March 2004 - Transpo - list.sfgreens.org

FW: Muni Service Cuts Update
by John-Marc Chandonia 31 Mar '04

31 Mar '04

----- Forwarded message from marc <marc(a)cybre.net> ----- Subject: Muni Service Cuts Update Dear Concerned Muni Riders / Drivers / Active CCP Neighbors: Last night activists from HANC and Central City Progressives met to discuss the Muni situation. The discussion portion of the web-site has been updated to reflect the new information we discovered about ridership. See: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~vex/municuts/ We strongly urge people to speak at the following meeting: MTA (Meeting on Budget) Tuesday, April 6th at 4 pm Room 400, City Hall Van Ness @ Fulton Another meeting worth attending in the Haight: HANC's next meeting is April 8, 7:00 pm at the 1833 Page, (Park Branch Library) HANC's intends to develop more strategies to fight the cuts ----- End forwarded message ----- -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) http://www.dolorespark.org/

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April 5, JTC agenda
by John-Marc Chandonia 31 Mar '04

31 Mar '04

----- Forwarded message from howard STRASSNER <ruthow(a)juno.com> ----- Subject: April 5, JTC agenda From: howard STRASSNER <ruthow(a)juno.com> Joint Transportation Committee (SF League of Conservation Voters, Rescue Muni, San Francisco Tomorrow, Sierra Club SF Group, Coalition for Sensible Transportation, TALC) April 5, 2004 @ 5:45 PM @ Sierra Club, 85 Second St. Third Floor We will end early so that we can walk over to the Rescue Muni General Membership Meeting at 7:00 Agenda 1. Introductions, Emergency Additions to Agenda, Announcements 2. Reports: Auto Free Streets, Bay Bridge Rail, Caltrain Extension & Improvements, Doyle Drive, Geary Corridor, Golden Gate Park & Presidio, High Speed Rail, MTA Board, Parking & Traffic Comm., Residential Permit Parking, SFO/Caltrain connection, SoMa parking, Transbay Terminal, 3. Implement TDIF - review McGoldricks proposal 4. Dedicated Parking spots for Car Share 5. Rincon Hill 6. Next Meeting: May 3, 2004 February Action Minutes Suggestions for Leno Legislation: a) Allow SF to institute higher local auto registration fees. b) Change CEQA to allow SF not to consider LOS impacts on autos when taking a lane for transit, bike or sidewalk widening. c) Do not allow power distributors to charge more than labor costs to a consumer who wants to implement time of use metering. 2) Next month we will discuss Rincon Hill. Barbara will make suggestions for SC policy. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) http://www.dolorespark.org/

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Minutes posted
by John-Marc Chandonia 16 Mar '04

16 Mar '04

Hi, I posted minutes for the 2/18 GM (taken by Woody Hastings) and the 3/11 TWG meeting to the website. This took so long because we didn't have a good record of who was chosen as a delegate to the GPCA plenary, but I think we've finally figured it out. Please email me any additional corrections, and I'll edit the minutes. JMC -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) http://www.dolorespark.org/

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Transit to plenary for review
by Don Eichelberger 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

Following is what I have put together for transit to the plenary. Please review it for errors and clarity and let me know if there is anything that needs to be modified. Time is of the essence, so I at least need to know if you have concerns, even if you cannot be specific yet, otherwise I will try to get this up on the web by Friday afternoon. Thanks, Don Plenary transportation: Plenary location: California State Building Milton Marks Conference Center (downstairs) 455 Golden Gate Ave (enter through 350 McAllister St) (across from City Hall) Bounded by Polk on the West, Golden Gate Ave. to the North, Larkin on the East and McAllister to the south, adjacent to SF City Hall and the Asian Art Museum. Look for the large park space across from City Hall, which is an underground garage. Marks Center is the large building across the street to the north. How to get there: From SFO Airport BART now extends to the airport. Board SFO BART and proceed to the Civic Center Station. From any exit, go west to the quad (toward the city hall rotunda) and look north. Bus Golden Gate Transit- GG Transit buses from the north stop at Golden Gate and Polk, adjacent to the Federal Building. Go right on Polk to McAllister, turn left and proceed to the entrance at Marks Center. Samtrans- Samtrans busses from San Mateo all go up Mission St. to the Transbay Terminal. Stop at Mission and 7th and walk north to civic center AC Transit- All AC Transit busses go to SF Transbay Terminal. Take either a Mission or Market bus to 7th St./ Civic Center Plaza and proceed to the quad across form city hall and look north. Local MUNI 5 Fulton stops at Polk and McAllister, adjacent to Marks Center. The area is also served by #19, and 21, and nearby the 47, 49 Van Ness and all Market lines. Train Cal Train- From Cal Train terminal in SF, take the 47 bus to Van Ness and McAllister and go east on McAllister to the center. AmTrack- Am Track ends at Berkeley, with a shuttle to San Francisco Transbay terminal. See AC Transit above. Car: From North- Cross Golden Gate Bridge. Stay on Van Ness Av. To McAllister, go left. There is an underground parking garage across McAllister from Marks Center. From East- Cross Bay Bridge, take Civic Center Exit to Hayes and turn right on Larkin From South- Take 280/101 to Sa Francisco Civic Center exit and follow the signs. "><"<>"><"<>"><"<>"><"<>"><"<>"><"<>" Organizing is Sorting in to smaller piles, Then dealing with them. Don Eichelberger Abalone Alliance Safe Energy Clearinghouse http://www.energy-net.org San Francisco Green Party http://www.sfgreenparty.org California State Green Party Issues Working Group Co-coordinator http://www.greens.org/california/ Green Community/GreenWorks project for sustainable small businesses http://www.sfgreenworks.org 2940 16th St., #309 San Francisco, CA 94103 phone 415-861-0592 done(a)energy-net.org done(a)greens.org

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agenda addition for tomorrow
by John-Marc Chandonia 10 Mar '04

10 Mar '04

Also at tomorrow's meeting, Jeremy Nelson, the policy directory for Transportation for a Livable City, will stop by to talk about our suggestions for funding MUNI and some similar items that TLC is working on. I hope people interested in finding ways to potentially roll back the MUNI fare increase while preserving service will attend. JMC -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) http://www.dolorespark.org/

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Re: TRO STOPS GG PARK GARAGE
by John-Marc Chandonia 09 Mar '04

09 Mar '04

Congratulations, Steve! See you at the meeting. JMC On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 09:26:54PM -0800, Stephen Willis wrote: > 'Tis true. And we are very pleased with Judge McCarthy's ruling. He will > rule further on the TRO request on Friday. > > Attorneys for Save Golden Gate Park! and the Alliance for Golden Gate Park > joined with the attorney for Kathy Roberts and Trees Not Cars, to secure a > Temporary Restraining Order against the Empire and their Foul Garage. > > Green Party members have been at the heart of a coalition of park defenders > who never gave up, and never sold out, and who never will. We have some of > the best attorneys in the entire state, and the garage scam will not > withstand the light of day, let alone the intense scrutiny of the courts. > It's time to create the Pedestrian Oasis and a world class Transit > Improvement Plan to serve the entire park, including the cultural > institutions in the Music Concourse. > > We will have a news update, petitions and flyers to support the legal > defense campaign at Thursday's TWG meeting: > http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events.gem > > Weekly gatherings for direct action in the park will convene this Sunday at > High Noon across JFK Drive from the Skaters area (at 8th Avenue), Look > for the Pedestrian Tunnel Logos. Pick one up. Put in your window, next to > the Matt Gonzalez sign!! > > Email for a PDF version of our Press Release from Volker Law Offices. SGGP! > is working on a draft to release Friday, and possible press conference > Friday or early next week at City Hall. > > Steve Willis > Save Golden Gate Park! > 415-621-3090 > > > > > At 08:34 PM 3/8/04 -0800, marc wrote: > > >Learned today that a judge granted a Temporary Restraining Order against > >the Golden Gate Park Music Concourse Authority and its illegally > >publically funded Garage! > > > >-marc -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) http://www.dolorespark.org/

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Meeting next Thursday
by John-Marc Chandonia 08 Mar '04

08 Mar '04

Hi, There will be a Transportation Working Group meeting on Thursday night (March/11) at 7:30 to plan our Transportation Summit. The goal of the summit will be to get progressive transportation experts and other interested people together for an afternoon to discuss policies and to draft a Transportation plank for the SFGP platform. All progressives (not just Greens) will be invited to offer suggestions, but TWG members will have final say over what we want in our plank (and the general membership will have final say over whether they'll accept the plank). At Thursday's meeting, we'll set a date and draft a specific agenda, and work out details on how to divide up the organizing. If you can't make next Thursday's meeting, but want to help with organizing or can suggest somebody you think we should invite, let me know or send email to this list. Thanks, JMC -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) http://www.dolorespark.org/

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Re: SF Plenary planning, SFGP working group participation
by John-Marc Chandonia 08 Mar '04

08 Mar '04

I think you're confusing 2 issues: Steve Willis volunteered to staff a Transportation Working Group table at the plenary. That sounds great; other groups that want to put literature on the table (e.g., SFBC) should coordinate with him. Don seems to have volunteered for something related to transportation to/from the plenary. He could coordinate with SFBC to provide bike parking, make sure he knows how to get there on MUNI, etc, but this has nothing to do with the TWG. JMC On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 12:20:18PM -0800, susan vaughan wrote: > I'll be busy all day Saturday, but will be free on > Sunday. Should the transportation working group > coordinate with Dave Snyder re. transportation? What > do people in the working group and Dave think? > > Sue > > --- Don Eichelberger <don_eichelberger(a)yahoo.com> > wrote: > > I'm scheduled to work til 6:30, but I am pretty sure > > I > > can get off a bit early, so should make it by 7 at > > the > > latest. > > > > We are ready with the Environmental Justice > > workshop, > > but need to request that it happen on Sunday, any > > time, due to a scheduling conflict with one of our > > panelists. On Saturday will be the conference in > > Bayview/Hunter's point on energy and the Naval Yard > > cleanup. Pelosi and Boxer have ben invited, among > > other Dems, and it would be nice if one or more of > > the > > Green candidates there would want to attend for a > > short time during the day Saturday We are working > > to > > find out when would be a good tine to send a > > contingent, and I will have my car there and would > > be > > able to transport two or three who are interested. > > > > I am also coordinating note taking for the plenary, > > so > > am asking anyone who can help take notes on a > > section, > > let me know. There is stipend money available. > > > > I also need more info on what I am getting myself in > > to being responsibe for transportation. > > > > See you at the meeting, > > > > Don > > > > --- funking(a)mindspring.com wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > We are in the final stages of planning for the CA > > > Green Party meeting in Sf on March 26-28. > > > > > > WE will have a planning meeting at 6:30-7:30 prior > > > to the next County Council Meeting on Wed. March > > 10. > > > We may need one more meeting, if so, we can set > > this > > > at the meeting on March 10. > > > > > > All working groups and activists are invited to > > > participate in this event in several ways: > > > > > > 1. Coordinate a workshop to be presented Saturday > > or > > > Sunday as part of our parellel track (workshops > > for > > > activists during plenary discussions for > > delegates). > > > So far, we have: PLEASE confirm that you can do > > > these workshops if you are listed: > > > > > > Don E is working on a energy/Hunter's Point > > > presentation; (Energy Working Group) > > > Dave Wilbur on housing issues; > > > Dave Snyder on Transportation for Liveable Cities; > > > Christina Olague and Richard Marquez Organizing in > > > communities of color > > > Carlos Petroni on Immigrant Voting Rights > > > > > > Please let me know if you would like to offer a > > > workshop so we can arrange for this to be added. > > It > > > would be great to have a variety of issues and > > > workshops that represent issues that our many > > > working groups are working on(Election reform, > > > Police Reform, LGBTQ movement, Women in Politics, > > > Media organizing, etc.) > > > > > > 2. Table at the event. We have a large lobby > > > available, and each WG may set up a table or share > > a > > > table with issues and working group info. Please > > let > > > me know so I can have enough tables set up. Host > > > locals usually set up a merchandise table to sell > > > stuff, which brings in extra cash. > > > > > > 3. Pre convention event: FIG and Mixed Greens > > > proposed a pre meeting happy hour. Please let me > > > know if this is happening, and where, so we can > > > promote it. All working groups and activists are > > > encouraged to do outreach to get folks to the > > > meeting and Saturday event. > > > > > > 4. Help put the event on: We have had a hearty > > group > > > of activists working on this, and will need lots > > of > > > volunteers on the ground to help with sign in, > > > catering help, set up (minimal), clean up (not > > > janitorial, just trash pick up), Sat night event > > > assistance. > > > > > > Thanks for everything, happy election day all, > > > > > > See you soon, > > > susan > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Search - Find what you?re looking for faster > > http://search.yahoo.com > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Search - Find what you?re looking for faster > http://search.yahoo.com -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) http://www.dolorespark.org/

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RE: Transpo Digest, Vol 2, Issue 4
by lia wilbourn 08 Mar '04

08 Mar '04

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Re: [Transpo] Meeting next Thursday
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 07 Mar '04

07 Mar '04

I'll be there. Sue On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 12:34:08 -0800 John-Marc Chandonia <jmc(a)sfgreens.org> writes: > Hi, > > There will be a Transportation Working Group meeting on Thursday > night > (March/11) at 7:30 to plan our Transportation Summit. The goal of > the > summit will be to get progressive transportation experts and other > interested people together for an afternoon to discuss policies and > to > draft a Transportation plank for the SFGP platform. All > progressives > (not just Greens) will be invited to offer suggestions, but TWG > members will have final say over what we want in our plank (and the > general membership will have final say over whether they'll accept > the > plank). > > At Thursday's meeting, we'll set a date and draft a specific > agenda, > and work out details on how to divide up the organizing. > > If you can't make next Thursday's meeting, but want to help with > organizing or can suggest somebody you think we should invite, let > me know or send email to this list. > > Thanks, > JMC > -- > John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) > http://www.dolorespark.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Transpo mailing list > Transpo(a)sfgreens.org > https://list.sfgreens.org/mailman/listinfo/transpo > >

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