Author name: Francine Farrell

‘There are no people here’: S.F.’s $2.2 billion transit center remains an empty cavern

By Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, April 25, 2023 “Two distinct realities — vibrant activity and eerie emptiness — are juxtaposed at Transbay transit center, the three-block-long behemoth cloaked in curvaceous white steel located south of Mission Street, running from Beale Street to just shy of Second Street. “One of the Bay Area’s biggest infrastructure […]

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Newsom’s budget ignores ‘catastrophic risks’ to Bay Area public transit

By Adam Shanks, San Francisco Examiner, May 15, 2023 “In revisions to his state budget proposal released on [May 12], Newsom made no commitment to funding public transit operations and maintained about $2 billion in cuts to public transit capital funding — money that pays for infrastructure work like rail repairs and bus purchases —

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Award-winning Richmond Greenway documentary virtual screening

Date: Thursday, June 8 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Event Information/Register In 2020, filmmaker Jed Terrence Lee, then an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley, won the university’s American Cultures Student Prize for their documentary film about the Richmond Greenway project. Greenway weaves together the enriching tale of how a once abandoned and dangerous railroad

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Northern Section’s mentorship program delivers valuable experiences

By Ellen Yau, Mentorship Director, May 15, 2023 Northern Section’s mentorship program, which is aligned with APA’s Mentorship Program, offers a no-cost, one-on-one mentorship matching program available to planners of all backgrounds and experiences. It is one of the many programs in the Northern Section that are free or low-cost and helps our profession continually

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