SFMTA 21 Bus Suspension

Attention SFMTA: We encourage you to maintain the 21 Hayes bus route. This is a life line for our neighborhood and a critical/essential route for our neighbors. Stopping its service would be to the detriment of those who rely on this bus line daily. Hayes Valley is already burdened with too much traffic and needs serious traffic mitigation — for us, focus on “transit first”  means having reliable bus services. The Hayes Street closure which has further worsened traffic on …

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Week 8 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

January 27, 2025 Attention SFMTA: See permit violations for this past weekend documented here: Friday January 24, 2025 | see traffic on Laguna Saturday January 25, 2025 | see traffic congestion in surrounding area Again, we hereby demand that permit No. 1091787 be revoked immediately. Permit violations include but not limited to: *General advertising is prohibited and needs to cease. The solicitation for event hosts by the permit holder circumvents the normal event permitting process which includes neighborhood notification and …

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SFMTA ISCOTT Public Hearing for Head West Market 2025

January 22, 2025 Good morning ISCOTT and SFMTA: We feel we’ve made significant strides over the last couple of years to drive home the critical issues with the Head West event in Hayes Valley and prefer to be hopeful that this year the tide may turn. We view the sanctioned promotion of outside retail vendors as a direct threat on our small business operators. This event is run by a for profit business at our neighborhood expense. Each time this …

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Week 6 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

January 13, 2025 Attention SFMTA: See permit violations for this past weekend documented here: Friday January 10, 2025Saturday January 11, 2025 Again, we hereby demand that permit No. 1091787 be revoked immediately. Permit violations include but not limited to: *Barricades have cones strategically placed to allow for an entry/exit path for cars, scooters, motorcycles, etc.The block is a full scale food delivery pick up zone. It’s time we restore Hayes Street by ceasing this closure and reverting back to the …

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Week 2 • Hayes Street Temporary Street Closure Permit No. 1091787 Noncompliance

December 16, 2024 Re: Street Closure Permit No.1091787 for the Hayes Street Closure Attention: SFMTA See permit violations for this past weekend here:  [collectively we witnessed at least a half a dozen vehicles driving on the blocked street] Friday December 13, 2024 Saturday December 14, 2024 Again, we hereby demand that permit No. 1091787 be revoked immediately. Thank you. HVSafe