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Jeffrey Tumlin, formerly the Director of Strategy at NelsonNygaard Consulting Associates, a San Francisco-based transportation planning and engineering firm that focuses on sustainable mobility, was sworn in this week as the new director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. As Streetsblog reported previously, advocates for better transit and safer, more livable streets are hopeful that the start of Tumlin's tenure will be a turning point for San Francisco.
Streetsblog shares that enthusiasm and welcomes Tumlin to his new position. And we have some suggestions for supplies and hardware Tumlin should add to his toolkit for 2020.
Bars prevent quick transfers between BART and Muni. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick
The transfers between Muni and BART at Embarcadero and Civic Center Stations are ridiculous. Never mind for a moment the absurdity of having to pay twice to transfer between the two systems. Too many have had the experience--pictured in the image above--of watching their train leave without them because they had to scramble up another floor from here to go through two sets of fare gates on the mezzanine level.
So order a bunch of crossing gates and install them at West Portal, St. Francis Circle, intersections along the T Third, and everywhere else a Muni train is forced to wait for motorists.
3) More red paint
This one is already well in motion--and thank goodness for that. Can we have some more please?
SFMTA painting the bus 'Red Carpet' lanes on Mission in the Mission a couple of years back. Photo: SFMTA.
You just took on a really, really tough job; one which would cause sane transportation careerists to run in the other direction. Don't let it wear you out. Find a cabin somewhere in the mountains. Or maybe a secluded beach is your thing? Either way, once or twice a year you're going to need some place to retreat to with no cell service, far away from the growling engines and angry motorists of San Francisco.
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