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New transbay Bus Service Rescues Late-Night Travelers
By Fran Taylor, Member of Walk San Francisco, Mar 06, 2006
Late-night shift workers and party-goers caught on the wrong side of the Bay after BART has shut down have typically faced limited choices: crash on a sofa belonging to someone they may hardly know, scare up a ride with someone who might be scary indeed, or shell out for a very expensive cab trip home over the Bay Bridge.
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Pedestrian Master Plan Steps Out
By Fran Taylor, Member of Walk San Francisco, Feb 03, 2006
Walkability makes every list of reasons for San Francisco’s popularity, but threats to that walkability rarely get discussed. Many intersections force pedestrians to cross three times around freeway ramps to simply proceed on their way. Sidewalks in every neighborhood are obstructed by cars. Wide streets like Alemany or Cesar Chavez make walkers dodge fast-turning cars and red-light runners. And who can even figure out how to get there from here on foot near Lake Merced and the Zoo?
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Car Share Competition Heats Up
By Fran Taylor, Member of Walk San Francisco, Jan 05, 2006
Sharing a car with strangers has gone from cutting-edge idea to competitive business plan. After four years of having the field of structured sharing to reduce car use and ownership all to itself, City CarShare suddenly got company last fall.
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Trauma Rescue Plan Brings Out Transit Equity Issues
By Fran Taylor, member of Walk San Francisco, Dec 09, 2005
Few people use helicopters for personal travel. But a proposed helipad at San Francisco General Hospital has exposed deep divisions in transportation availability.
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Muni Service Cuts Strand Riders
By Fran Taylor, Nov 05, 2005
“Chaos.” That’s the word both Ken Rodriguez and Steven Clark used to describe the Muni schedule that went into effect Sept. 24. Rodriguez, president of Transport Workers Union Local 200, and Clark, executive vice president, said the 4 percent service cuts were not fully thought out, and they suspected the new timetables were not even proofread.
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