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[Transpo] FW: SPUR Transportation Committee agenda: Monday, Nov. 14, 12:30
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

I cannot make this meeting. If someone else can, great. Sue Please note: forwarded message attached FYI... Note the meeting next Monday. I may try to go. sk From: Sarah Karlinsky <skarlinsky(a)spur.org> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:54:17 -0800 To: Sarah Karlinsky <skarlinsky(a)spur.org> Subject: Fwd: SPUR Transportation Committee agenda Dear Transportation Committee Members, Please join us on Monday, November 14th at 12:30 for our next committee meeting. Our meeting will focus on two tasks: A. Designing an advocacy strategy for the Muni Campaign B. Reviewing our policy priorities to determine what the committee will focus on in the upcoming months. If you are interested in participating in the Muni Campaign, this is the meeting to attend. Please feel free to invite those who you think may be interested in participating. We look forward to seeing you on Monday. For questions, please contact Sarah Karlinsky at skarlinsky(a)spur.org. TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA - 11/14/05 1) Campaigning to Reverse Muni's Downward Spiral (see attachment A) a- Messaging / Sloganeering / Spinning Which messages are most effective at communicating what we're trying to do. Review of Muni Summary Review of "What you can do to help" letter on website b- Bedrock Principles / Goals What are the bedrock principles on which we won't compromise, as we seek to get more partners to join. What are our campaign goals, really? c- Coalition Building Who should we target for support? Who at the meeting can help make presentations? Potential Targets include: Rescue Muni, Coalition for Transit Justice, SFBC, TLC, Democratic Clubs, SF Green Party, TALC, Urban Ecology, Greenbelt Alliance, neighborhood groups. 2) Next meeting(s) topics a- review of previous lists of topics (see attachment B) b- decide on next meeting or two main agenda items Attachments: a) pdf of the muni paper b) link to the "what you can do to help" letter on SPUR's website c) Review of previous priorities http://www.spur.org/documents/050901_report_01.shtm http://www.spur.org/documents/Muni_Letter.doc

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Re: [SFGP CC] Meetings This Week
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Dear Katherine, Could you attend the next meeting of the Transportation Working Group? Our meeting will be on Tuesday, November 22 (4th Tuesday of the month). We can put you on our agenda (would 30 minutes be enough time?), and you will be able to address us on this issue. Sue Vaughan Co-chair, Transportation Working Group, SF Green Party (415) 668-3119 -- Kathryn Fitzgerald <kafitzgerald2003(a)yahoo.com> wrote: November 7, 2005 Honorable Members of the County Council: I am one of several concerned individuals planning to attend the Campaigns and Issues Working Group meeting this evening, and the County Council Meeting this Wednesday, to ask that the San Francisco Green Party consider supporting the following issues: 1. An engineering study of potential suicide barriers on the Golden Gate Bridge. 2. Congressional legislation creating a Golden Gate Bridge Commemorative Coin that will be sold to raise money for the building of the suicide barrier. Mary and Ray Zablotny, parents of a suicide victim, will attend the Monday meeting, and others will attend both meetings. Over the years, I have worked on several Green Party campaigns. I have also been recently and personally impacted by the tragedy of suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Karen Mary Fitzgerald 403 44th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94118 415-831-0268 __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ San Francisco Green Party CC mailing list CC(a)sfgreens.org To unsubscribe or change options, go here: https://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cc

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[Transpo] Fw: Re: Mid-Market summit re. transportation, December 10, 3 o 5 p.m.
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

TWG people, I'm doing outreach to find out who can attend the December 10th Mid-Market Transportation Summit, and I've gotten this response from Angelica Cabande at SOMCAN so far. Sue Hey SUe, Thank you for sending this to me. I will check with SOMCAN who among us can attend. I had cc'd them as well so they can read this email as well. Thank you for considering us and we will get back to you. Sincerely, Angelica Cabande SOMCAN Organizing Program Coordinator 415.348.1945 "susan_e_vaughan(a)juno.com" <susan_e_vaughan(a)juno.com> wrote: Dear Angelica: I have met you in Chris Daly's office when John Avalos held a meeting on Mid-Market. We talked after the meeting. I am co-chair of the Transportation Working Group of the San Francisco Green Party. The TWG is planning a summit on Mid-Market transportation policies (should there be redevelopment in Mid-Market) for Saturday, December 10, from 3 to 5 p.m. I have talked to Dave Wilbur (co-chair of the Housing and Land Use Working Group) and gotten suggestions for people to invite, and you're among them (we are trying to get representation from the Filipino community on SoMa. He also suggested April Veneracion and Chris Durazo. We need to keep the panel small, and I will invite one of them if you think either of them is more appropriate than you are or if you cannot make it). The San Francisco Green Party has endorsed the following three general transportation points for Mid-Market, should there be redevelopment there: 1) There should be no more than .25 parking spaces per housing unit, and we ask that you seriously consider going lower, with the greatest share of parking spaces used for car-share vehicles; 2) There should be no above-ground parking spaces other than the minimum required for the operation of the buildings and the safety of building occupants; 3) The redevelopment plan should include funds specifically dedicated to expanding the bicycle lane network, engineering the Market Street bike lanes, and pedestrian improvements such as countdown signals at all corners within the plan area. Ideally, we would like to organize a unified campaign around these three points and go to the Board of Supervisors to request that they become codified parts of the transportation plan for Mid-Market, but we want to hear what members of the people who live and work in Mid-Market would like. According to Casey Mills, Randy Shaw has already agreed to come as a representative of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic. I will also be inviting Jazzie Collins (Sixth Street Agenda), Dave Snyder of Transportation for a Livable City, and others. We will do outreach to the wider community and invite everyone to attend and participate. Do you think you can participate as a panelist in this event? Sue

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Fliers for November 29 attached
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 06 Nov '05

06 Nov '05

Hey everyone, Print these out, copy and distribute. Sue

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Mid-Market Summit, 12/10, 3 to 5 p.m.
by susan vaughan 06 Nov '05

06 Nov '05

Hi Casey, I don't know Randy Shaw's e-mail. Can you pass this on to him for me? It's about the summit we were talking about at that great little Prop D fundraiser the other night. Thanks, Sue Hi Randy: I am co-chair of the Transportation Working Group of the San Francisco Green Party. The TWG is planning a summit on Mid-Market transportation policies (should there be redevelopment in Mid-Market) for Saturday, December 10, from 3 to 5 p.m. I have talked to Dave Wilbur (co-chair of the Housing and Land Use Working Group) and gotten suggestions for people to invite, and you're among them. The San Francisco Green Party has endorsed the following three general transportation points for Mid-Market, should there be redevelopment there: 1) There should be no more than .25 parking spaces per housing unit, and we ask that you seriously consider going lower, with the greatest share of parking spaces used for car-share vehicles; 2) There should be no above-ground parking spaces other than the minimum required for the operation of the buildings and the safety of building occupants; 3) The redevelopment plan should include funds specifically dedicated to expanding the bicycle lane network, engineering the Market Street bike lanes, and pedestrian improvements such as countdown signals at all corners within the plan area. Ideally, we would like to organize a unified campaign around these three points and go to the Board of Supervisors to request that they become codified parts of the transportation plan for Mid-Market, but we want to hear what members of the people who live and work in Mid-Market would like. I will also be inviting a representative of SOMCAN, Jazzie Collins (Sixth Street Agenda), Dave Snyder of Transportation for a Livable City, and others. We will do outreach to the wider community and invite everyone to attend and participate. Do you think you can participate as a panelist in this event? Sue Vaughan 668-3119 __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com

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Can you be a panelist? Mid-Market transportation summit, December 10, 3 to 5 p.m.
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 06 Nov '05

06 Nov '05

Hi Dave, The TWG is planning a summit on Mid-Market transportation policies (should there be redevelopment in Mid-Market) for Saturday, December 10, from 3 to 5 p.m. I have talked to Dave Wilbur and gotten suggestions for people to invite and you're one of them (Green, TLC, all that good stuff). Our three transportation points are as follows: 1) There should be no more than .25 parking spaces per housing unit, and we ask that you seriously consider going lower, with the greatest share of parking spaces used for car-share vehicles; 2) There should be no above-ground parking spaces other than the minimum required for the operation of the buildings and the safety of building occupants; 3) The redevelopment plan should include funds specifically dedicated to expanding the bicycle lane network, engineering the Market Street bike lanes, and pedestrian improvements such as countdown signals at all corners within the plan area; According to Casey Mills, Randy Shaw has already agreed to come as a representative of THC. I will also be inviting a representative of SOMCAN (April Veneracion, Angelica Cabande, or Chris Durazo), Jazzie Collins (Sixth Street Agenda) and perhaps Leah or Jim Meko (South of Market Leadership Council). And then we will advertise this to the larger community and to SPUR, etc. to get a turnout. Do you think you can participate as a panelist in this event? Sue

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Fw: [TLC News & Alerts] Green Guerrero Street this Saturday! * Updates on Home Depot and Downtown Parking Reform * Upcomingneighborhood plann ing meetings
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

TWG: We should take up at least the C3 legislation below at our next meeting. Sue GREEN GUERRERO STREET Saturday, November 5, rain or shine Two shifts, 9 AM and 1 PM Guerrero Street between Cesar Chavez and Duncan Streets bring gloves and a shovel or spade Call 415 285-8188 or email contact(a)sanjoseguerrero.com for more information. The San Jose/Guerrero Coalition to Save our Streets, together with several public agencies and plant nurseries, will be gathering to green the existing medians of San Jose and Guerrero streets with drought-tolerant trees and plants, including Olive trees, agaves, cacti, and grasses. HOME DEPOT UPDATE The Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed Home Depot store on Bayshore Boulevard was appealed to the Board of Supervisors, who took testimony on October 25; action on the item was continued until November 1, and was continued again until November 8. The Home Depot EIR is inadequate, because the traffic analysis didn't include the voter-approved project for bus rapid transit/transit preferential streets corridor on the important Potrero, Bayshore, and San Bruno corridor; nor does the traffic analysis make provisions for bicycle improvements to Bayshore, which street is slated for bicycle improvements in the city's bicycle plan. We are urging the Supervisors to reject this inadequate EIR, which should be re-done with a traffic analysis that incorporates these important transit and bicycle projects. The Board may act on Tuesday, November 8, although no further testimony will be heard; you can contact the supes and tell them not to approve this inadequate EIR. For contact information, see http://www.sfbike.org/?leaders DOWNTOWN PARKING REFORM UPDATE An ordinance to reform residential parking in public transit-intensive downtown core took a step forward when it was heard for the first time at the Planning Commission on Thursday October 27. The legislation would affect the C-3 zoning district, which includes the Market Street corridor from Van Ness to the Embarcadero, as well as the Financial District and Union Square areas north of Market street and the Yerba Buena and Transbay areas South of Market. The legislation is the first major reform of downtown residential parking requirements in over two decades, and would extend progressive approaches to parking management enacted in small areas of downtown (Transbay and Rincon Hill) to the entire downtown. It will: * eliminate minimum parking requirements downtown; * establish a parking maximum of one space for every two units; * require that the sale or rental of parking spaces be "unbundled" from the sale or rental price of units; * eliminate size and independent accessibility requirements for parking spaces, to allow greater flexibility in configuring parking; * prohibits parking spaces on upper floors; * requires bicycle parking in residential projects; * requires car sharing spaces be set aside in larger projects; * protects major bicycle, pedestrian, and transit streets from new driveways and curb cuts. TLC was there to testify in support, along with several other livable city advocates; a gaggle of development attorneys were there in opposition to several provisions of the legislation (particularly the estabishment of maximum parking ratios), although, thanks to the work of advocates over the past year, many provisions were supported by the developer representatives and the commissioners as overdue reforms. The reaction of the planning commission was mixed; Commissioner Shelley Bradford-Bell was powerfully articulate about how the downtown is the ideal neighborhood for car-free living--she should know, as she lives downtown car-free and raises her family there. Commissioner Olague was also supportive, and made the point the city must do more to make downtown more safe and walkable for families, seniors and women. The commission's more conservative members, including Bill Lee and Michael Antonini, parroted the development attorneys' spin, including the bizarre argument that more parking downtown will actually reduce downtown traffic! The developer attorneys made the argument that residential parking downtown doesn't increase traffic, but is simply "car storage" for residents who rarely use their cars. Their car storage argument was effectively de-bunked in a TLC-sponsored research project conducted by San Francisco State University (see "Study: If there is parking, they will come", SF Examiner, July 28, 2005 http://www.sfexaminer.com/articles/2005/07/29/news/20050729_ne05_parking.txt) which demonstrated that housing built with more parking generates more automobile trips, including many more commute trips (and more pollution and traffic congestion), than housing with lower parking ratios does. The legislation will be heard again at the Thursday, November 17 Planning Commission hearing; we will give you more details as the date draws closer. REMINDER: ENVISIONING COLUMBUS AVENUE A Collaborative Community Effort Thursday, November 3, 6-8 PM Oakville Grocery at The Cannery 2801 Leavenworth Street (at the foot of Columbus) An opportunity to see developing plans and hear ideas that will change the Columbus Avenue corridor (from Montgomery to Beach Streets) during the next five years. For more information contact wells39(a)msn.com. DALY CITY BART COMMUNITY DESIGN WORKSHOP Saturday, November 5, 10 AM to 4 PM Woodrow Wilson Elementary School 43 Miriam Street, Daly City Daly City BART station is an important intermodal hub for southwestern San Francisco and northern San Mateo County, but is an urban design disaster, with poorly designed streets that limit bicycle and pedestrian access to the station, and automobile-oriented land uses that don't take advantage of the excellent transit access the station provides. BART and the City of Daly City have launched a two-day workshop focused on enhancing access and safety, improving transit connections, managing and guiding growth, and ensuring better links between the station and the community. The first session, which happened on Saturday October 29, focused on reviewing existing conditions, touring the station area, and setting goals for the future. The second session (this Saturday November 5) will be a hands-on community design workshop. Have your say in enhancing access and planning transit-oriented land uses for this important station! For more information contact Peter Albert at BART, 510 287-4702. Tom Radulovich Executive Director Transportation for a Livable City 995 Market Street Suite 1550 San Francisco CA 94103 415 344-0489 www.livablecity.org tom(a)livablecity.org

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Re: [Transpo] December 10 event -- who can participate and help ge the word out?
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

JMC was aware of this when we discussed this date. Sue -- Susan King <funking(a)mindspring.com> wrote: Just so you all know, this is the weekend of the next CA Green Party plenary in Davis. Are you sure you want to have a conflicting event with the state party? peace, susan > From: "susan_e_vaughan(a)juno.com" <susan_e_vaughan(a)juno.com> > Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:57:37 GMT > To: transpo(a)sfgreens.org, drwsf(a)yahoo.com > Subject: [Transpo] December 10 event -- who can participate and help ge the > word out? > > Folks, > > JMC and I started planning this event at the last TWG meeting: > > What: summit on transportation in Mid-Market based on the three transportation > points in the letter that the SFGP has endorsed > > When: Saturday, December 10, from 3 to 5 p.m. > > Where: SFGP office > > Purpose: Invite members of the community, alternative transportation groups, > to share their ideas and hopefully to support us and create a campaign > > We came up with these people to serve on the panel: > > Dave Snyder -- Green, on board of Transportation for a Livable City (mailing, > an item would go out to all its members) > Jazzie -- Green, CC member, SoMa resident > > Dave Wilbur, who is on the Mid-Market PAC, suggested that we get April > Veneracion, Angelica Cabande, or Chris Durazo (all activists in the SoMa > Filipino community) to also be on the panel. > > He also thinks we should have Casey Mills or Sam Dogde from the Tenderloin > Housing Clinic, but Casey is the one from Tenderloin Housing Clinic who's been > doing transportation stuff). He also thinks it would be a could idea to get > Leah from the SFBC to participate on the panel (the SFBC has a mailing, and a > notice would go out to all its members ...) > > We want to make sure to invite people from the community and other groups to > be in the audience. He suggested SPUR, SOMCAM (South of Market Community > Action Network or something), Jim Meko and the South of Market Leadership > Council, Sixth Street Agenda, Bindlestiff Theater, and Senior Action Network. > > The three transportation points are as follows: > > 1) There should be no more than .25 parking spaces per housing unit, and we > ask that you seriously consider going lower, with the greatest share of > parking spaces used for car-share vehicles; > > 2) There should be no above-ground parking spaces other than the minimum > required for the operation of the buildings and the safety of building > occupants; > > 3) The redevelopment plan should include funds specifically dedicated to > expanding the bicycle lane network, engineering the Market Street bike lanes, > and pedestrian improvements such as countdown signals at all corners within > the plan area; > > Sue > > > > _______________________________________________ > Transpo mailing list > Transpo(a)sfgreens.org > https://list.sfgreens.org/mailman/listinfo/transpo

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December 10 event -- who can participate and help ge the word out?
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 01 Nov '05

01 Nov '05

Folks, JMC and I started planning this event at the last TWG meeting: What: summit on transportation in Mid-Market based on the three transportation points in the letter that the SFGP has endorsed When: Saturday, December 10, from 3 to 5 p.m. Where: SFGP office Purpose: Invite members of the community, alternative transportation groups, to share their ideas and hopefully to support us and create a campaign We came up with these people to serve on the panel: Dave Snyder -- Green, on board of Transportation for a Livable City (mailing, an item would go out to all its members) Jazzie -- Green, CC member, SoMa resident Dave Wilbur, who is on the Mid-Market PAC, suggested that we get April Veneracion, Angelica Cabande, or Chris Durazo (all activists in the SoMa Filipino community) to also be on the panel. He also thinks we should have Casey Mills or Sam Dogde from the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, but Casey is the one from Tenderloin Housing Clinic who's been doing transportation stuff). He also thinks it would be a could idea to get Leah from the SFBC to participate on the panel (the SFBC has a mailing, and a notice would go out to all its members ...) We want to make sure to invite people from the community and other groups to be in the audience. He suggested SPUR, SOMCAM (South of Market Community Action Network or something), Jim Meko and the South of Market Leadership Council, Sixth Street Agenda, Bindlestiff Theater, and Senior Action Network. The three transportation points are as follows: 1) There should be no more than .25 parking spaces per housing unit, and we ask that you seriously consider going lower, with the greatest share of parking spaces used for car-share vehicles; 2) There should be no above-ground parking spaces other than the minimum required for the operation of the buildings and the safety of building occupants; 3) The redevelopment plan should include funds specifically dedicated to expanding the bicycle lane network, engineering the Market Street bike lanes, and pedestrian improvements such as countdown signals at all corners within the plan area; Sue

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