[Carfreeliving] Prop E and pedestrian, transit and bicycle priority.

[Mike Sallaberry]

The thing is that DPT is already doing all of those things on a daily 
basis.  It's the rate of change that is in question.  Cranking up that 
rate is not something I see happening without someone selling and taking 
responsibility for such changes to the people in this city.
Mike




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[Carfreeliving]         Prop E and pedestrian, transit and bicycle 
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I was the MTA section of the city charter today, the language 
establishing transit first (and also ped and bike first) is quite 
strong. It directs the MTA to manage the Department of Parking and 
Traffic to:

* Provide priority to transit services in the utilization of streets, 
particularly during commute hours;
* Facilitate the design and operation of City streets to enhance 
alternative forms of transit, such as pedestrian, bicycle, and pooled 
or group transit (including taxis);
* Propose and implement street and traffic changes that gives the 
highest priority to impacts on public transit, pedestrians, commercial 
delivery vehicles, and bicycles;
* Integrate modern information and traffic-calming techniques to 
promote safer streets and promote usage of public transit; and
* Develop a safe, interconnected bicycle circulation network.

Simply getting MTA to deliver on its charter mandate would be 
revolutionary! Newsom takes credit for helping pass Proposition E; we 
should convince him to enact its pro-pedestrian, -bicycle, and -transit 
provisions.
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