Save Muni and the Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods (CSFN) are sponsoring a Forum on the Future of Transportation in San Francisco on Saturday, September 29 from 10 AM to 12 PM at Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library. The Forum will address increasing congestion on San Francisco’s streets and the deterioration of public transit. Muni carries roughly the same number of passengers in 2018 as it did a decade ago, despite increased city population and the economic boom. What can be done to make it easier to move around the city?
The Forum will feature transportation experts who will share their ideas for reducing congestion and improving public transit service:
- Jonathan Hopkins, Executive Director of Commute Seattle, will describe how his city has been the only one in the nation to increase transit ridership since the recession
- Jerry Cauthen, Transportation Consultant, past Senior Engineering Manager and Transportation Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff, will talk about ways to improve public transit service and ridership in San Francisco
- Mollie Cohen D’Agostino from the Institute for Transportation Studies at the University of California at Davis will share results of her group’s study of transportation networking companies (Lyft and Uber) in San Francisco and other American cities
- Bob Feinbaum, Chair of Save Muni, will describe the role for congestion pricing in San Francisco, aided by a video featuring Jonas Eliasson, head of transportation for Stockholm, which adopted congestion pricing more than a decade ago
Share your ideas! The Forum will include a moderated discussion of questions from the audience.
What: The Future of Transportation in San Francisco
When: Saturday, September 29, 2018 from 10 AM to 12 PM
Where: Koret Auditorium, SF Main Library
Doors open at 9:30 AM. Enter at the Grove Street library entrance (tell Security youâre attending the forum). Coffee/ snacks available at the cafĂ© opposite the auditorium. For more information, contact Bob Feinbaum.
