We the undersigned request that the City and County of San Francisco institute measures to relieve traffic congestion and mitigate environmental impacts resulting from the Commuter Shuttle Program. We urge the exploration and adoption of alternative transport modes, such as the use of smaller, more efficient vehicles and ride-share platforms, the consolidation of bus routes, and the wider dispersal of the traffic presently concentrated on a narrow selection of over-burdened streets.
Updates
February 2, 2017
The feedback I keep hearing from you all confirms that these streets have become impossible for the rest of us to navigate. I have been working behind the scenes to get the city council to acknowledge these traffic bottlenecks. It is exhausting work but I am not walking away from this fight.
February 2, 2017
Seeing this progress helps quiet the exhaustion that comes with staring at these gridlocked streets every single morning. I have been at this for a long time and your commitment keeps me from walking away.
Reached 100 supporters
February 2, 2017
102 Comments
In general buses / optimized transport are great - these giant rumbling buses are not. They shake houses as they power up the hills where previously only electric buses ran. Smaller buses please. We no longer have a peaceful living room.
The situation only grows more dire. In five months during 2016, ridership soared from 8,500 to 9,800 (SFMTA, "Commuter Shuttle Hub Study," 11/2016)with a consequential increase of 30 more buses to accommodate that surge.
Living on the first block of Duncan and trying to drive--and even cross at unprotected marked pedestrian crossings-- Guerrero/San Jose are overwhelmed with am and pm tech buses. The other night four crossed in the same direction on the same green light. Safeguards for residents are necessary.
I see these oversized buses in my neighborhood every day. They are seldom even half full and they cause congestion and pollution on residential streets. It's time for a rethink on how corporations can benefit more then just some of their own employees.
These buses are too large for the residential streets on which they travel. Among other problems, the noise they create is an environmental public health issue for residents, and they are not in concordance with the San Francisco General Plan on reduction of transportation noise.
Please create terminals and end this obscenity.
This is obscene! When will it stop?! My lovely Noe Valley apartment now has these monsters roaring outside my window from 5:30am til 11am or so! The beautiful garden that the entire neighborhood used to enjoy now cannot be seen, because of the need for a huge solid fence. They line up like zombies--it makes me sick to wake to. Show some decency and construct (you can afford it!) TERMINALS OUTSIDE people's neighborhoods, hey...like all other means of transit other than public! Really San Francisco--are you going to let yourselves be bullied by this disgusting financial manipulation, to the detriment of those who ACTUALLY live here?! ENOUGH!
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We the undersigned request that the City and County of San Francisco institute measures to relieve traffic congestion and mitigate environmental impacts resulting from the Commuter Shuttle Program. We urge the exploration and adoption of alternative transport modes, such as the use of smaller, more efficient vehicles and ride-share platforms, the consolidation of bus routes, and the wider dispersal of the traffic presently concentrated on a narrow selection of over-burdened streets.
Updates
February 2, 2017
The feedback I keep hearing from you all confirms that these streets have become impossible for the rest of us to navigate. I have been working behind the scenes to get the city council to acknowledge these traffic bottlenecks. It is exhausting work but I am not walking away from this fight.
February 2, 2017
Seeing this progress helps quiet the exhaustion that comes with staring at these gridlocked streets every single morning. I have been at this for a long time and your commitment keeps me from walking away.
Reached 100 supporters
February 2, 2017
102 Comments
Large buses for each tech company loop through neighborhoods morning to evening. A Potrero Hill MUNI stop on 17th St was removed and replaced with a tech bus stop. I did not see notification for residents or a chance to give input.
In general buses / optimized transport are great - these giant rumbling buses are not. They shake houses as they power up the hills where previously only electric buses ran. Smaller buses please. We no longer have a peaceful living room.
The situation only grows more dire. In five months during 2016, ridership soared from 8,500 to 9,800 (SFMTA, "Commuter Shuttle Hub Study," 11/2016)with a consequential increase of 30 more buses to accommodate that surge.
Living on the first block of Duncan and trying to drive--and even cross at unprotected marked pedestrian crossings-- Guerrero/San Jose are overwhelmed with am and pm tech buses. The other night four crossed in the same direction on the same green light. Safeguards for residents are necessary.
I see these oversized buses in my neighborhood every day. They are seldom even half full and they cause congestion and pollution on residential streets. It's time for a rethink on how corporations can benefit more then just some of their own employees.
These buses are too large for the residential streets on which they travel. Among other problems, the noise they create is an environmental public health issue for residents, and they are not in concordance with the San Francisco General Plan on reduction of transportation noise.
Please create terminals and end this obscenity.
This is obscene! When will it stop?! My lovely Noe Valley apartment now has these monsters roaring outside my window from 5:30am til 11am or so! The beautiful garden that the entire neighborhood used to enjoy now cannot be seen, because of the need for a huge solid fence. They line up like zombies--it makes me sick to wake to. Show some decency and construct (you can afford it!) TERMINALS OUTSIDE people's neighborhoods, hey...like all other means of transit other than public! Really San Francisco--are you going to let yourselves be bullied by this disgusting financial manipulation, to the detriment of those who ACTUALLY live here?! ENOUGH!
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Large buses for each tech company loop through neighborhoods morning to evening. A Potrero Hill MUNI stop on 17th St was removed and replaced with a tech bus stop. I did not see notification for residents or a chance to give input.