in SF! So many cargo bikes but so much untapped potential 🚲
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Mandelman has been the biggest disappointment supervisor to me. There are worse supervisors, but I held onto (apparently false) hope for him.
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Meanwhile bsky.app/profile/rose...
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There are two issues:
1. Price differential matters. Expensive transit does increase car use
2. This undervalues bigger impacts. We know it increases total trips + local business support, which may cause urban shifts that decrease car-priority—there's some early evidence from Llubjana for just that
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How so? He seems perfectly happy to censor or promote based his own personal whims.
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A good time to remind the US that regulation is often great for business. France has the highest per capita pharmacies that are 100% owned by individual pharmacists. prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...
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Yeah, it's just an example of the concept... It should be doable without state legal changes that prohibit charging more for RPP.
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Bingo. But the US *really* loves private yards per building.
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As an aside, I still really think a “package” model for parking would be useful for funding, ridership; and modeshare—ie., residential parking is available only as an add-on to a base mobility package, which includes transit.
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Ooh thanks for the VM bit 🙌
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The VT tax in France is a pretty solid model to emulate—a payroll tax is an acceptable approximation.
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Was there one for Twitter?
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100%!! Muni should absolutely go back to them. The current gray and red buses are so meh. Hell I think an all orange bus would be 🔥