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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

11 months

Mission Local reported from on the ground for ~12 hours, into the early morning hours, and is able to paint a relatively full picture of what happened. SF Chronicle reprinted the police press release, and has zero reporting from the ground.

Mission Local

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11 months

UPDATE: 113 total arrests for Dolores hill bomb; 81 were under 18. Witnesses said adults were largely teenagers. SFPD says arrests followed "lacerations" to officer's face & vandalism. Parents waited hours for kids; last child was released at 4:15 am.

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Spent a few hours checking out the Central Subway today. Awesome to see so many people already using it for it's final purpose: getting around the city. There is a lot of promise in the Central Subway. But the project feels incomplete and oddly designed in some ways. Long 🧵.

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Breaking news: @GavinNewsom showed up in San Francisco and destroyed Caltrain. Call Newsom's staff and let them know this sort of violence against public transit is unacceptable. (916) 445-2841

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@CaltransHQ @CAgovernor @CA_Trans_Agency Electrify already. H2 is an inefficient, dead-end technology for trains. America is not special: The rest of the world has figured out how to develop fast, efficient rail with catenary.

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Today's hike: Mt. Sutro to Mt. Tam. A total of 20.5 mi, and 5600 ft in total ascent (damn you Tennessee Valley). Amazingly, two friends (well, still friends as of 7:15am) agreed to do this with me... Will try and post as we go.

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@cyrusphall

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@betacarotene215 @SFBART Fare enforcement is the worst way to grow and sustain a transit system, example #9342 . @RebeccaForBART @lateefahsimon , please see thread for context.

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@cyrusphall

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I was checking Muni route recovery today and blown away at how many lines are now at or are over 100% pre-pandemic recovery: * 7 Haight/Noriega (100%) * 9 San Bruno (109%) * 12 Folsom (111%) * 14R Mission (117%) * 19 Polk (113%) * 22 Fillmore (_135%_) * 27 Bryant (103%) (cont)

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@cyrusphall

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"Visual impact through catenary." "High reliance on utilities." Unlike energy sucking electrolysis? "Protests to stop electrification may occur." How about we protest to stop gadgetbahn hydrogen? The real issue here is clear: they don't see a path to capital funding.

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1 year

5 big city mayors, SF's @LondonBreed , LA's @KarenBassLA , San Jose's @MattMahanSJ , Sacramento's @Mayor_Steinberg , and Long Beach's @RexRichardson , issued a letter a few hours ago calling on @GavinNewsom , @toniatkins , and @RendonAD62 to add transit operations funding to the budget.

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In a former life, I helped build the @Twitch video CDN. When I hear about Twitch challengers, I still can't help but look at how they are serving video. Today's entrant: @KickStreaming . This was an easy one: they use AWS IVS. IVS is the Twitch video system wrapped in AWS APIs.

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Tomorrow the SFMTA Board will likely vote to support a 14% fare increase for about 90% of riders over the next two-year budget cycle. The primary cause? The Board of Supervisors blocked implementation of SFMTA's extended parking meter hours in 2023. A brief history 🧵.

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@cyrusphall

1 year

Biker absolutely owning the hill at :30.

World Bollard Association™

@WorldBollard

1 year

Watch from 40 seconds onwards and listen to the delightful CRUNCH of metal on bollard. #WorldBollardAssociation

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@cyrusphall

10 months

As any network engineer would have warned you. No doubt, engineers inside Cruise did raise the alarm, and we're ignored. This is why regulation is needed. Companies take risks rather than prioritizing safe ops.

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@Cruise

10 months

@friscolive415 Hi @friscolive415 - A large festival posed wireless bandwidth constraints causing delayed connectivity to our vehicles. We are actively investigating and working on solutions to prevent this from happening again. We apologize to those who were impacted.

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Not understanding that San Francisco is a county as well as a city, and manages both state and federal programs, continues to be a crippling misunderstanding in hot take spaces. The majority of San Francisco's budget is non-discretionary federal programs.

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@cyrusphall

9 months

Speaking of leadership, or the lack thereof, Y Combinator's Board and other VIPs need to take a cold, hard look at the man at the helm and figure out if he's serving YC's interests anymore. He's making it real clear certain types of ideas are unwelcome at YC.

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Elon Musk and Y Combinator's CEO are trying to blacklist a law firm, because it does pro-bono work for the civil rights of homeless people. The class war is real.

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State leaders have failed to offer a concrete plan for transit funding. Bay Area agencies will be forced to reduce service levels. The result: mass congestion, a new barrier to economic recovery, and huge set back for climate goals. JOIN US SATURDAY TO DEMAND BETTER!

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@cyrusphall

1 year

Yesterday's "A Funeral for Transit" marches and rallies were a huge success! 100s came out, local and state leaders joined us, and we had a lot of fun while demanding the state find the ~$1B a year needed to keep state-wide transit operations fully funded.

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@cyrusphall

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26 days waiting for a public records request from CalTrans on why they are choosing H2 power for passenger rail services, only to be given a power point presentation that clearly isn't responsive and was likely already public. Anyway, what does it say? @calelectricrail

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@cyrusphall

11 months

Randomly overheard things from a Cruise or Waymo AI engineer while waiting to order coffee: * Only running 19 cars in revenue service during the day; it's harder to drive during the day: "too much traffic" * Nearly 200 cars at night * Looking to do 500 cars 24/7 by end of year

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@cyrusphall

14 days

Missing in this article: any discussion of the difficulty of driving as one ages, or the fact that older folks are most at risk of serious injury and death when hit by a car.

San Francisco Chronicle

@sfchronicle

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Some drivers say San Francisco is at war with cars. They feel under siege in a city becoming less hospitable to vehicles amid efforts to make streets safer for bicyclists and pedestrians.

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@cyrusphall

9 months

Wild to me that some SF supervisors think moving homeless people around the city via physical displacement is solution-oriented thinking. Unless your goal is shuffle the problem away from your district. Rather than fixing and building supportive housing, SF shrinks sidewalks.

Jackie Thornhill 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

@JackieT_97

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Love to see the Castro community turn out to beautify the neighborhood with planters outside the Walgreens on Castro & 18th. Thanks @RafaelMandelman for making it happen!

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@cyrusphall

11 months

@desertflyer The behavior I've seen over the last month or so sure makes it feel like Cruise has turned up the "aggressive" knob.

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@cyrusphall

10 months

I just submitted a comment opposing Waymo's and Cruise's request to begin unlimited revenue service in SF. I've posted about some of the less talked about, less obvious problems before, but it's worth mentioning some of the more obvious ones too. 🧵

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@cyrusphall

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@Jerold_Chinn Not mentioned at all in the email: transit riders. You know, like the four people who died needlessly.

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@cyrusphall

4 months

It's apparently Intercity rail news day. @alex_lee has introduced a bill to exempt catenary from CEQA. 👏

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@numble

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California Assemblymember Alex Lee ( @alex_lee ) has introduced AB 2503, a bill that would exempt railroad electrification and siding projects from CEQA requirements (requirements to prepare and certify an environmental impact report).

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1 year

“On the one hand, they’re raising the alarms. There’s a fiscal cliff,” @PhilTing said. “But if you look at their business operations, it’s business as usual, which is just not acceptable.” Total failure of leadership and understanding on Ting's part.

Car-dependent California seeks to follow New York's lead and save public transit

California's transit agencies are asking Democrats who control the state's government to rescue them like Democrats in New York recently did. It's proving to be a much tougher sell in California.

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@cyrusphall

7 months

The @sfchronicle is San Francisco's paper of record, and they seem to be trying as hard as possible to erase the word Palestinian from their coverage. Let's check their live blog of the pro-Palestinian Bay Bridge blockade this morning.

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@cyrusphall

1 year

Past time to ban high-speed chases in non-life threatening situations. A month ago, a high-speed chase over a property crime led to a pedestrian death and four injured. Was needless escalation of risk. At least two injured tonight, chase reason unknown.

SFPD cruiser crashes into Lucca, injures two in high-speed chase

An SFPD SUV crashed into Lucca Ravioli on Valencia and destroyed the shuttered Italian deli's storefront after a high-speed chase.

missionlocal.org

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@cyrusphall

1 month

San Franciscans, don't be fooled. This measure treats AVs the same as other ride-hail, rather than holding them as some sort of magical good that doesn't have the same externalities as other TNCs. Many of us work in tech - this is not an anti-tech measure.

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@emissionite

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San Franciscans beware, don't be fooled: these are not "transit advocates". Rather, luddites busy sabotaging self-driving companies. AI companies are the one ray of hope for our City, attracting talent, jobs and prosperity. They deserve our support, not taxes and chicanery.

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@cyrusphall

11 months

New PR strategy from @cruise : you suck at driving, and should have to pay us a profit to move around your city instead. It's a great argument for public transportation!

Kyle Vogt

@kvogt

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We ran this full-page ad in @nytimes and several local papers today. Human drivers aren't good enough. America can do better, and it is time we fully embrace AVs.

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Yet more deaths on SF streets from cars where they should not be. The fact cars are still allowed near West Portal station is a grim reminder of where this city's priorities lay: car access, no matter how dangerous or problematic.

One child, one adult killed when car strikes San Francisco bus shelter

A busy commercial corridor at the mouth of the West Portal Muni station was the site of a deadly collision on Saturday.

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@cyrusphall

4 months

Muni estimates that fare evasion has about doubled since 2019 (6.5 -> 12%). BATA numbers show bridge toll evasion has more than doubled (daily trips are actually down slightly from 2019). The media and politicians focus on one of these things and not the other. American classism.

bryan 'hydrogen is a scam' culbertson

@bryanculbertson

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@scottmace2 @SFBART @RandallKroger Toll evasion skyrocketed when we went to license plate payment, but driver convenience is prioritized over toll compliance so we won't ever go back to toll gates Meanwhile BART is forced to install slow inconvenient hardened fare gates even though fare evasion is much lower

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3 months

@mateosfo I can only assume it's all the bikes.

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@cyrusphall

2 years

Let's talk about some of the stats Twitch uses in their post. The most obvious: CDN cost. Using list price to make cost claims is something Twitch has done for years now. It's misleading, but not in the way many streamers think.

A Letter from Twitch President Dan Clancy on Subscription Revenue Shares

Join us for a deep dive into streamer revenue and answers to your questions around revenue shares on subscriptions.

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@cyrusphall

2 years

Tonight we held vigil at Lombard & Steiner. @SupStefani was unable to join, and didn't watch as drivers sped by at 50mph, cut off pedestrians as they made right turns, made illegal left turns, and, in one case, showed an interest in committing aggravated vehicular assault.

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2 months

As seen on Lincoln near 5th. I met the creators of the sign, an parent/kid dynamic duo, and can confirm the love for the 7. Nice little treat for operators on their way by. @SFMTA_Muni

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@cyrusphall

5 months

Speaking of bus benches, I've been doing a little digging around Muni bus shelters (and the benches therein), and it appears SF has a significant problem with "bus shelter NIMBYs." There are multiple problems with the current process; here is the big picture. 🧵

Berkeleyside

@berkeleyside

5 months

Activists vow to keep installing guerrilla benches at East Bay bus stops

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@cyrusphall

1 year

CA transit funding update, 6/5: With budget negotiations continuing behind closed doors, it's hard to know exactly where things stand. But we're hearing feedback from Sacramento that the calls and letters are being noted and are putting pressure on the negotiations.

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@cyrusphall

1 month

At first glance, I'm pleased with what SFMTA is proposing at West Portal. Is it everything I want? Well, no. I want a pedestrianized West Portal, at least the first block. But that was never in the cards, and this is much better than it could have been.

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@cyrusphall

7 months

Wait, so hydrogen is "green," yet they (accurately) show the source as...fossil fuels. And oh look, it's the iLINT, which performed so poorly in Germany it's been discarded.

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6 months

Prediction: after much time and wasted effort, this will be abandoned and public officials still won't take the easy option and just improve bus service.

Contra Costa Co. to install 28-mile micro-transit system with autonomous vehicles

The roadway to the future is coming to Contra Costa County with autonomous vehicles, known as Glydcars.

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@cyrusphall

7 months

We need to demand the city fully explain how APEC planning was so borked. If the @LondonBreed wants to show leadership, she can start by holding a root-cause analysis on this event. Whoops, exclusion zone transit disruption two and a half days early!

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@SFMTA_Muni

7 months

ATTN: Muni is no longer able to serve stops in exclusion zones. Muni service is passing blocked stops. For safety, riders should not stand in the street as Muni buses will not stop. Conditions are changing rapidly due to street impacts. Details here:

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@cyrusphall

1 year

Don't let this happen to the Bay Area.

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@cyrusphall

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Finally got to the SF Standard story on the proposed West Portal changes, and three unusual things pop-out: * A short comment period (10 days!) * A published approval timeline * A supervisor on the record saying pedestrianization is the the vision

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@cyrusphall

2 months

This image blows my mind. The year is 1973, and we're looking east-north-east from upper Market near Castro. Construction connecting the Market Street Subway and the Twin Peaks Tunnel is underway. In the meantime: floating tracks and tight squeezes. From

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@cyrusphall

2 years

Thank you Sup @myrnamelgar for questioning the JFK dr narrative that the de Young is stuck on!

JFK Drive Closure Crushes Attendance, de Young Says. Neighbors Don’t Have This Problem - The Frisc

The closure of John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park seemed decided with a landmark vote in April. But it’s still up in the air, thanks to a measure that will go before San Francisco voters this...

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@cyrusphall

1 year

Sup Chan's office published a press release on Friday w/wildly incorrect information about the Geary Blvd Improvement Project. Press release: The Geary corridor will lose 30% of it's parking. Reality: <2%. Audrey Liu sets the record straight with an op-ed in the Richmond Review.

Faster Safer Geary

@fast_safe_geary

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38 rider Audrey Liu has penned a powerful op-ed in the Richmond Review about the Geary Boulevard Improvement Project. It corrects recently published false information, and argues the project will benefit, riders, corridor users, and businesses.

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@cyrusphall

7 months

Much like the state mandate to move to ZEV public transit fleets, the state mandate to move to zero-emission passenger rail service is solving the wrong problem. The problem is cars and trucks - not trains.

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@cyrusphall

2 years

Part of my job at @Twitch was running a team and process to exclude viewbots, and to assist in efforts to mitigate other types of bots and abuse. Musk's belief that you can verify reply bot numbers is 🤡 stuff, at least the way he is using "verify."

Musk ends bid to buy Twitter [Updated]

Elon Musk’s buyer’s remorse could be very expensive.

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@cyrusphall

1 year

So, in short, Kick is subsidizing Twitch by paying to use the Twitch video system via AWS. I mean, yes, I too think IVS is the best video system for this use case, but paying ~8-10x cost is not a sustainable growth plan.

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@cyrusphall

1 year

Let's go through some of the things that are horribly broken the CA Senate and House proposals for transit operations funding. Top-level: the current proposals are deeply insufficient, particularly for the Bay Area. Nerdy budget stuff ahead. 🧵

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@cyrusphall

1 year

If your real goal is to make money fleecing people's pockets via unregulated gambling, then I guess the financial sustainability of your video system may not be a big deal.

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@cyrusphall

3 months

How can you not stan! California (in particular, @CaltransHQ ) needs to drop the hydrogen BS and urgently join the developed world by deploying overhead electrified rail across the state. KISS units can go 125 mph, btw. It's not highspeed, but it's great for local and regional.

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@Caltrain

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We’re excited to be testing our new electric trains this weekend. Thank you for your patience as we work to bring you faster and more frequent service this fall! ⚡️

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@cyrusphall

7 months

One of these things is not like the others.

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@cyrusphall

7 months

Curious that @DB_Bahn appears to have been contracted to write/assist with this analysis. The author of the PDF works for DB in California. Last I checked, DB was pretty all in on battery-electrics for non-electrified regional lines. Notably, those are mostly not IC lines.

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@cyrusphall

2 years

The almost hit ped thanked us, and finally reached the opposite sidewalk. If you see folks almost getting slammed by drivers, help them out. A lot of drivers have gone totally insane. I've seen more aggressive, totally ape shit behavior the last 6 months than ever before.

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@cyrusphall

2 years

The space is already creating iconic photographs. Subway stations are functional places, but there is no reason they can't be pleasurable to the senses as well. SFMTA has done a good job in this regard with most of the new underground stations.

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@fulligin

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teens goofin around in the new central subway

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@cyrusphall

11 months

There is a reason ML gets my support every month. They deserve yours as well.

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1 year

I made a public comment at the SFFD Commission this morning. While I have lots of thoughts about the Commission after watching them for a few hours, they are mostly uncooked. But a 🧵 with a few starters:

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@cyrusphall

3 months

Never gets old. Absolutely love this paint scheme.

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@cyrusphall

7 months

How the is Hydrogen rated as dark green on environmental? Are they assuming the grid mix is magically all renewable? If so, electrification will take significantly less power over all. Is the extra power needed for hydrogen electrolysis (and water purification) accounted for?

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@cyrusphall

7 months

The plan is apparently to move to all hydrogen. This is not a nuanced plan.

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@cyrusphall

2 months

I mean, CA could start by taking climate change seriously and passing policy that will actually rise to the moment in terms of vehicle emissions. It wont save the 1, but it will help save millions of people around the world.

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@cyrusphall

2 years

I was locking up my bike at 8th & Irving when a pedestrian started shouting "Slow down! You see those flashing lights? It means slow down." A car had almost just hit them as they crossed Irving.

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@cyrusphall

2 years

@caraesten @evacide If the board does their job, those RSUs should end up bought-out over the same vesting (or possibly accelerated) schedule as part of the purchase. But that doesn't solve the longer-term problem of what to do about salaries...

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@cyrusphall

2 months

I log out for the day, and checking back in I see there has been another serious car crash at the bus stop at Fulton & Funston (inbound side). Someone at the bus stop was seriously injured and transported to the hospital. Hopefully going to be okay.

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@cyrusphall

4 months

Last night we held a vigil for a elderly neighbor killed at the end of January by traffic violence on Fulton, near the intersection with Arguello. Fulton is a four-lane raceway, so it's no surprise it's part of San Francisco's High Injury Network and has killed multiple people.

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@cyrusphall

4 months

One of those days. (h/t )

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@cyrusphall

11 months

The big news from @Scott_Wiener 's presser is that the legislature and the governor have come to an agreement on transit, allocating $1.1B in new funds that can be flexed for operations, and (this was less clear) keeping the $2B in TIRCP capital funds Newsom had cut. 🎉🥳🥂

Senator Scott Wiener

@Scott_Wiener

11 months

Today we’re announcing new legislation (SB 532) to ensure Bay Area public transit agencies aren’t forced to slash service as ridership recovers from the pandemic. SB 532 creates a 5-year emergency $1.50 bridge toll, to fund transit operations, including safety & cleanliness. 🧵

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I am incredibly excited to help announce work we've been toiling away on for months - years, if you count all the community working groups, meetings, and discussions that have lead to this campaign: The ComMUNIty Transit Act.

Community Transit Act

@sftransitact

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We’re introducing the Community Transit Act — a ballot initiative which will generate up to $30M per year for Muni operations by taxing ride-share companies like Uber, Lyft, and Waymo.

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@cyrusphall

2 months

To whoever was working @SFMTA_Muni 's social yesterday, you are appreciated and loved.

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@cyrusphall

2 years

The driver is always at fault here. The lights could be entirely missing, and they'd still be at fault. Iriving needs to be pedestrianized and bike laned. It's a very active human corridor that MTA runs the traffic headed north to the Richmond through. It's ludicrous.

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@cyrusphall

8 months

Apparently every supervisor, sans Melgar and Preston, uses public money to buy ~$4000 parking spaces next to city hall. Sounds like an ordnance begging to be written to ban as a practice.

San Francisco supervisors sure do expense some weird stuff - The San Francisco Standard

Each of the 11 supervisors has access to two expense accounts worth up to $10,000 a year. The Standard's deep dive into their expense reports revealed some eccentric purchases.

sfstandard.com

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@cyrusphall

2 years

@chrisarvinsf Really like the idea of picking three high impact lines and running a free fare pilot. Let's get some data on ridership impact and go from there.

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@cyrusphall

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Not bad California. Now let's do transportation.

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@cyrusphall

8 months

Over 60 organizations, many from the Bay Area, have written Gov Newsom demanding climate accountability in the form of reigning Caltrans in.

More Than 60 Organizations Urge Governor Newsom to Intervene at Caltrans - Streetsblog California

California is still spending billions of dollars on highway and interchange expansions that increase reliance on driving, drain household budgets, and make traffic worse. Governor Newsom should step...

cal.streetsblog.org

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@cyrusphall

2 years

Finally got off my ass and spent two and a half hours trying out various e-bikes. Total game changer for a city like SF. Clearly needs subsidization at current price points, but wow. Going to rent one before committing.

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@cyrusphall

1 year

@walkervanman @icgee You know how they do that? Universal housing. We should try it here.

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@cyrusphall

2 years

Prop L appears to be passing with 69%! Huge thanks to everyone that volunteered, showed up, phone banked, handed out lit, and talked to friends. It will mean so much for the city's ability to get grants and run paratransit (and so much more)!

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@cyrusphall

4 months

Overheard at cafe while working: "I love San Francisco public transit." Partner responds: "It's why we live here. MUNI is so good." Pretty good on the street reviews, @SFMTA_Muni .

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@cyrusphall

2 years

Ok, enough initial nitpicking. The entrance and space of the upper level Union Square Station is stunning. Can I call it luminal? The phasing LED lights are beautiful, and the rough walls give the space less constructed feel.

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@cyrusphall

3 months

@bryanculbertson @SFBART What is with Bay Area transit agencies buying products built on Windows, and then Windows update always borks the system? Does no one test this stuff? This should be really basic QA - what happens when system updates run? Gah!

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

7 months

The main argument seems to be that the state would have to pay out of its own pocket to electrify private rail. Yet somehow they only calculate $50M for hydrogen fueling centers. I suspect they are assuming federal grants to offset most of the cost.

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

1 year

Unless @GavinNewsom gets off his duff and works with legislative leaders, the Bay Area will face a non-functional transportation system. It's extremely short-term thinking, and will _cost far more to fix_ than to avoid. Newsom's staff can be reached at (916) 445-2841.

London Breed

@LondonBreed

1 year

Our leaders in Sacramento have one week to save public transit. June 15th is the state budget deadline. I again urge the State Legislature to work with the Governor to fund transit and prevent the fiscal cliff.

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

5 months

A story in which we find Caltrans lied by omission in an EIR, and we learn more about a project that Jeanie Ward-Waller blew the whistle on. "New questions emerge over Caltrans approval of $140M highway plan in Fresno County"

Questions emerge over Caltrans approval of $140M highway plan

Despite high-level briefings, an investigation shows Caltrans ignored a fundamental part of its highway expansion – a massive industrial park.

fresnoland.org

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

5 months

Seems really bad. Does the agency think these numbers will recover? A 50% drop in ridership clearly shows cyclists are avoiding the new design. Personally, I find the intersections far scarier when turning. There is no good place to wait. The bike boxes are totally unprotected.

Luke Bornheimer

@LukeBornheimer

5 months

People biking on Valencia Street decreased by up to 53% after the unintuitive, dangerous center bikeway was installed. SFMTA data from September shows a significant decrease, highlights need to install curbside protected bike lanes. Please sign petition:

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

2 months

* 48 Quintara (101%) * 49 Van Ness (143%) * 56 Rutland (_120%_) * 90 San Bruno Owl (_127%_) We've heard a couple times that night buses are "empty," but the recovery of the 90 shows otherwise.

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

1 year

I know time is tight, but maybe Ting should have an aide actually tune in to the BART Board or the SFMTA Board? Both had expansive discussions this week about just how not "business as usual" they are running things. So frustrating to have your representative gaslight the media.

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

7 months

If you are working on IC electrification in CA and want the whole doc, DM me.

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

1 month

Another reminder that, as a state, California lacks real climate leadership. The plan is to futz around with bad technology for a decade or two and then, maybe, reconsider doing the right thing.

Huell Howser Democrat

@TribTowerViews

1 month

Refreshing honesty from Caltrans’ Gradinger: 1) catenary is the gold standard 2) Caltrans doesn’t believe California can increase regional and intercity service levels to justify costs

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

3 months

A significant number of driver have start to use the bus pullout across from Forest Hill Station to drive "around" the red light at the crosswalk. I don't see this much during the day, but at night it's 1 in 20 cars or so. Tonight it was two cars in four minutes.

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

2 months

While I'm ranting about TNCs, let's talk about congestion. People seem to think bike lanes cause congestion. No, my friends. "Network changes" (bike/bus lanes, other lane use changes) accounted for 2% of additional delay hours between 2010 and 2016 in San Francisco. TNCs? 51%.

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

1 year

Last week at the SFMTA Board Workshop there was a multihour discussion of what needs to happen to rebuild trust in SFMTA. One positive step would be for the agency head not to encourage drivers to through drive on slow streets, while simultaneously feeding anti-cyclist sentiment.

Safe Street Rebel

@SafeStreetRebel

1 year

Open Lake Street recently shared a video in which @jeffreytumlin privately encourages safe street opponents to use slow streets for cut-through traffic. We won't share the video, but we're tired of the city jeopardizing safety to pacify the most entitled, dangerous drivers.

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

7 months

@SFMTA_Muni Wild, five hours ago this wasn't going to start for two more days.

SFMTA

@SFMTA_Muni

7 months

Reminder: Starting on Monday, 11/13, #SFMuni service reroutes related to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( @APEC ) conference go into effect. Most APEC activities will take place in SoMa and Nob Hill. The bulk of these travel and #SFMuni impacts will run through 11/19. 🧵

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

4 months

"Imagine if instead of investing hundreds of millions of dollars in asphalt, Caltrans focused on upgrading the Amtrak Capitol Corridor to provide fast, frequent, all-day service under 100% clean electrical wires." Imagined and approved.

Carter Rubin

@CarterRubin

4 months

New from me: Caltrans's I-80 CEQA analysis is flawed and reflects a concerning pattern that must change for California to reach our climate, mobility and equity goals.

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

9 months

All public transit should be free on spare the air days, funded by a regional pot of money. We know how to cut pollution emissions dramatically, and it involves taking cars off the road.

San Francisco Chronicle

@sfchronicle

9 months

The Bay Area will be placed under a Spare the Air alert Wednesday ahead of an anticipated convergence of high temperatures, wildfire smoke and other pollutants, air quality officials said.

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

7 months

@SFBART Pretty sure there was a massive rally for Palestinian freedom in San Francisco? Larger than most major Bay Area events?

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

9 months

The K71s on Valencia are aging well as they are repeatedly driven over.

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

6 months

The @salvationarmysf is fighting a proposed boarding platform at 19th & Sargent because - you already guessed it - it would remove parking. In return, riders would no longer have to dodge cars as they boarded/exited the M. There is ample free (!) parking on Monticello and Sargent

Jerold Chinn 陳景深

@Jerold_Chinn

6 months

Parking Removal for M Ocean View Rail Project Raises Concerns #SFMuni #SFMTA

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Cyrus Hall

@cyrusphall

3 months

If there is one thing we can all agree on, the new I Voted stickers are a real step up.

Mission Local

@MLNow

3 months

The new design for giant placards at City Hall and the “I voted” stickers is more detailed than previous years: parrots, poppies, a seal, the bridge. And if you want, you can pose for a selfie and instill civic pride in all your followers.

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