Muni has just implemented all-door boarding, the first system in the country to do so. That includes F-line streetcars. People with cash must board at the front door, but those with Clipper cards, Muni Passports, or valid transfers (any proof of payment) can board (legally) at the back doors.
Policy & Planning
Seattle: Envious of The Embarcadero
For decades, urban planners have discussed the similarities (and differences) between the two U.S. Pacific Coast cities with the best natural harbors: San Francisco and Seattle. Among other similarities, both cities had their waterfronts marred for decades by double-deck freeways. Now, as San Francisco did 20 years ago, Seattle is going to tear down its double-decker, called the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
More F-line Service. But More Streetcars?
Pilot PCC No. 1071 on a test run at the L-Taraval Zoo terminal, September 29
More Auto Restrictions on Market Street?
F-line boarding island at Fourth Street
Reenvisioning Market Street
Market Street near Second, 1930s
Visualize This: Modern Streetcar Service in Downtown Los Angeles
As part of an effort to bring a streetcar line to Downtown Los Angeles, two LA filmmakers produced this tidy little video. It extols the economic and social benefits of streetcar service, and provides nifty computer-generated visualizations of what modern streetcars might look like operating in downtown LA. As an added bonus, the introduction to the video includes some nice historic footage of LA’s streetcar fleet before it was abandoned in 1963:Here’s the complete video:
Out with the Old, In with Clipper
Bettering San Francisco’s Market Street
Last fall, San Francisco kicked off a year long improvement program for Market Street including art, music, greenery and running trial programs to improve traffic flow.
Promising Start to Market Street Traffic Trials
Even though the F-line and most buses run in transit-only lanes in the center of Market through the affected stretch, [a Muni inspector] said the lack of cars cutting in illegally made a big difference.
Better Market Street Program Begins
Changes to Market Street effective Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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