Are you a San Francisco resident, commuting worker or business owner concerned about SFMTA's overreach? Frustrated with SFMTA ignoring stakeholder concerns and issues like unsafe transit, reduced street parking and roads that are now more dangerous and confusing to everyone who uses them? How about the changes to traffic lanes that result in increased congestion? Or newly closed and redesigned streets that constrain business deliveries and access for the elderly and disabled?
December 1st was the last straw for Valencia Street. Business is down 30% - 50% since May due to the dangerous center bike lane and removal of seventy parking spaces. Amado’s is yet another closure on the street and struggling small business owners are done: they demand the resignation of Jeffrey Tumlin. Read here.
Tragically, like Valencia Street, many business corridors across the City have suffered from SFMTA's imposition of expensive street changes that the vast majority of residents, workers and business owners deem unnecessary (at best) and destructive (at worst):
Each has begged SFMTA to respect small businesses and been dismissed - SFMTA does NOT CARE. One Valenica Street Merchant is currently on a hunger strike protesting the destruction of his business and life by SFMTA. It is time for all common sense people in SF to band together - it is the only way we can stop this madness.
The small businesses that make SF amazing and unique are crying out for help to halt SFMTA’s devastation of diverse and vital business corridors, livelihoods, local jobs, and the very character of our neighborhoods.
It has to stop.