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Friday, April 30, 2021
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New post from the NAACP: NAACP Statement on FDA Plan to Ban Sale of Menthol and E-Cigarettes by Austyn Ross
For decades, the tobacco industry has been targeting African Americans and have contributed to the skyrocketing rates of heart disease, stroke and cancer across our community. The tobacco industry is on a narrow quest for profit, and they have been killing us along the way. The NAACP has been calling for a ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored e-cigarettes for years now, and we applaud the FDA’s latest plan to do just that. It’s about time we prioritize the health and well-being of African Americans.
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About NAACP
Founded in 1909 in response to the ongoing violence against Black people around the country, the NAACP is the largest and most pre-eminent civil rights organization in the nation. We have over 2,200 units and branches across the nation, along with well over 2M activists. Our mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. In media attributions, please refer to us as the NAACP.
NOTE: The Legal Defense Fund, also referred to as the NAACP-LDF, was founded in 1940 as a part of the NAACP, but separated in 1957 to become a completely separate entity. It is recognized as the nation’s first civil and human rights law organization, and shares our commitment to equal rights.
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New post from the NAACP: Planned Parenthood, NAACP and Congresswoman Underwood Join More Than 250 Women of Color in Calling DC Statehood a Matter of Public Health & Racial Justice by Marc Banks
WASHINGTON — Today, Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Dr. Serina Floyd, medical director/vice president of medical affairs at Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC; Akosua Ali, president of the NAACP Washington, DC; and U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14), joined by more than 250 women leaders of color, released an open letter to Congress declaring D.C. statehood an issue of public health and racial equity. The letter, released one week after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, highlights how D.C.’s lack of statehood creates health care disparities and denies District residents reproductive freedom.
“Nearly half of District residents are Black,” the letter states. “If Washington finally became a state, it would be the first state with a plurality of Black residents. Statehood for the District of Columbia is a racial justice issue — and it’s a public health imperative.”
The open letter notes a number of ways in which the District’s lack of autonomy has put its residents’ health at risk. Large proportions of D.C.’s vaccine allotment have gone to federal agencies and to non-residents, while Black residents are going without. Congress regularly denies D.C. residents their reproductive rights by passing annual appropriations bills with riders that prohibit D.C. from using locally-raised tax dollars to cover abortion for people enrolled in D.C. Medicaid, who are disproportionately people of color. The letter also names the Black maternal mortality crisis and lack of local autonomy as further ways that systemic and structural racism has led to health inequities in the District.
“It has always been morally reprehensible to deny the people of Washington, D.C. representation in our democracy. But the triple intersecting crises of COVID-19, systemic racism, and attacks on reproductive health have laid bare the depth of inequity experienced by D.C residents, particularly those of color. People who live in Washington, D.C. are being denied the autonomy to build their own health care systems and make their own choices about their bodies. This is a matter of life and death.”
Co-signers include prominent women of color working toward health and racial equity, such as attorney and television personality Star Jones; political strategists Donna Brazile and Rev. Leah D. Daughtry; Beverly Evans Smith, the 2017-2021 National President CEO for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; Angela Rye, principal and CEO of IMPACT Strategies; Marcela Howell, president and CEO of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda; entrepreneur and civic leader E. Faye Williams; Mayra Macias, executive director of the Latino Victory Fund; Juliet Choi, president and Chief Executive Officer of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF); Glynda Carr, president and CEO of the Higher Heights for America PAC; and Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center.
Together, they call on the U.S. Senate to follow the lead of the House, rectify the disenfranchisement of the more than 712,000 D.C. residents, and give them control over their bodies, lives, and futures by passing the Washington, D.C. Admission Act.
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New post from the NAACP: NAACP to Host Justice and Accountability Virtual Town Hall by Marc Banks
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, April 29, 2021, 7:30p – 9:00p EST, the NAACP will host a virtual town hall on the need for accountability and justice at a time when both are severely lacking in American institutions.
“We are at an inflection point when it comes to justice and accountability in this country, said Derrick Johnson, president and CEO, NAACP. “The promise of equity is long overdue, and this meaningful conversation will move us closer to understanding the pathway there.”
WHEN: April 29, 2021, 7:30p – 9:00p EST
WHERE: https://www.youtube.com/naacp
WHO:
Ed Gordon, Journalist
Derrick Johnson, president and CEO, NAACP
Representative Karen Bass, California
Senator Cory Booker, New Jersey
Cariol Horne, Former Police Officer
Jelani Cobb, Ira A. Lipman professor, Journalism at Columbia University
Ken Chenault, chairman and managing director, General Catalyst Partners
Ben Crump, Attorney
The post NAACP to Host Justice and Accountability Virtual Town Hall appeared first on NAACP.
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Thursday, April 29, 2021
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Have Feedback on the COVID-19 Muni Temporary Service Plan?
By Shalon Rogers
In March 2020, due to unprecedented constraints on resources brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the SFMTA had to make significant transit service reductions. As of January 2021, the agency has been able to restore service to a level where 91% of San Franciscans are within a quarter mile of a transit stop. This is reflected in the SFMTA’s current COVID-19 Temporary Service Plan.
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COVID-19 Temporary Service Plan Map
The SFMTA is committed to ensuring that our programs and services are compliant with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and therefore do not have a discriminatory impact based on race, color or national origin. As part of this work, we conducted a Title VI service equity analysis to evaluate the current COVID-19 Temporary Service Plan. The results of this analysis will be presented to the MTA Board of Directors on May 4.
The public is invited to attend and provide comments on the current service plan at the online MTA Board of Directors (MTAB) meeting where the results of the service equity analysis will be presented on May 4th at 1 p.m. There will be a second online MTAB meeting on May 18 at 1 p.m. To provide comments during the meeting, specific dial-in instructions are located on the SFMTA calendar item for each date.
For more information about Muni’s current service, visit the COVID-19 Temporary Service Plan website. You can also email feedback to TellMuni@SFMTA.com or call 415-646-2350.
Finally, we look forward to continuing to hear from our riders on our current service as we work towards a post-COVID-19 service plan.
Published April 29, 2021 at 11:43AM
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Wednesday, April 28, 2021
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Permanent Relief for Muni Customers in SoMa?
By Erin McMillan
Shortly after the pandemic’s onset, the SFMTA implemented Temporary Emergency Transit Lanes to make sure essential trips on Muni wouldn’t get caught in traffic. On Mission Street from 11th to 3rd streets in SoMa, the transit lanes have proven effective at protecting Muni travel times while traffic has increased. Now, with the city’s reopening generating even more traffic, keeping these lanes on the road permanently is as important as ever.
Paint Shop Crew Removing Old Pavement Markings for Installation of Temporary Emergency Transit Only Lanes on Mission Street on September 23, 2020
What’s Next?
Given that the data shows the lanes are effective, the SFMTA is now pursing making the full-time transit lanes, and their benefits, permanent. Following up on our initial evaluation of the project, we are now inviting the community to learn about next steps for making the lanes permanent. We are hosting a two-week virtual open house where you can check out this information via an on-demand recorded presentation or by reviewing a PDF of the presentation at your own pace. Still have questions? Join us for virtual office hours this Thursday, April 29 from 4 to 6 p.m.
Travel on Mission Street South of Market
The SoMa segment of Mission Street from 11th to 3rd streets was the first corridor to get temporary emergency transit lanes. The project converted part-time, rush hour-only lanes into full-time lanes to help protect Muni customers from traffic congestion and a possible increased risk of exposure to COVID-19 on slower, more crowded buses. This better served the needs of the 14 Mission and 14R Mission Rapid that are busy all day, not just in the traditional peak commute hours. The corridor also serves regional transit from SamTrans and Golden Gate Transit, making these lanes important to regional as well as local travel.
Transit Lane Benefits
So far, the lanes on Mission Street have achieved their goal– keep transit moving even as traffic threatens to slow it down. Traffic has risen 20% since the summer of 2020, yet transit times are staying relatively consistent --meaning the transit lanes are effective in protecting buses from traffic. In addition to the transit data showing how effective the transit lanes are, 65% of community survey respondents said they wanted to keep the transit lanes permanently.
The project also helped simplify the street and traffic flow by widening the lanes that were previously too narrow to safely allow for buses. In addition, on some blocks parking shifted from one side of the street to the other, depending on the time of day. This new configuration is now easier and safer for all road users to navigate. Loading for businesses has also changed as part of the project, with the hours of when yellow zones are available increasing by over 40%.
For more information, visit SFMTA.com/TempLanes14, email us at TellMuni@SFMTA.com, or call (415) 646-2350.
Published April 28, 2021 at 05:16PM
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Tuesday, April 27, 2021
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Monday, April 26, 2021
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Safer and Easier Parking in Every City-Owned Facility
By Pamela Johnson
Parking at any of our 22 city-owned facilities is now easier and safer than ever. Late last month we completed the Parking Access Revenue and Control Systems (PARCS) project. This four-year effort replaced aging parking equipment with modern technology and significant operational upgrades.
Customer using new PARCS kiosk at North Beach parking garage
Patrons will notice enhanced lighting, new wayfinding signs, audible alarms, cameras, gate arms, and payment machines with two-way digital intercoms. Behind the scenes is an all-new parking management system and 24/7 command center, connected to every machine.
Can’t find your ticket to pay for parking? No worries!
Thanks to license plate recognition technology, cameras located at every facility’s entrance capture patrons’ plate numbers as they arrive. If a customer loses her ticket, the manager is able to re-issue a ticket based on her license plate number. Previously, the customer would have been required to pay for a full day of parking.
Safety and Ease of Use
“The new system is a significant operational upgrade from our prior 16-year-old equipment” said Robert Aicardi, Operations Manager of SFMTA’s Off-Street Parking unit. Aicardi, who oversaw the day-to-day delivery of the PARCS upgrade project, noted that “The upgrades make for easier and safer access in and out of a parking facility and a better experience.”
Ted Graff, the Director of Parking & Curb Management added that “Thanks to modern technology, we can better manage the customer parking experience in our parking facilities and facility operations. We’ve also improved auditing and credit card security to protect customers, enabled real-time data collection, which helps with the implementation of dynamic or demand-responsive pricing and enabled universal validation to create a more efficient parking experience.”
Highlights
- All payment machines have instructions in English, Chinese, and Spanish
- Cameras have been installed at every point of sale and point of entry/exit to augment the intercoms
- Both flashing lights and audible alarms are activated as vehicles exit the facility, improving safety in areas of high pedestrian traffic
- Payment kiosks use industry-standard, end-to-end encryption for credit card transactions
- Every point of sale enables mobile app contactless payments (including. Android Pay and Apple)
PARCS partners
To complete the upgrades, SFMTA’s Streets Division Off-Street Parking unit provided day-to-day oversight of the project, in partnership with SKIDATA, the PARCS vendor. Walker Parking Consultants served as the architect of record, and San Francisco Public Works oversaw all demolition and utility upgrades, which preceded PARCS equipment installation.
Visit the SFMTA’s website to learn more about the PARCS project and see a map of Garages & Lots that received the PARCS upgrades.
Published April 26, 2021 at 04:25PM
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Sunday, April 25, 2021
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Saturday, April 24, 2021
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Friday, April 23, 2021
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New post from the NAACP: GSA Revives Commitment to Renewable Energy, Pledging 100 Percent of Renewable Electric Resources by 2025 by Austyn Ross
“I am proud to affirm GSA’s commitment to 100 percent renewable energy by 2025,” said Acting Administrator Katy Kale. “This is an important step in reasserting the federal government’s leadership role in addressing the existential crisis of climate change.”
“Buildings account for 40 percent of all energy consumed in the US, and 70 percent of the electricity. By the federal government demonstrating a path toward decarbonization, we can encourage greater use of renewable and clean electric resources across the country,” said Mark Chambers, Senior Director for Building Emissions, White House Council on Environmental Quality.
Additionally, to strengthen the mission of GSA and advance diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility into how federal buildings are designed and renovated, GSA collaborated with the NAACP to establish an Environmental Justice and Equity Task Group. This group’s mission is to improve engagement with diverse and underrepresented communities to create solutions throughout the federal sustainable building process. This includes design, construction, operation, renewal and occupancy leading to opportunities and green jobs.
“We are gratified and eager to begin this critical work of examining the past and present impacts of federal buildings on Black, Indigenous, people of color and low-income communities, as well as advancing the transformative possibilities through the work of the Environmental Justice and Equity Task Group,” said Jacqui Patterson, NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program Senior Director. “In working towards centering equity in addressing our federal building infrastructure we aspire to spur a broader transition to a universally equitable and sustainable building sector.”
GSA also established the Federal Building Decarbonization Task Group. This group will explore opportunities and challenges for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, in alignment with national climate goals and action plans, through the use of renewable energy, energy efficiency, electrification and smart building technologies at federal buildings.
GSA provides centralized procurement for the federal government, managing a nationwide real estate portfolio of more than 370 million rentable square feet and overseeing approximately $68 billion in annual contracts. GSA’s mission is to deliver the best value in real estate, acquisition, and technology services across government, in support of the Biden-Harris administration’s priorities. For more information, visit: www.gsa.gov and follow us at @USGSA.
About NAACP
Founded in 1909 in response to the ongoing violence against Black people around the country, the NAACP is the largest and most pre-eminent civil rights organization in the nation. We have over 2,200 units and branches across the nation, along with well over 2M activists. Our mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. In media attributions, please refer to us as the NAACP.
NOTE: The Legal Defense Fund, also referred to as the NAACP-LDF, was founded in 1940 as a part of the NAACP, but separated in 1957 to become a completely separate entity. It is recognized as the nation’s first civil and human rights law organization, and shares our commitment to equal rights.
The post GSA Revives Commitment to Renewable Energy, Pledging 100 Percent of Renewable Electric Resources by 2025 appeared first on NAACP.
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Thursday, April 22, 2021
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Celebrate Earth Day by Using Alternate Modes to Get Around San Francisco
By Sophia Scherr
Happy Earth Day! Established in 1970, Earth Day gave voice to the growing public consciousness concerning the environmental state of our planet, and the collective search for ways to save it. This determined effort for a better environment based on proactive strategies for slowing down the effects of climate change is more urgent than ever.
People travel on Market Street in many ways: as pedestrians, on bicycles, scooters, by taxi and by bus.
Riding Muni is a great choice for reducing your carbon impact, as the majority of our fleet is powered by hydro-electric power and does not generate CO2 emissions. The SFMTA has also committed to having an all-electric bus fleet by 2035: we will exclusively purchase all-electric buses starting in 2025 to meet that goal. This Earth Day, we’re encouraging riders to get out to explore one of the many alternate modes available for getting around San Francisco.
An “alternate mode” is a fancy way of describing activities such as walking, biking or scooting to get to your destination. As San Francisco begins the re-opening process, we expect more traffic congestion due to people eager to explore after a year of being sheltered-in place.
To better help you get around, we’ve put together resources that include an interactive map with Muni Core service information, San Francisco’s bike network of bike lanes, Slow Streets, bike share station locations, taxi stand and parking garage locations. There are also bicycling and walking resources, and even an online photo exhibition of the history of these modes in San Francisco. Visit SFMTA.com/GetGoing to plan your next alternate mode trip.
San Francisco Multimodal Transportation map
Published April 22, 2021 at 10:22AM
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New post from the NAACP: Shots in Arms, Transit Equity, and Labor Justice in Lansing, MI by Austyn Ross
Written by Jerome L. Reide, Former NAACP Regional Field Director
A March announcement that the Capital Area Transit Authority (CATA), which serves the greater Lansing and East Lansing communities, would transport people in need to get Covid-19 vaccines sounded like great news. Disabled, unemployed, communities of color, low-income, and homebound people will focus on this effort.
“Michigan’s public transit systems are uniquely positioned to support the state’s COVID- 19 vaccination efforts by transporting arms to shots and shots to arms,” said Bradley T. Funkhouser, chief executive officer of the Capital Area Transportation Authority, which serves much of the Greater Lansing area. “It is our obligation as public transportation systems to do what we can to make the COVID vaccine accessible to all residents, and we know our systems are positioned to help achieve an equitable distribution of vaccines to people and communities that face transportation obstacles.”
A surge in Covid-19 infections, disparities in access to Lansing mass transit, and a labor dispute with bus drivers are three challenges that may harm Lansing’s African American community.
There were 22,204 reported Covid-19 cases in Ingham County that includes Lansing and East Lansing. Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s use of executive powers to put strict restrictions on school restaurants and large gatherings slowed down the spread of the virus despite political opposition to the shutdown measures. Governor Whitmer lifted restrictions in March, and by April 13, Michigan saw 4,000 hospitalizations in one day.
Bridge Michigan (bridgemi.com) reports that white Michigan residents get the Covid-19 vaccine twice the rate of African Americans. In Ingham- 106, 462 people have at least one dose (36.77%), and 62,408 people (21.55%) are fully vaccinated. The Lansing Metropolitan Statistical Area is 76% white, nine percent African American, seven percent Hispanic, and five percent Asian. Bridge also reports that more than 40% of the vaccines administered did not collect racial information.
Lansing was included in a recent report, “Access to Opportunity through Equitable Transportation”
The report says this small sprawling population and highly segregated has a high unemployment rate. The Capital Area Transit Authority carries more than 11 million passengers a year. Low-wage workers on the outskirts of Lansing lack ready access to jobs in the central city and centrally located healthcare facilities.
CATA bus drivers and mechanics recently protested after 17 months of negotiations disagreed on overtime, retiree benefits, and vacation.
“CATA’s maintenance and operations employees are the life-blood of the transit system, and they have risked their lives to ensure that public transit continues to operate in the Greater Lansing area,” says Union President/Business Agent Steven Soliz. “The Union is not willing to throw its contractual protections under the bus, especially at a time when CATA has received an unprecedented ten million dollars from the federal government. The Union looks forward to getting back to the bargaining table and reaching an agreement that respects its employees and the sacrifices they have already made.”
CATA and ATU Local 1039 Fact Finding Report and Response
Lansing’s African American community sits at the intersection of inequitable mass transit, disparities in Covid-19 vaccine distribution, and a labor dispute. Hopefully, these issues can be sorted out so that there is adequate Lansing public transportation available to get Covid-19 vaccinations in the arms of the most vulnerable community.
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About NAACP
Founded in 1909 in response to the ongoing violence against Black people around the country, the NAACP is the largest and most pre-eminent civil rights organization in the nation. We have over 2,200 units and branches across the nation, along with well over 2M activists. Our mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. In media attributions, please refer to us as the NAACP.
NOTE: The Legal Defense Fund, also referred to as the NAACP-LDF, was founded in 1940 as a part of the NAACP, but separated in 1957 to become a completely separate entity. It is recognized as the nation’s first civil and human rights law organization, and shares our commitment to equal rights.
The post Shots in Arms, Transit Equity, and Labor Justice in Lansing, MI appeared first on NAACP.
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New post from the NAACP: How Should We Equitably Power Ohio Forward? by Austyn Ross
Written by Tom Roberts, NAACP Ohio State Conference President
There is a vast amount of opportunity in Ohio. Our auto manufacturing has the chance to lead to an electrified future. According to 1Powering Ohio, embracing new options versus the status quo would result in $6 billion-plus, potential investments of 9,000 plus middle-income jobs, and 18,000 other jobs.
We are the seventh most populated state in the nation, with ~11.7 million people. Ohio has a solid industrial sector that significantly contributes to air pollution. The movement of goods by heavy-duty vehicles coming in and out of communities negatively affects their air and health. Also, 92% of Ohioans drive their cars to work. Many Ohioans drive to others cities and have an average commute of 22 minutes. 2One of the most prevalent causes of air pollution is vehicle emissions. The 3American Lung Association State of the Air 2020 Report list several Ohio counties as ranking D and F for Ozone and 2,289,855 people of color at risk for lung disease, followed by 1,278,157 of those in poverty. As of February 2021, Ohio unemployment in 88 counties ranged from 3.1% low to a high of 8.1%, according to Bureau of Labor Markets, and the 4African American unemployment rate is consistently twice the white unemployment rate.
We can reimagine an automotive and transit system that will pave the way for a just transition and resiliency for overburden and disadvantaged communities. Such a transition is an opportunity to employ initiatives like the NAACP PowerUp initiative that acts as a conductor for Black to Green pipelines, such as training and job opportunities in the electric vehicle sector and other clean energy jobs.
We can infuse equity that would decrease high unemployment, reduce harmful emissions, particularly greenhouse gases and reduce the economic burdens to affordable access to electric vehicles and so much more.
Equitable transportation systems, access to good jobs, green jobs, and the right to clean air are human and civil rights issues.
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About NAACP
Founded in 1909 in response to the ongoing violence against Black people around the country, the NAACP is the largest and most pre-eminent civil rights organization in the nation. We have over 2,200 units and branches across the nation, along with well over 2M activists. Our mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. In media attributions, please refer to us as the NAACP.
NOTE: The Legal Defense Fund, also referred to as the NAACP-LDF, was founded in 1940 as a part of the NAACP, but separated in 1957 to become a completely separate entity. It is recognized as the nation’s first civil and human rights law organization, and shares our commitment to equal rights.
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New post from the NAACP: Environmental Justice the Struggle Continues… is Hope Around the Corner? by Austyn Ross
Written by James Mosley, President & CEO, EnviroKinetics, Inc., Chairman, NAACP-Evansville Environment & Climate Justice Committee
The U.S. government first recognized Environmental Justice (EJ) as an essential focus of federal environmental protection efforts in 1992 when President George H.W. Bush appointed Dr. Clarice Gaylord as the first Director of the US EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice.
During my time in DC, I had the good fortune of meeting Dr. Gaylord and listening as she explained the choice to rebrand the new division the Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) versus Environmental Equity. She said that this was done because equity was viewed as evenly distributing the placement of NIMBYs such as community-based residential facilities, recycling transfer stations, and polluting industries throughout US cities. Moreover, predominantly white, affluent residents in these cities had the wherewithal to hire zoning attorneys to keep undesired projects out of their communities.
According to Dr. Gaylord, funding the OEJ was always an uphill battle that often meant last-minute riders attached to unrelated legislation proposed by members of the Congressional Black Caucus like Rep. John Lewis. Dr. Gaylord’s passion and commitment to environmental justice inspired me and changed the direction of my professional and personal life.
I introduced Evansville, Indiana to EJ when I co-founded the Environmental Justice Resource Center (EJRC) at the Carver Community Organization (CCO). Carver was the first non-profit in Indiana awarded a grant by the US EPA OEJ, Region 5. The EJRC promoted awareness around lead poisoning prevention/abatement techniques, water, ozone and air quality education through various scientific learning processes. The EJRC developed high-level advisory committees and collaboratives, sponsored a calendar of environmental events and workshops utilizing resources from national associations in Washington, D.C.
Some of the EJRC’s achievements included sponsoring Dr. Robert Bullard, founding Director of Clark Atlanta University’s EJ Resource Center as a special guest in its EJ Science Fair and as keynote speaker at Carver’s Annual Banquet. The EJRC also established the State of Indiana’s EJ Advisory Committee. This network included the EJ Center at Indiana University Northwest in Gary, IN, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), and the IU School of Public & Environmental Affairs Bloomington, IN. Carver’s EJRC program was placed on the US EPA’s website as a success story.
I founded EnviroKinetics, Inc. (EKI) as a people-oriented business promoting sustainable communities through environmental services, public involvement & community-based planning. In 2000, EKI consulted on the Evansville Urban Enterprise Association’s Brownfield Efficacy pilot project in Evansville’s Jacobsville area. At that time, IDEM provided Technical Assistance grants for testing properties at CCO and helped designate Jacobsville as a US EPA Superfund Site. Carver’s Director Dave Wagner and I also addressed the challenges of economic revitalization in “hard-to-develop communities” at Indiana’s first Statewide Brownfields Conference, held in Bloomington in 2001.
Deliverables from EKI’s pilot project included the establishment of the State of Indiana’s first full-time Brownfield Coordinator position housed at the City of Evansville’s Department of Metropolitan Development.
For me, an example of EJ for sustainable development would be hiring residents from disadvantaged communities to remediate contaminated sites in those same communities. This approach results in adaptive reuse and training for career-path green jobs such as weatherization and solar panel installation. US EPA Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training grants and the Midwest Renewable Energy Association’s Rise-Up scholarships are valuable tools to help transform disadvantaged inner-city communities throughout Indiana in this manner. Looking ahead, future possibilities include 3-D printing of specialty products in Evansville and the recycling of abandoned steel mills in Gary, IN to educational tourist attraction theme parks.
Another promising development is the recently completed Evansville Climate Action Plan 2021, which proposes electrifying Evansville’s diesel transit bus fleet and making traffic thoroughfares in disadvantaged neighborhoods safe for pedestrians and bicyclists. I applaud the US Department of Transportation’s proposed urban policies to undo the damage done by highways splitting up and isolating inner-city communities of color by redesigning those highways as multimodal complete streets.
Finally, I view Earth Day as an opportunity for all of us to recommit ourselves—regardless of race, creed, or socioeconomic status—to the critical mission of restoring and preserving a clean, healthy environment for all people. This is particularly necessary for communities that remain on an unequal environmental quality footing due to social and economic obstacles.
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About NAACP
Founded in 1909 in response to the ongoing violence against Black people around the country, the NAACP is the largest and most pre-eminent civil rights organization in the nation. We have over 2,200 units and branches across the nation, along with well over 2M activists. Our mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. In media attributions, please refer to us as the NAACP.
NOTE: The Legal Defense Fund, also referred to as the NAACP-LDF, was founded in 1940 as a part of the NAACP, but separated in 1957 to become a completely separate entity. It is recognized as the nation’s first civil and human rights law organization, and shares our commitment to equal rights.
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Van Ness Improvement Project Nears Completion
By Nehama Rogozen
After years of planning and construction, work on the Van Ness Improvement Project is progressing rapidly and the end is in sight! Construction is projected to be finished by the end of this year, with Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service running on Van Ness Avenue from Mission to Lombard beginning in early 2022.
Work on the red transit lanes between Broadway and Pacific is almost complete.
Crews have been busy on Van Ness Avenue. You may have noticed them building new medians and sidewalks, paving the roadway and installing poles that provide lighting and power to the BRT system. Most recently they have installed the red lanes that will allow buses to move Muni and Golden Gate Transit riders quickly along the corridor, without getting stuck in traffic. To ensure durability and reduce fading, these red transit lanes are made from poured red concrete, as opposed to red paint or thermoplastic on top of concrete.
We are also planting hundreds of trees along Van Ness Boulevard as a part of the project, with more on the way. These trees replace those that were removed during construction at a ratio of more than 2-to-1. There are four species of trees being planted: Lemon-Scented Gum in the median and London Plane, Brisbane Box and Palm in sidewalk tree wells where similar species were planted previously. These species were selected for their suitability to the neighborhood and growing environment along a state highway.
As the end of construction approaches, staff on the project are planning for the transition that will happen as construction winds down and testing to launch BRT service on the corridor begins. We are planning significant outreach to the public , to ensure that customers know how to ride the system safely and efficiently.
We know it’s been a long wait and we appreciate your patience with this long-term construction project. San Francisco’s first BRT corridor is almost here and we’re excited to welcome you aboard soon.
Check out the photos below for more of the work on Van Ness:
Published April 21, 2021 at 01:25PM
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New post from the NAACP: NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson, Releases Statement on Verdict in Derek Chauvin Trial by Marc Banks
“While justice landed Derek Chauvin behind bars for murdering George Floyd, no amount of justice will bring Gianna’s father back. The same way a reasonable police officer would never suffocate an unarmed man to death, a reasonable justice system would recognize its roots in white supremacy and end qualified immunity. Police are here to protect, not lynch. We will not rest until all in our community have the right to breathe.”
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Bringing Back Muni Better
By Julie Kirschbaum
Much of Muni service has already been restored since the pandemic-related service reductions at the beginning of the crisis, thanks to the dedication of SFMTA staff. As San Francisco emerges from the pandemic, we continue to increase service by focusing on maximizing citywide Muni access while providing high frequency on the city’s busiest routes.
The J Church returned as a surface route from Balboa Park to Duboce Avenue in December 2020
Since January 23, 91% of San Franciscans are within 2-3 blocks of a Muni stop. And this includes 100% of residents in San Francisco’s neighborhoods identified in the Muni Service Equity Strategy.
On May 15, Muni Metro service will be restored in the subway, providing subway service at all stations from Embarcadero to West Portal. The K Ingleside and the T Third will once again be “interlined,” operating as one route from Balboa Park to Sunnydale. The N Judah is also returning to rail service, giving customers more room and fewer pass ups, as the two-car train increases the N Judah’s capacity. F Market & Wharves service will return 7 days a week, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. And, a hilltop gap will be closed between Forest Hill and Glen Park with the temporary 36-52 Special Shuttle bus.
SFMTA staff are working hard and fast to overcome constraints to restoring service, and we expect to be able to expand service so that 98% of San Franciscans will be within 2-3 block of a Muni stop by the end of the summer. Here’s how.
As of January 23, 2021, 91% of San Franciscans are within 2-3 blocks of a Muni stop. We expect 98% of San Franciscans to have this access by the end of summer.
Vehicle Capacity and Availability Limits
As public health officials monitor San Francisco’s decreasing COVID-19 case numbers and increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates, we are working closely with the Department of Public Health to determine when distancing restrictions should be lessened, allowing more customers on each bus and train.
When distancing requirements are no longer needed, each Muni bus and train will be able to carry up to three times more customers comfortably. We will also return to industry standards of cleaning vehicles at the end of the day and stop our pandemic practice of returning a vehicle at the end of each operator’s shift for sanitization that currently limits vehicle availability.
Additionally, buses are currently substituting for Muni Metro lines while work on the first part of the Subway Renewal Program is completed, that is further reducing vehicle availability. The SFMTA maintenance, engineering and technology teams have worked hard over the last 10 months to ensure that the subway will open up with better reliability, as well as important customer facing amenities such as Wi-Fi and new station signage at Church and Castro. In May, the bus substitution will not be needed on the N Judah and K Ingleside lines and can then be used on other routes.
Muni Staffing and Funding
Also, essential to providing great Muni service is retaining staff talent. Due to a 15% vacancy rate pre-pandemic across the agency and very limited hiring over the past year, we have vacancies in many service critical positions from mechanics to supervisors. Before we can restore more service, we need to conduct exams, hire and train. Additionally, a high wave of June retirements is expected due to a reduced number of retirements during the pandemic. Since we are expecting a challenging summer due to high promotions and attrition, we are restoring Muni service with a schedule that can be filled 100% with available operators without gaps going forward. We want to make sure that as we start up service, we can sustain it long term.
In the short term, with ridership expected to take several years to reach pre-pandemic levels, we will be able to meet the city’s transit needs without over-extending our resources. However, I am confident that if we bring back Muni service that is reliable and convenient, demand will return stronger than ever.
Thanks to our diligent teams, we are making cost efficient improvements to Muni service. SFMTA staff looked closely where we had vulnerabilities and talked openly about how to learn from past mistakes. Union leadership has fought tirelessly for the needs of their team members and show up every day to solve tough problems. From headway management to installing temporary emergency transit lanes, we are creating an enhanced customer experience that will foster financial sustainability for the long term.
While we are on our way to increasing service, getting Muni back to 100% of pre-pandemic service — not to mention any increases—requires more sustained funding. Even before the pandemic, the agency had seen declining revenues from parking fees and transit fares. Now, with ridership slow to return to past levels and tax revenues down, our future is even less clear. One-time federal funding has saved the SFMTA from devastating cuts and layoffs, but this one-time funding runs out in 2023 and doesn’t solve the long-term funding challenge.
The SFMTA is exploring several options including revenue measures to secure our future. And while we plan to passionately pursue expanded funding, we will not expand service beyond what we can sustain with ongoing revenue to protect jobs and prevent future layoffs.
Muni is more than a transit system—it's a core part of our community and fabric of our city. Our staff is committed to keeping San Francisco moving and is working hard to bring Muni service back better than ever.
Published April 20, 2021 at 01:34PM
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Monday, April 19, 2021
Welcome Back to the Westside, K Ingleside Trains!
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The K Ingleside exiting the subway at West Portal
On April 16, the SFMTA, along with Mayor Breed and District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar, announced that Muni’s K Ingleside trains will return to the westside starting May 15.
The return of these trains is happening much earlier than anticipated thanks to the hard work of SFMTA staff to find creative solutions to ramp up Muni service to riders and support the city’s economic recovery.
“This addition of Muni service is a true testament to the collaboration between Muni staff, our labor unions and community partners,” said Julie Kirschbaum, SFMTA Director of Transit. “We know that key transit connections are critical to the city’s economic recovery, and we’re thrilled to re-open the subway and ramp up service.”
The K Ingleside will join the previously-announced N Judah as part of Muni Metro’s reopening, highlighting the agency’s commitment to maximizing transit access citywide. Recent subway repairs enable the K Ingleside to be interlined with the T Third line and run through a much more reliable subway system.
The pandemic enabled us to accelerate other upgrades and necessary maintenance work, provided by a rare, extended subway shutdown. These are part of the Subway Renewal Program, a systematic approach to upgrades over the next 10 years that addresses both longstanding issues predating the pandemic and other issues uncovered since the shelter-in-place began.
Key improvements include:
- Wi-Fi availability for customers from routers installed in stations and cellular antennas installed in the tunnels
- Installation of new wayfinding and directional signs at Castro and Church stations
- Quicker and smoother trips as a result of overhead line enhancements and rail grinding
The return of K Ingleside rail service is only one part of a larger roll out of Muni Metro rail updates happening May 15:
K Ingleside/T Third
K Ingleside and the T Third will once again be “interlined.” This means that the two routes will operate as one route, from Balboa Park to Sunnydale, providing subway service at all stations from Embarcadero to West Portal.
N Judah
The N Judah is also returning to rail service. Riders will have more room and fewer pass ups, as the two-car train increases the N Judah’s capacity.
J Church, L Taraval and M Oceanview
These lines will all continue to operate as they currently do, though the increased capacity on the K/T trains will soon provide even better connections for those traveling downtown or to the western neighborhoods.
- The J Church will remain as a surface-only route from Duboce Avenue to Balboa Park
- The L Taraval will operate with buses from the Zoo to Downtown
- The M Ocean View will operate with buses from Balboa Park to West Portal Station.
Published April 19, 2021 at 07:43PM
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Muni Emergency Measures Point to Longer Term Transit Goals
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The 38 Geary Temporary Emergency Transit Lane
Muni is a core part of our community’s urban fabric that, like so much, has been upended by the pandemic. Yet, as hard as the last year has been, the SFMTA is focused on bringing Muni back better than ever. As we shift to focus on recovery, we’re looking closely at the emergency efforts we’ve implemented during the pandemic and how their proven effectiveness can help support San Francisco long-term.
This includes promising performance data from our Temporary Emergency Transit Lanes program and plans for service restoration and future improvements. As part of an emergency response over six miles of temporary emergency transit lanes have been installed, benefitting tens of thousands of Muni customers each day, and helping to protect key Muni corridors from traffic. With the prioritization of temporary emergency transit lanes on routes that serve neighborhoods identified by the Muni Service Equity Strategy, the goal is to protect low-income and historically underserved people traveling on Muni from traffic congestion as the economy reopens and traffic returns.
Recent Muni Forward improvements are working: where we have invested in improvements like transit lanes, transit signal priority and bus bulbs, Muni customers are experiencing quicker and more reliable trips. When more people choose Muni because it’s fast and reliable, there are fewer cars on the street, reducing traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.
Temporary Emergency Transit Lane Program Benefits Riders
Several transit lanes have already been in place long enough to collect substantive data, and the results are showing benefits to Muni riders. The success of these corridors - Geary, 4th Street Bridge, 7th and 8th Streets and Mission Street in SOMA – show how beneficial making investments in transit can be.
Here’s a quick run-down of each of their successes.
Mission Street in SOMA was our very first Temporary Emergency Transit Lane project and it is showing amazing results. The project took rush hour-only transit lanes and made them full-time. Here’s what we’ve learned:
- Though traffic is 20% higher than in the summer of 2020, transit times are fairly consistent and only show a difference of 2 to 4% showing that bus travel times are being protected despite an increase in traffic
- A public survey showed 65% of respondents support making the changes of the transit lanes permanent
A 2-week online open house will be held Monday, April 19, through Monday, May 3, to inform the community of the outcome of the evaluation of the temporary project, and changes made based on feedback, prior to pursuing permanent legislation in June. For more information, visit SFMTA.com/TempLanes14.
Geary Boulevard (Richmond District)
Building upon the implementation of the Geary Rapid Project in the eastern half of the corridor, Geary Boulevard west of Stanyan is benefiting from new temporary emergency transit lanes, Muni head start signals and wooden bus bulbs. The data shows:. The data shows:
- Muni speeds have stayed consistent or even increased despite increases in traffic
- The biggest improvements have been for inbound 38R Geary Rapid passengers, whose trip got faster and more reliable across all times of day, with a 6% improvement in reliability in the morning rush hour commute
T Third riders have long experienced delays near 4th and King Station – in front of Caltrain. New transit lanes on the 4th Street bridge, however, are showing real promise.
- Transit delay at the 4th and Berry intersection has decreased by over 60%, and less than 1% of trains are impeded by auto traffic thanks to the new Temporary Emergency Transit Lanes
- Trains are 2.5 times more likely to cross 4th and Berry, the intersection between the bridge and Caltrain, without stopping for a red light
- When trains do wait for a green light, the average wait is 70% shorter
Serving the 19 Polk, much of 8th Street and a smaller slice of 7th Street received temporary emergency transit lanes early in the pandemic. In fact, the project has been so successful, we have rerouted the 27 Bryant over to 7th and 8th in SOMA to take advantage of the time savings and improve reliability for the entire line. On this corridor, we’re seeing:
- 20% improvement in the 19 Polk’s on time performance despite a 35% increase in mixed traffic since April 2020
- No recorded instances of crowding on the 19 Polk line, despite a 33% increase in ridership since the beginning of the pandemic, thanks in part to the headway reliability that the temporary emergency transit lanes support (reduced gaps and bunches that contribute to crowding)
- Transit lanes have not caused traffic congestion to substantially deteriorate, demonstrating that transit benefits don’t need to negatively impact drivers
As the city reopens and traffic returns, temporary emergency transit lanes are being evaluated on their effectiveness with the goal of making the benefits of the temporary emergency lanes permanent.
Future Service Improvements
The benefits to Muni through the success of the temporary emergency transit lanes projects need to be protected. The success of the program is encouraging the SFMTA to pursue permanent changes along several of these corridors. Importantly, any long-term changes will incorporate public feedback to tweak the designs to better match emerging neighborhood needs. Making the Muni benefits we have seen through the Temporary Emergency Transit Lanes program permanent is one way that we can emerge from the pandemic stronger than before.
Legislation for permanent transit lanes on Geary and Mission Street in SoMa is under consideration.
In addition, two more temporary emergency transit lanes projects are being considered for approval by the SFMTA Board of directors today:
Finally, we’re taking advantage of the current environment to advance major construction projects that will deliver long-planned (and long-delayed) improvements.
These include:
- The Subway Renewal Program
- L Taraval Improvement Program
- 16th Street Improvement Project
- 19th Avenue Combined City Project
All of these will add up to very real improvements for transit riders. If you want to learn more, check out this presentation prepared for the April 20, 2021 meeting of the SFMTA’s Board of Directors.
Published April 19, 2021 at 07:16PM
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New post from the NAACP: NAACP, NYU Civil Rights Clinic, and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Urge Cities Across the United States to Abandon Unlawful, Racially Discriminatory Crime-Free Housing Ordinances by Marc Banks
April 16, 2021 – The NAACP, the Civil Rights Clinic at New York University School of Law, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law today began calling on cities around the country to repeal their racially discriminatory crime-free housing ordinances to comply with federal civil rights law.
These ordinances, which do not actually reduce crime, typically make any form of alleged criminal activity a violation of the rental agreement—often in the absence of a conviction or even an arrest—and induce landlords to screen broadly to determine whether a tenant has prior justice system involvement. They unnecessarily increase the involvement of law enforcement in the rental and eviction process, leading to predictably discriminatory results.
“America has a long and ugly history of segregating housing on the basis of race. In light of federal laws that make housing discrimination illegal, municipalities have found new and creative ways to exclude people of color. Exploiting the disproportionate arrests of Black and Latinx persons, crime-free housing ordinances transform contact with the criminal legal system into race-based grounds to keep potential renters out and to evict current renters,” said Hadiya Williams, Civil Rights Clinic Student Advocate. “These ordinances are not only unlawful—they don’t even achieve the pretextual goal of making communities safer.”
“Crime-free housing ordinances encourage and allow renters to be thrown out of their homes for allegations of minor infractions, even if those alleged infractions were not committed by the renters, but instead by a family member or even an acquaintance,” said Anthony Ashton, the NAACP’s Director of Affirmative Litigation. “Crime-free housing ordinances are a thinly veiled attempt to achieve or maintain racial segregation in housing.”
The NAACP, the Civil Rights Clinic, and Lawyers’ Committee are calling on local elected officials in these jurisdictions and across the country to repeal crime-free housing ordinances in their entirety.
“Crime-free housing ordinances treat renters differently than those with the financial means to own their homes. They stand for the proposition that individuals convicted of any crime, no matter how small, can never pay their debts to society and must continue to pay for the rest of their life,” said Professor of Clinical Law at NYU Law School Deborah Archer. “These ordinances are unlawful and fall far short of the ideals of a truly integrated society. They must be repealed.”
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Founded in 1909 in response to the ongoing violence against Black people around the country, the NAACP is the largest and most pre-eminent civil rights organization in the nation. We have over 2,200 units and branches across the nation, along with well over 2M activists. Our mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. In media attributions, please refer to us as the NAACP.
NOTE: The Legal Defense Fund, also referred to as the NAACP-LDF, was founded in 1940 as a part of the NAACP, but separated in 1957 to become a completely separate entity. It is recognized as the nation’s first civil and human rights law organization, and shares our commitment to equal rights.
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Bayview Quick Builds: Uplifting Voices and Fostering Community
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When it comes to transportation planning in the Bayview, the SFMTA recognizes our involvement in the long history of past racist policies that have led to disinvestment in that community. Rectifying these injustices will take time but begins with near-term efforts like the Bayview Community Based Transportation Plan and the Bayview Quick-Build Transportation Projects. The goal of this work by SFMTA staff is to begin the process of building trust with community members and uplifting their voices.
A recent example are the murals painted along the Bayview’s first Vision Zero Quick-Build Project, unveiled by the SFMTA and multiple community partners on Saturday, April 3. Vision Zero Quick-Build Projects are defined by their ability to rapidly install inexpensive, easily adjustable street safety improvements. For this project, safety improvements required the installation of concrete barriers to delineate space in the roadway, which provided a canvas for community art.
Community participation plays a key role in how we develop quick-build improvements. The location of this particular quick-build was identified as a recommended corridor for traffic calming improvements in the Bayview Community Based Transportation Plan (Bayview CBTP). That plan is a multi-year effort to foster a more collaborative and responsive relationship with residents of the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood. Ariel Ward, SFMTA project planner and manager, who worked previously on the Bayview CBTP, brought her knowledge and relationships to help guide the Bayview Quick-Build project.
The project corridor along Evans Avenue, Hunters Point Boulevard, and Innes Avenue is on the Vision Zero High-Injury Network, the 13% of city streets that account for 75% of severe and fatal traffic injuries. Conversations with the community revealed that the location where Innes Avenue turns into Hunters Point Boulevard is often referred to by residents as “Dead Man’s Curve.” Over the past five years at this location, 20 collisions resulted in 32 injuries and one fatality, with many of these crashes caused by unsafe speeds, turns, and lane changes.
Influenced by the input received through the Bayview CBTP, the project team implemented quick-build improvements that include reducing the number of traffic lanes from four to two, a protected bicycle and pedestrian path using concrete barriers along Hunters Point Boulevard, upgrading and installing continental crosswalks and a creating a transit boarding island on Evans at Middle Point Road.
These improvements eliminate the possibility of drivers making high speed lane changes, encourage slower vehicle speeds, and provide protection for people to safely walk and bike along the corridor. While each of these tools has clear road safety purposes, Ariel viewed the concrete barriers as an opportunity to continue collaborating with the community and build on the relationships she established through the Bayview CBTP.
Through a call for submissions, the SFMTA worked with BMAGIC, Hunters Point Shipyard Citizens Advisory Committee, Shipyard Trust for the Arts, San Francisco African American Arts and Cultural District, and the India Basin Neighborhood Association, to select six artists who live and work in the Bayview to use the concrete barriers as canvases and helping to beautify the project. The community was able to raise $30,000 in philanthropic funds to paint murals along the entire length of the concrete barriers.
Listening to advocates and working with the community helps ensure that our traffic safety improvements benefit everyone. This requires fostering ongoing relationships by speaking directly with those who live and work in the project area to better understand their specific needs. Ultimately, the safety barriers will not only protect people walking and biking, but also celebrate the rich history, culture, and identity of the Bayview. We hope you’ll enjoy this celebration of a vision built in collaboration with artists, activists and community members over the years at Bayside Saturdays.
This effort would not have been possible without the generosity and time donated by BMAGIC, the Box Shop, India Basin Neighborhood Association, San Francisco African American Arts & Cultural District, Shipyard Trust for the Arts, Wendy MacNaughton, Livable City, SPIN and CEMEX.
View the slideshow below to learn more about some of the community members and groups who helped the murals come to life.
Published April 16, 2021 at 09:59AM
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