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Page 24 RESCUE MUNI Calendar 22 Page 1 Steering Committee Digest Membership Form Howard Strassner and Eric Carlson has the latest from our governing body n accordance with RESCUE MUNI Bylaws Schedules: (From Service Expansion Com- We need YOU to help us Rescue Muni. Inone of the following are RM policy unless mittee) Muni should immediately post Join us by mailing this form to P.O. Box 190966, San Francisco, CA 94119-0966. consented to by a majority of the RM Mem- schedules for "Community" Bus service You can also join online at www.rescuemuni.org. bership present at a General Membership (light blue routes on Muni Map) at stops. Name: Meeting. Endorsement of Candidates or Ballot These reliable services would have much Membership category: Initiatives requires a two-thirds vote. more ridership if potential patrons knew Address: __ $5 Student / Limited Income July 16, 2001: Present, Both: Eric Carlson, when to expect them. They will also feed __ $15 Basic Charlotte Breckenridge, Joan Downey, Dan more riders into future "rapid transit" lines. __ $40 Sustaining Murphy, David Pilpel (by phone), Howard Excelsior/Crocker-Amazon Service: (From Ser- Strassner and Andrew Sullivan. Visitor: Jim vice Expansion Committee) Muni should Phone: __ $100 Contributing Lazarus increase early morning and rush hour ser- Fax: __ Other: $_______ Steercom: We approved the following vice on the 15, 43 and 29 lines bringing pas- Email: policy positions. sengers to Balboa BART due to evident Rescue Muni may from time to time Cable Cars: (From Metro Committee) We heavy passenger loads. Muni lines you ride: publish membership lists with names oppose the cut in service from every 6 to Excom: only. May we publish your name only every 8 minutes as an illegal violation of We have rented Car 1 for the Anniver- # riders in your household: as a member? Y N the Charter. 4 or 5 cars idling at California sary Party on 9/22, which will be a historic and Drumm is an intolerable portion of a streetcar excursion. Details to follow. Signature: service which only has a maximum if 7 cars The Muni Riders' Survey is done. We I would like to volunteer! Y N in service. We will write a letter express- will announce results at the General Meet- ____________________________ ing our strong concern about this issue. ing and in this newsletter. Schedules: (From Metro Committee) Muni We decided that the General Member- Executive Committee SPUR, 312 Sutter, 5th floor (chair: should post schedules on OWL lines im- ship meeting would be a good time to so- Chair: Vacant (Andrew Sullivan acting) Howard Strassner, 661-8786, mediately. To Steercom for ratification. As licit volunteers for specific projects, this an- Vice-Chair: Richard Mlynarik [email protected]) a volunteer effort, Rescue Muni will copy nouncement perhaps at the end of meet- Membership Sec'y: Daniel Murphy Service Expansion discusses ways and laminate schedules based on the offi- ing, inviting those there to approach the Recording Sec'y: Howard Strassner Muni can add service. Meets every cial operating schedule we obtained from following contacts: Corresponding Sec'y: Eric Carlson other Thursday at SPUR, 6:30 PM; con- Muni and post (w/ zip ties) same. Continued on page 21 Treasurer: Joan Downey tact the acting chair. (acting chair: Eric Transfer Coordinators: Carlson, 863-5578, pontneuf@ Charlotte Breckenridge, David Pilpel, earthlink.net) the newsletter of RESCUE MUNI at San Francisco, Calif. Andrew Sullivan, Dan Krause July 2001 - No. 15 POSTMASTER: Send all address Other Rescue Muni Initiatives Editor: Eric Carlson changes to Transfer, RESCUE MUNI, P.O. Steering Committee Membership (chair: Daniel Murphy, Designers: David Vasquez, Andrew Box 190966, San Francisco, CA Chair: Andrew Sullivan 665-4074, [email protected]) Sullivan 94119-0966. Vice-Chair: Daniel Murphy Surveys (chair: Andrew Sullivan, Contributing writers: Andrew Sullivan, © 2001 RESCUE MUNI Charlotte Breckenridge, Eric Carlson, 673-0626, [email protected]) Eric Carlson, Daniel Krause, RESCUE MUNI (Riders for an Efficient, Joan Downey, Richard Mlynarik, David Howard Strassner, Margaret Safe, Consistent, Utilized, and Expedi- Pilpel, Howard Strassner, Dan Krause Any member may form a committee. If Okuzumi tious Muni), founded 1996, is a volun- it meets at least four times per year, Transfer is published (roughly) quarterly teer-run, not-for-profit transit riders’ Standing Committees the committee may request appoint- by RESCUE MUNI, P.O. Box 190966, association. Muni Metro: addresses scheduling and ment of a representative to the Steer- San Francisco, CA 94119-0966. Yearly Hotline: 415-273-1558 reliability of Muni's light rail lines. Meets ing Committee, the policy-making body membership dues are $15 ($5 for lim- www.rescuemuni.org second Wed. of every month, 6 p.m., at of RESCUE MUNI. ited income). First-class postage paid [email protected] Page 2 Page 23 RESCUE MUNI Calendar Proposed Rescue Muni Laminate and post at a bus shelter near you! date event location Service Expansion Plan 7/16, 6 PM RM Executive & Steering Committees SPUR, 312 Sutter, 5th Floor San Franciscans need expanded transit service. Rescue Muni's Service Expansion Com- 7/18, 6 PM RM General Membership Meeting SPUR mittee developed this draft plan to add service citywide. Dan Krause, Andrew Sullivan Survey Results, Service Expansion Plan and Eric Carlson wrote the report; graphics are provided by David Vasquez. 7/26, 6:30 PM RM Service Expansion Committee SPUR I. INTRODUCTION escue Muni has created this transit ex- includes rail projects that will take many 8/7, 5 PM Municipal Transportation Agency Board City Hall, Rm. 400 Rpansion plan to address the growing years to build, it also includes 8 lines of rapid 8/8, 6 PM RM Metro Committee SPUR transportation crisis that San Francisco is bus service that can be in operation by 8/9, 6:30 PM RM Service Expansion Committee SPUR presently experiencing. This crisis will only 2005. Our plan is intentionally a bold one. We 8/20, 6 PM RM Executive & Steering Committees SPUR get worse unless San Francisco chooses to make significant investments in transit im- feel now is the time to lay out San 8/21, 5 PM Municipal Transportation Agency Board City Hall, Rm. 400 provements and service expansion. San Francisco’s ideal transit system: a system 8/23, 6:30 PM RM Service Expansion Committee SPUR Francisco is a city with very high density that most people will find so attractive that and limited street space, with many areas they will prefer to take transit instead of 9/4, 5 PM Municipal Transportation Agency Board City Hall, Rm. 400 not originally designed for automobiles. As driving. Our recommendations are also 9/6, 6:30 PM RM Service Expansion Committee SPUR San Francisco’s population continues to mindful of constraints to funding, but they 9/12, 6 PM RM Metro Committee SPUR grow and becomes more affluent, more and do not accept today’s levels of transit in- 9/17, 6 PM RM Executive & Steering Committees SPUR more people will choose to drive their cars vestment. The plan is structured in a real- 9/18, 5 PM Municipal Transportation Agency Board City Hall, Rm. 400 in increasingly maddening traffic - unless istic way that allows for relatively inexpen- sive short-term projects to be completed 9/20, 6:30 PM RM Service Expansion Committee SPUR there is a practical, convenient and fast al- ternative. under today’s funding environment, while 9/22 Fifth Anniversary Party! TBA The Rescue Muni transit expansion plan it acknowledges that the larger and more Historic Streetcar Excursion is that alternative. We have created this expensive proposals will require additional Further details to follow... 30-year plan to significantly expand all funding sources. modes of rapid transit service in San Fran- To truly achieve all the goals of this plan, 10/2, 5 PM Municipal Transportation Agency Board City Hall, Rm. 400 cisco, with the goal of providing citywide and to improve transit around the City to 10/4, 6:30 PM RM Service Expansion Committee SPUR service that is much faster, more comfort- "world class," there will need to be a con- 10/10, 6 PM RM Metro Committee SPUR able, and more reliable than the Muni of tinued paradigm shift in regards to our lo- 10/15, 6 PM RM Executive & Steering Committees SPUR today.