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FW: Agenda Packet 4/28 Geary Corridor Citizen Advisory Committee
by Susan King 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

---------- From: <home(a)prosf.org> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:18:50 -0700 To: PROSF <home(a)prosf.org> Subject: Agenda Packet 4/28 Geary Corridor Citizen Advisory Committee -----Original Message----- From: Mary Helen Briscoe [mailto:mhbriscoe@pacbell.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 10:04 AM To: home(a)prosf.org Subject: Fwd: Agenda Packet 4/28 Geary Corridor Citizen Advisory Committee > From: "GearyBRT" <GearyBRT(a)sfcta.org> > Date: Mon Apr 25, 2005 07:05:05 PM US/Pacific > Subject: Agenda Packet 4/28 Geary Corridor Citizen Advisory Committee > > Greetings, > Attached is the Agenda Packet for Meeting 10 of the Geary Corridor > Citizen Advisory Committee. This packet is also posted at the following > link: <http://www.sfcta.org/Geary/GCAC.htm>. > The meeting will be held on Thursday, April 28 at 6 p.m. at 100 Van > Ness Ave., 25th Floor. I hope to see many of you there! > Please contact me with any questions, or if you do not wish to receive > these notices. > Best Regards, > Julie Kirschbaum > Julie B. Kirschbaum > Senior Transportation Planner - Studies > San Francisco County Transportation Authority > 100 Van Ness Avenue, 25th Floor > San Francisco, CA 94102 > ph. 415.522.4830 > fax. 415.522.4829 > > <<Meeting 10 Agenda.pdf>> <<Draft_Minutes_Meeting_9.pdf>>

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Re: ClosingMarket st to cars/Critical Mayors- need some facts
by marc 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

Spoke with Jo Stanley just now and got her to omit discussion of the proposed closing of market to autos for Critical Mayors in the upcoming article. But we should give her a scoop when and if we choose to proceed. -marc |Marc Salomon | 32 Adair | |San Francisco , CA | 94103 |

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Re: ClosingMarket st to cars/Critical Mayors- need some facts
by Susan King 26 Apr '05

26 Apr '05

All, I hope to check in with Ross tonight or very soon on this. The press has already picked up on it and is working on an angle. I am trying to hold them off until we can develop a strong proposal and solid support before going public. So far, the League of Conservation Voters, SF Bicycle Coalition, Walk SF have signed on. I expect the Green Party Transpo WG and Sierra Club support to surface within days. There is a lot of enthusiasm for this idea, but we need to be sure we have everything in order, estimated costs and logistics, anticipation of opposition from well funded corners (downtown businesses, eg), possible bad publicity (Ken Garcia comes immediatly to mind). I think if we do this right, do our homework, bring on strong support and good arguments, we can make this happen. thanks for your support. Also, if you get media calls, please do not share any info just yet. We want to let Ross get under this before it is in print. peace, susan > From: Ross Mirkarimi <Ross.Mirkarimi(a)sfgov.org> > Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:57:22 -0700 > To: Susan King <funking(a)mindspring.com> > Cc: grns-sf-staff(a)greens.org, Pam & Dave Coxson & Fairley > <pamndave(a)speakeasy.net>, Transportation WG <transpo(a)sfgreens.org> > Subject: Re: ClosingMarket st to cars/Critical Mayors- need some facts > > > > > > Dear All, > > I'm quite interested in this however, it needs development. If this is a > resolution, I doubt it will pass or hold teeth therefore rendering it > useless - let's put some weight into its language as a possible ordinance > for submission next week. > > Talk soon. > > Ross > > > > Susan King > <funking@mindspri > ng.com> To > <ross.mirkarimi(a)sfgov.org>, Pam & > 04/26/2005 11:10 Dave Coxson & Fairley > AM <pamndave(a)speakeasy.net>, > Transportation WG > <transpo(a)sfgreens.org> > cc > <grns-sf-staff(a)greens.org> > Subject > ClosingMarket st to cars/Critical > Mayors- need some facts > > > > > > > > > > > I went to the website suggested by Erika (thanks!) and found that Friday, > June 3 is focused on transportation. I propose that we ask for June 3rd to > be the day we ask that Market St. be closed to cars. > > here's my proposal: > > Close Market St from 8th to the foot of Market from 6 am to 6 pm on June > 3rd. Cross traffic will be allowed. People will still be able to drive on > all other roadways in the downtown areas, including the major freeway > arteries and one-way streets that lead into and out of downtown. > > Taxis will also be prohibited on this roadway, we can ask that the Pedicabs > from Fisherman's Wharf relocate this one day to provide Taxi service > instead. We will need to work with the Taxi companies to get buy in, and > help establish taxi stands off Market so they can still operate. > > Muni will run it's regular schedule, with regular fares- I oppose reducing > fares in light of Muni's financial crisis, plus most folks coming downtown > on weekdays are either going to work or going to shop. Asking them to spend > $1.25 is not unreasonable. > > Get organizations to endorse this action: SF League of Conservation Voters > signed on; I will seek support from other organizations, we need everyone > to help with this. Orgs that we really need are: SF Bicycle Coalition, Walk > SF, Senior Action Network, Sierra Club, SF Tomorrow and other > transportation/environmental organizations. > > Ask Ross to introduce this at the Board of Supervisors, and help us get the > support from city agencies who will be involved in making this happen. > > Run a public information campaign to let drivers know about this event so > they can make arrangements to either take other streets or, ideally, use > another form of transportation on June 3. Main points are: please add, > edit, and improve > > For drivers: We should emphasis that this is a reasonable request, > since we are only asking for one section of one road for one half of > one day. We should let drivers know that they can still cross Market > St. and drive on other roads. Focus should be on encouraging people > to NOT drive, but we are not preventing them from doing so. > Environmental connection: focus on the fact that cars and driving is > the source of many of our major environmental issues- global warming, > reduced air quality, loss of open space, human health issues related > to breathing and obesity, oil exploration that destroys our natural > environment, (and those pesky wars for oil if we want to make this > connection). > SF connection: regardless of fuel efficiency, accommodations for cars > come at the expense of open space, housing, efficient transit, safe > streets for cyclists and pedestrians. > Showcase Market St.'s potential without private automobiles. This is > an opportunity to see how transit, cyclists and pedestrians' > experience on Market St is enhanced by the removal of private cars. > > Facts: I need some help assembling some information: > > 1. Market St. represents a very small % of SF's roadways, how many miles of > roads are there in SF? We need to make the case that we are not asking for > a lot, just the closure of one piece of one road for half of a day. > > 2. How many people drive downtown on weekdays? How many bicycle, walk or > take transit? > > 3. How much pollution is caused by one driver, driving to work everyday, > and how much do we estimate this being reduced if folks who drive to SF > took transit (or other mode) just one day per year? > > Thanks for reading > > > > > > From: chkalish(a)ix.netcom.com > Reply-To: chkalish(a)ix.netcom.com > Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:48:18 -0700 (PDT) > To: MrPlutocrat(a)aol.com, funking(a)mindspring.com, rmirk(a)msn.com > Cc: grns-sf-staff(a)greens.org > Subject: Re:ClosingMarket st to cars/Critical Mayors > > > Great, Susan. Keep us updated. > > Any other ideas? > > Charles > > > -----Original Message----- > From: MrPlutocrat(a)aol.com > Sent: Apr 25, 2005 6:03 PM > To: funking(a)mindspring.com, rmirk(a)msn.com > Cc: grns-sf-staff(a)greens.org > Subject: Re:ClosingMarket st to cars/Critical Mayors > > Actually, if we close Market St., it would make Critical Mayors bike > ride really easy. We should do both! > > In a message dated 4/25/2005 5:53:55 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > funking(a)mindspring.com writes: > Critical Mayors bike ride is a cute idea that might get strong > support with a low turn out. Closing Market St to cars for the > whole day is far more radical- and I think we should persue it. > > We could showcase our main street, transit service and > popularity of bikes and make a statement about cars being > central to many of our environmental problems. We would keep > the other major streets downtown open, so there would still be > plenty of automobile access, esp. since most commuters use > Howard, Folsom and the other one-way streets to traverse > downtown anyways. > > I am starting to talk about this idea to several groups. So > far, response has been positive and encouraging. I would like > to be sure that if this idea does go forward, it has the Green > party's name on it. > > peace, > susan > > > >

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ClosingMarket st to cars/Critical Mayors- need some facts
by Susan King 26 Apr '05

26 Apr '05

I went to the website suggested by Erika (thanks!) and found that Friday, June 3 is focused on transportation. I propose that we ask for June 3rd to be the day we ask that Market St. be closed to cars. here's my proposal: Close Market St from 8th to the foot of Market from 6 am to 6 pm on June 3rd. Cross traffic will be allowed. People will still be able to drive on all other roadways in the downtown areas, including the major freeway arteries and one-way streets that lead into and out of downtown. Taxis will also be prohibited on this roadway, we can ask that the Pedicabs from Fisherman's Wharf relocate this one day to provide Taxi service instead. We will need to work with the Taxi companies to get buy in, and help establish taxi stands off Market so they can still operate. Muni will run it's regular schedule, with regular fares- I oppose reducing fares in light of Muni's financial crisis, plus most folks coming downtown on weekdays are either going to work or going to shop. Asking them to spend $1.25 is not unreasonable. Get organizations to endorse this action: SF League of Conservation Voters signed on; I will seek support from other organizations, we need everyone to help with this. Orgs that we really need are: SF Bicycle Coalition, Walk SF, Senior Action Network, Sierra Club, SF Tomorrow and other transportation/environmental organizations. Ask Ross to introduce this at the Board of Supervisors, and help us get the support from city agencies who will be involved in making this happen. Run a public information campaign to let drivers know about this event so they can make arrangements to either take other streets or, ideally, use another form of transportation on June 3. Main points are: please add, edit, and improve For drivers: We should emphasis that this is a reasonable request, since we are only asking for one section of one road for one half of one day. We should let drivers know that they can still cross Market St. and drive on other roads. Focus should be on encouraging people to NOT drive, but we are not preventing them from doing so. Environmental connection: focus on the fact that cars and driving is the source of many of our major environmental issues- global warming, reduced air quality, loss of open space, human health issues related to breathing and obesity, oil exploration that destroys our natural environment, (and those pesky wars for oil if we want to make this connection). SF connection: regardless of fuel efficiency, accommodations for cars come at the expense of open space, housing, efficient transit, safe streets for cyclists and pedestrians. Showcase Market St.'s potential without private automobiles. This is an opportunity to see how transit, cyclists and pedestrians' experience on Market St is enhanced by the removal of private cars. Facts: I need some help assembling some information: 1. Market St. represents a very small % of SF's roadways, how many miles of roads are there in SF? We need to make the case that we are not asking for a lot, just the closure of one piece of one road for half of a day. 2. How many people drive downtown on weekdays? How many bicycle, walk or take transit? 3. How much pollution is caused by one driver, driving to work everyday, and how much do we estimate this being reduced if folks who drive to SF took transit (or other mode) just one day per year? Thanks for reading From: chkalish(a)ix.netcom.com Reply-To: chkalish(a)ix.netcom.com Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:48:18 -0700 (PDT) To: MrPlutocrat(a)aol.com, funking(a)mindspring.com, rmirk(a)msn.com Cc: grns-sf-staff(a)greens.org Subject: Re:ClosingMarket st to cars/Critical Mayors Great, Susan. Keep us updated. Any other ideas? Charles -----Original Message----- From: MrPlutocrat(a)aol.com Sent: Apr 25, 2005 6:03 PM To: funking(a)mindspring.com, rmirk(a)msn.com Cc: grns-sf-staff(a)greens.org Subject: Re:ClosingMarket st to cars/Critical Mayors Actually, if we close Market St., it would make Critical Mayors bike ride really easy. We should do both! In a message dated 4/25/2005 5:53:55 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, funking(a)mindspring.com writes: Critical Mayors bike ride is a cute idea that might get strong support with a low turn out. Closing Market St to cars for the whole day is far more radical- and I think we should persue it. We could showcase our main street, transit service and popularity of bikes and make a statement about cars being central to many of our environmental problems. We would keep the other major streets downtown open, so there would still be plenty of automobile access, esp. since most commuters use Howard, Folsom and the other one-way streets to traverse downtown anyways. I am starting to talk about this idea to several groups. So far, response has been positive and encouraging. I would like to be sure that if this idea does go forward, it has the Green party's name on it. peace, susan

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reminder - meeting tonight at 7
by John-Marc Chandonia 26 Apr '05

26 Apr '05

Hi, I posted an agenda for the meeting tonight on the website. Let's try to get started on time, at 7, since there are many things to discuss. JMC -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc(a)sfgreens.org) http://www.dolorespark.org/

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Re: Peak Power Hearing
by susan vaughan 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

Great!!! I'm forwarding the first part of your e-mail to the TWG listserve. Possible agenda items for Tuesday's meeting: 1) screening of movie 2) MLK Drive (again) 3) peak power hearing at City Hall 4) Jerry's articles 5) revised Platform for Transit Justice 6) letters Sue --- "johnrizzo.macwindows" <johnrizzo(a)macwindows.com> wrote: > > I talked to Boris, and he thinks a Peak Power > hearing is a great idea. > He thinks Ross could introduce the hearing next > Tuesday. > > Maybe we could talk about it at the Transportation > working group? We > should think about time frame, who we want to > present, etc. > > I'm willing to arrange the hearing with Ross. I will > follow your lead on > the content and structure of the hearing. > > Do you know Pat Murphy, Executive Director of > Community Service, Inc.? > He wrote an article for the Ohio Sierra Club: > The End of Cheap Oil > http://ohio.sierraclub.org/central/01_2005_Oil.asp > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [Transpo] agenda for next week
by susan_e_vaughan＠juno.com 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

We should also add review and appoval or (disapproval) of the revised Platform for Transit Justice to the agenda. I'm still waiting for people to read the letters and give me feedback. Sue On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 14:58:55 -0700 (PDT) susan vaughan <susan_e_vaughan(a)yahoo.com> writes: > I spoke to John Rizzo today and said we could put the > TWG letter re. MLK Drive back on the agenda if he > wanted to. He said fine and he should be able to make > it to the meeting to explain his position. > > Sue > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Transpo mailing list > Transpo(a)sfgreens.org > https://list.sfgreens.org/mailman/listinfo/transpo > >

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SF Green Party's Earth Day Open House April 22, 6-9pm
by Susan King 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Earth Day celebration with the San Francisco Green Party! Join Green Party activists, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and School Board members Sarah Lipson and Mark Sanchez on Friday, April 22nd to celebrate Earth Day at the Green Party's open house from 6:00-9:00 pm. The event also celebrates the second year anniversary of the SF Green Party's office space at 1028 A Howard. This is an opportunity to see what the Party is doing to make SF a better place. Come on by to meet Greens, progressive activists, and elected leaders, enjoy light refreshments and beverages and a meeting-free evening with us. The event is free and open to the public. 1028 A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th sts). For more info, please call 701-7090. visit us online at www.sfgreenparty.org

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agenda for next week
by susan vaughan 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

I spoke to John Rizzo today and said we could put the TWG letter re. MLK Drive back on the agenda if he wanted to. He said fine and he should be able to make it to the meeting to explain his position. Sue __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Rincon Hill
by susan vaughan 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

Dear Commissioners: I am aware that you are now considering approving plans for Rincon Hill. I have become familiar with these plans through my participation with the Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee. I would like to encourage you to eliminate ALL minimum parking requirements for the project and to increase the percentage of units dedicated to affordable housing. I will explain both positions. There is no question that the world is reaching its peak in its ability to provide humankind with oil. As the vast majority of the planet's nearly 800 million vehicles run on petroleum-based gasoline, as the plurality of those vehicles (about one-third) are in the United States, and as there is as yet no alternative that is as inexpensive or as convenient as oil has been to fuel the internal combustion engine (and there is not likely to be for many decades), it seems to be a fantasy to continue planning our cities around the personal car. If nothing else, it's irresponsible in the extreme to the planet and future generations. I do not need to explain to you the connections between the American way of life, global warming and war for oil. You know these things already. Thus it is imperative that you simply eliminate the minimum parking requirement for Rincon Hill. Rincon Hill is already transit rich, and future residents of Rincon Hill will have no need for personal cars. Besides, we are, according to our city charter, a "transit-first" city. I encourage you to include parking spaces for shared vehicles (such as City CarShare vehicles). You can talk to someone at City CarShare to find out what the appropriate ratio of cars to residents would be. I also encourage you to require at least one to one bicycle parking -- that is one bicycle parking space per resident, not unit, as generally only one person rides a bike. I also encourage you to demand more affordable housing. You should base your definition of affordable on the San Francisco median income, not the AMI. San Franciscans in general earn less than do their counterparts in Marin County and in parts of San Mateo county. Sincerely, Susan Vaughan member, Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee co-chair, Transportation Working Group of the San Francisco Green Party (For identification purposes only) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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