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[0] 4. What are the main transportation issues that will challenge District 8 in the future? How will you address them? Dufty: Transportation issues include reliability, cleanliness, accessibility, safety, and streetcar noise. As the Board's appointee to the Transportation Effectiveness Project (TEP) (www.sftep.com), I am working with City Controller Ed Harrington, the director of the Municipal Transportation Authority, Nathaniel Ford, and numerous public transportation stakeholders to look at Muni comprehensively for the first time in over 20 years. The TEP will address all aspects of Muni as we look to improve our transit system from the top down. Rosenthal: The main issues are Muni and badly-managed traffic and congestion in our neighborhoods. Muni's staggering fiscal problems resulted in a 7 percent decrease in service last year. The worse Muni gets, the more people take to their cars, compounding our traffic congestion. The following changes are necessary: lower bus floors and smartcard passes to speed up boarding, and more transit-only lanes. Revenues from the Prop. E parking tax could pay for these fixes.
Starchild: Low and zero-emission cars are the future, and we should meet that future with adequate parking. Driving around looking for parking worsens traffic and causes pollution now, and parking tickets are a regressive tax. Meanwhile, support alternative transportation by improving the bicycle lane network and decriminalizing skateboarding, skating, and Segways. Another challenge will be maintaining our privacy. Cameras are now on BART, Muni, and all taxis in San Francisco. This is a dangerous, Orwellian trend.
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