February 2005 - Transpo - list.sfgreens.org

Re: Second screening of The End of Suburbia
by susan vaughan 16 Feb '05

16 Feb '05

D5 is a good suggestion. We'll look for a venue there. We get the theater practically for free since one of the TWG people works there (Christine). And it is set up for DVDs and the theater owners like us already -- and wants the Green Party to hold monthly events there. ALso, the date may change to Tuesday March 22 -- depending on the availability of the theater. We do not want you to have a B of S meeting and then have to go to another event after that -- especially if the B of S meeting runs late. Sue --- Ross Mirkarimi <Ross.Mirkarimi(a)sfgov.org> wrote: > > > > > Sue, > > Thank you for the invitation. I will come but I > cannot stay as long as I > did last time. Also, should you all feature this > again, could you do it in > D5 - just a thought. > > Best, > Ross > > > > > susan vaughan > > <susan_e_vaughan@ > > yahoo.com> > To > ross > mirkarimi > 02/15/2005 01:05 > <ross.mirkarimi(a)sfgov.org>, boris > PM delepine > > > <boris.delepine(a)sfgov.org>, cheryl > brodie > <cheryl.brodie(a)sfgov.org> > > cc > Don > Eichelberger > > <don_eichelberger(a)yahoo.com>, > working group > transportation > > <transpo(a)sfgreens.org>, marc > salomon > <marc(a)cybre.net> > > Subject > Second > screening of The End of > Suburbia > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Ross: > > The Transportation and Energy Working Groups are > planning on doing a second screening of The End of > Suburbia at the same location, The Off-Market > Theater > at 965 Mission Street. We are tentatively planning > to > have this second screening on Wednesday, March 23. > > We have invited Leah Shahum to participate, and she > has confirmed. Don Eichelberger will invite Peter > Camejo again also. We would also like to have you > participate again if you can. > > This would be an opportunity for you to talk about > the > proposed Muni fare hikes and service cuts, > alternatives to fare hikes and service cuts, your > chairmanship of the LAFCO, and any additional > measures > you are planning to undertake regarding energy and > transportation. > > Please let us know soon so that we can inform the > various media outlets. > > Thanks, > > Sue Vaughan > 668-3119 > 601-9297 > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! > http://my.yahoo.com > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo

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March 10 and the Transportation Working Group Meeting
by susan vaughan 15 Feb '05

15 Feb '05

Hi Rick, Are you still interested in attending our transportation working group meeting on Thursday, March 10 to discuss whatever energy/transportation things you are working on -- especially regarding hydrogen? Sue Vaughan 668-3119 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com

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Second screening of The End of Suburbia
by susan vaughan 15 Feb '05

15 Feb '05

Dear Ross: The Transportation and Energy Working Groups are planning on doing a second screening of The End of Suburbia at the same location, The Off-Market Theater at 965 Mission Street. We are tentatively planning to have this second screening on Wednesday, March 23. We have invited Leah Shahum to participate, and she has confirmed. Don Eichelberger will invite Peter Camejo again also. We would also like to have you participate again if you can. This would be an opportunity for you to talk about the proposed Muni fare hikes and service cuts, alternatives to fare hikes and service cuts, your chairmanship of the LAFCO, and any additional measures you are planning to undertake regarding energy and transportation. Please let us know soon so that we can inform the various media outlets. Thanks, Sue Vaughan 668-3119 601-9297 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com

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Some additional transportation-related events from Walk SF
by susan vaughan 15 Feb '05

15 Feb '05

1) Weigh in on paying to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge? THe Golden Gate Bridge District is proposing that pedestrians and cyclists pay a fee to cross the bridge. WHat do you think? According to Walk SF: Given the wear caused by a SUV vs. the wear caused by walker or cyclist, an equitable charge would be 10 cents for a walker and $80,000 for a SUV! (Thanks to member John Holtzclaw for this information.) Please write a letter this week to the Board of Directors of the GG Bridge, Highway & Transportation District at mailto:bridgecomments@goldengate.org. 2. Isn't Walking Good for the Air? To express your opinion on funding for pedestrian projects for clean air, send a message to both Sharon Jackson at the Air District: sjackson(a)baaqmd.gov and Jose Luis Moscovich at the Transportation Authority: jose_luis_moscovich(a)sfcta.org. It would not hurt to write to Supervisor Jake McGoldrick, also, as he sits on the BAAQMD Mobile Sources Committee: jake.mcgoldrick(a)sfgov.org. > > For more background, read last week's Chronicle > article, which quotes > SFBC Executive Director & member of the GG Bridge > Board, Leah Shahum: > http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/11/BAG6CB978V1.D > TL 3. San Francisco Still Not Prosecuting Those Who Kill > Pedestrians: You can now be fined for smoking a cigarette in a park but you can still get away with killing a pedestrian in a crosswalk. It has been two months since Beverly Kees was struck and killed while crossing in a crosswalk. Still no charges have been filed against the driver. Since that horrible incident, two other women have been killed in crosswalks in San Francisco. Again, no charges have been filed by the San Francisco District Attorney's office. Meanwhile in Oakland charges were filed after just 11 days for a recent similar situation. Why can Oakland protect its walkers while San Francisco coddles dangerous behavior? Walk SF will continue to push the DA's office to file manslaughter charges when a driver is at fault for killing a pedestrian. 4. Help Plan a more livable Valencia Street The Department of Parking and Traffic's Traffic calming Program is having its second meeting to plan pedestrian safety improvements on Valencia Street. These improvements would be integrated into a street resurfacing project coming up in the next two years. TLC would like to see Valencia become a 'complete street', with better amenities for bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit riders, as well as better lighting and more street trees. Some of the ideas that came up at the December meeting include wider sidewalks, landscaped medians, and improved bike lanes. Come share your ideas on Thursday February 24, 2005, 6:30-8:30 PM, at the Mission Police Station Community Room on Valencia Street at 17th Street. If you cannot attend, you can leave your comments with the Traffic Calming Program at (415) 554-2398 or Livable.Streets(a)sfgov.org . 5. San Jose Avenue and Guerrero Street Community Workshop Do you want: Wider sidewalks? The median planted with trees and flowers? More stop signs? More green spaces? Slower traffic? Something else to make your neighborhood your own? WHEN: Sunday, March 6th, from 1pm - 4pm, OR Monday, March 7th, 6:30pm - 8:30pm WHERE: Fairmount Elementary School - 65 Chenery Street (at Randall) Free food! Free childcare! Simultaneous Spanish translation! For more information, contact the San Jose/Guerrero Coalition to Save Our Streets at 415.285.8188, e-mail contact(a)sanjoseguerrero.com, or check out http://www.sanjoseguerrero.com <http://www.sanjoseguerrero.com/> 6. Car-Free Tourism If you'd like to see more tourists getting around our town on foot, you might want to join a working group sponsored by the Air District and hosted by Community Focus. WHEN: Feb 23 at 12 Noon: Dept of the Environment, 11 Grove Street near Market. Call Jim Smith at 975-2955 x 7 for more information. 7. Transportation Authority Public Meeting - Tuesday February 22 Share your thoughts on how we should spend Proposition K funds with the Transportation Authority on Tuesday, February 22 from 4 pm to 7 pm. For more information call Melissa Pelkey at 522-4820 or e-mail to Melissa.pelkey(a)sfcta.org. WalkSF's main message to the TA is that we want a true, community-based process for a Pedestrian Master Plan. Call us at 431-WALK for details. 8. Making Treasure Island Walkable The Treasure Island Development Authority (TIDA), in negotiations with TICD (the proposing master developer) is in the process of developing the Transportation Plan for Treasure and Yerba Buena Islands. Walk SF has a chance to help make the islands truly walkable by working to assure adequate and unobstructed sidewalk widths, safe street crossings, and the incorporation of "Safe Routes to School." If you'd like to join Walk SF's new Treasure Island Committee, please send an e-mail message to Ruth Gravanis: gravanis(a)earthlink.net 9. Bicyclists are Good - But Sidewalks are for Walkers! Thanks to our friends at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition for helping to educate bicycle riders about the need for safe sidewalks for walkers. Check out this page on the SFBC website: http://www.sfbike.org/?sidewalks 10. Walkathon in the Bayview on April 30 Mark your calendars now for a fund- and fun- raising event on Saturday morning, April 30. We invite all WalkSF members - especially those with children - to join in a lovely walk from Shoreline Park to Heron's Head Park. This event is initiated by Network for Elders, and also includes Literacy for Environmental Justice, the YMCA and Friends of the Urban Forest. Money raised by WalkSF walkers will be used for our Walk to School activities. Keep tuned for more info - but mark your calendar now! 11. Keep Writing, Talking and Sticking Flyers on Cars Do you ever get discouraged about the uphill struggle to create a walkable city? Are you frustrated when people who park on the sidewalk glare at you when you ask them to move? Well, changing public opinion is a slow process, but we keep at it, and we are making progress. Every time a WalkSF member writes a letter to the editor, tells a driver to stop for a pedestrian, or lets someone know that it is NOT OK to park a car on the sidewalk, we are moving public opinion one inch in the right direction. And remember, if you see a car parked on the sidewalk have it ticketed by calling the DPT at 553-1200. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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transportation-related meetings and events this week
by susan vaughan 15 Feb '05

15 Feb '05

Hello Everyone, I talked to Jeremy Nelson (Transportation for a Livable City) today and these are the meetings/events that he told me about: 1) MTA hearing, 4 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 14, Room 400, City Hall. Another chance to encourage the Board of Directors to raise parking fees and fines, etc., instead of raising Muni fares and cutting service; 2) Sierra Club members, meeting a 85 2nd Street, second floor, to discuss endorsing the Platform for Transit Justice. The meeting will be between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., time not yet determined. Contact John Rizzo at: "john rizzo" <jrizzo(a)sprintmail.com>; 3) Rescue Muni members -- same thing. Meeting on Wednesday night at 6 p.m., SPUR, 312 Sutter. Stuart Sunshine will be presenting the MTA budget. If you are a member, you can go and encourage RM to take a stand against fare hikes and service cuts. 4) Department of Public Health event on Wednesday, 9 a.m. at 1500 Mission Street at 11th. I'm not sure what this is called but DPH folks will be discussing what a healthy neighborhood is a health impact assessment of neighborhoods that are built in such a way that walking and bicycling are encouraged. Ultimately DPH would like to see such concerns incorporated into planning processes and altering the way CEQA is currently applied. I will be going to the MTA hearing. I doubt I will get to the Sierra Club meeting, and I will not be going to the RM meeting before the GM in that the Coalition for Transit Justice has a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Sue __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

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[andrew@sulli.org: [rescuemuni-announce] General Membership Meeting Wed. 2/16, 6 pm re Budget, Parking Fees, Fares]
by John-Marc Chandonia 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

TWG members may be interested in this RM meeting, even though it's right before our meeting. JMC ----- Forwarded message from suldrew <andrew(a)sulli.org> ----- As you probably know, Muni and DPT are facing a very difficult budget this year, with a $57 million operating deficit forecast for fiscal 2006. Fare increases, service cuts, and parking fee and fine increases have been proposed to address the gap. Rescue Muni has already taken a position in favor of higher parking fees and fines to reduce the need for service cuts, as well as longer-term revenue measures such as an increase in the parking tax, but we would like to give our members a more detailed briefing on what is facing Muni this year. (See www.rescuemuni.org/budgetletter0205.pdf for our most recent communication on the subject.) So we've invited the MTA's Deputy General Manager, STUART SUNSHINE, to present Muni's estimate of the budget and the options on the table. WHEN: Wednesday, February 16, 6 PM WHERE: SPUR, 312 Sutter (at Grant), FOURTH FLOOR (different from usual) Muni: 2, 3, 4, 30, 45, F, J, K, L, M, N; or BART to Powell Station Bring your ideas on how Muni can address the budget deficit. Refreshments will be served! Thanks, Andrew Sullivan Chair, Rescue Muni ----- End forwarded message ----- -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) http://www.dolorespark.org/

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Fwd: twg stuff
by susan vaughan 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

> Hi everyone, > > 1) I told John Rizzo that we decided not to revise > the letter re. MLK Drive. He would like to come to oour next TWG meeting to explain why it's important that all the environmental groups speak with a unified > voice re. MLK Drive. The Green Party, via the TWG, > has already endorsed the resolution, though the > resolution does rule out anyone one member > organization opposing Option 10. > > 2) Josh Hart, of the SFBC, was disappointed that the > TWG did not endorse the cantilever. I suggested > that he come to the next TWG meeting also, but I have > since wondered whether our plank is broad enough to > encompass something like an expensive cantilever > that may not significantly promote the plank. > > 3) Rick Ruvolo, of the Dept of the Environ, is out > until Tuesday. I will be in touch with him to > confirm that he is coming to the meeting on March 10 also (maybe we should stagger John, Josh and Rick so none of them are kept waiting, if you guys agree that John and Josh should come). > > 4) Leah Shahum, of the SFBC, is delighted to be > invited to participate in our next End of Suburbia > event. Mark Salomon, however, thinks we should > invite a woman that is working on behalf of poor > communities to come and speak about the impact of peak oil on those communities. Good point. Next time? > > 5) I will send a formal invite via e-mail to Ross > soon. > > Sue __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo

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KTVU Channel 2, Sunday 10 p.m.
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 14 Feb '05

14 Feb '05

Hello Everyone, Watch for Casey Mills and myself protesting proposed Muni fare hikes and service cuts at 10 p.m. on KTVU Channel 2 at 10 p.m. And then pick up a copy of the Examiner on Monday morning and look for Maria Lagos's article. Most important, meet us at 3rd Street and Market between 8 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. Monday morning and help distribute stickers and fliers protesting the proposed Muni fare hikes and service cuts. Sue

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meeting reminder
by John-Marc Chandonia 11 Feb '05

11 Feb '05

Sorry for the late reminder about our meeting tonight. I also went through old minutes from the last year; based on people who attended 2 meetings last year, I have as current members: John-Marc Chandonia Sue Vaughan Jerry Path Christine McClintock Dave Snyder (1 meeting + panelist at summit) Kathy Roberts Steve Willis Let me know at the meeting if there's anybody else who's currently active. JMC -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) http://www.dolorespark.org/

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protest Muni fare hikes and service cuts
by susan vaughan 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

Hello Erika, Could you put the following in your next newsletter? Fellow Greens, please attend the February 15 MTA hearing in Room 400 at 4 p.m. and/or the February 28 MTA hearing in Room 250 (Board of Supervisors chamber) at 2 p.m. to protest Muni fare hikes and service cutbacks. Also contact directors of the MTA: Cleopatra Vaughns, Chair 401 Van Ness Avenue, #334 San Francisco, California 94102 e-mail: Roberta_Boomer(a)ci.sf.ca.us __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

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