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SFMTA Public Meetings September 30 - October 14
By Benjamin Barnett

Board of Directors Meeting

Tuesday, October 1, 1 p.m.
City Hall, Room 400
Nearby Muni Routes: 5, 19, 21, 47, 49, F Market, Civic Center Station

The SFMTA Board of Directors provides policy oversight for the safe and efficient transportation of goods and service in San Francisco. This includes the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), automobiles and trucks, taxis, bicycling and walking. The SFMTA Board of Directors also serves as members of the San Francisco Parking Authority.

Our board of directors meetings are usually held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. The agenda for Tuesday's meeting includes a presentation regarding the dedication of Cable Car No. 17, monthly transit service updates and extending an existing transit-only lane on Fourth Street from Howard to Folsom streets.

NE Mission Parking Project October Open House

Saturday, October 5, 11:30 a.m.
2424 Mariposa St
Nearby Muni Routes: 8, 9, 22, 33 and 55

The Mission District's northeastern neighborhood is one of San Francisco's most dynamic and diverse. A mix of commercial and industrial businesses, homes and recreational destinations combine to make the neighborhood unique and attractive. However, a lack of parking regulations has led to an ongoing parking challenge for the neighborhoods residents, workers and visitors.

Recently, the SFMTA has received several community requests to create parking regulations and better manage curb space in different parts of the neighborhood. In response, the SFMTA is taking a holistic approach to parking management in the area and re-launching the Northeast Mission Parking Management Project.

Please join us for an open house to discuss parking regulation in the Mission.

Our Meeting Round-Up feature highlights different SFMTA public meetings that will be held within the coming two weeks. These meetings give you the chance to share your ideas and provide us with helpful feedback. Join us at our next meeting to learn more about SF's changing and complex transportation system.

Those listed above are just a few highlights. You can find a full list of upcoming meetings to keep up to date on your favorite SFMTA committees.

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Improvements for Five of Muni’s Busiest Bus Lines

Improvements for Five of Muni’s Busiest Bus Lines
By Bonnie Jean von Krogh

With nearly 40 buses per hour at peak times, 4th Street is one of San Francisco’s major transit corridors. The 4th Street Transit Improvement Project is planning improvements on the corridor to benefit five of Muni’s busiest bus lines. These routes, including the 8 Bayshore, 8AX and 8BX Bayshore Express, 30 Stockton and 45 Union/Stockton, provide connections for an average of nearly 70,000 weekday customers to Caltrain and the Chinatown, SoMa and Visitacion Valley neighborhoods, among others. 

The 4th Street Transit Improvement Project is part of Muni Forward’s system-wide approach to transit priority improvements and complements changes being implemented on 3rd Street as part of the 3rd Street Transit and Safety Project. Taken together, these projects should substantially reduce transit delay on 3rd and 4th streets in SoMa for thousands of daily customers.

For more than six years, 4th Street has been temporarily reconfigured to accommodate construction of the SFMTA Central Subway project under the street. With construction equipment removed from the roadway in late August, 4th Street is now ready for improvements. 

The 4th Street Transit Improvement Project proposes upgrades to reduce bus delays and improve pedestrian safety on the corridor.

• Dedicated, full-time, red transit-only lane, separate from turning traffic

• Combine Howard and Folsom's bus stops at future Central Subway station to improve connectivity

• Increase passenger and commercial loading

• Reduce the number of through lanes of traffic to two, improving pedestrian safety

See the diagram below for the proposed design of 4th Street approaching Howard.

Learn more project details at SFMTA.com/4thStreet.

SFMTA Board Review

The project proposal received feedback from a diverse group of stakeholders including Muni customers, community organizations, citywide advocacy organizations, local merchants, hotels, institutional stakeholders, and residents of senior communities.

The 4th Street Transit Improvement Project will be presented to the SFMTA Board of Directors for approval on Tuesday, October 1, 2019. If you would like to comment on the proposed changes, you may attend the SFMTA Board Meeting or file your comments in writing before the hearing.

• Attend the SFMTA Board Meeting on October 1, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.,  Room 400 City Hall, San Francisco. (Note that the actual time the item will be heard may be considerably later than 1:00 p.m.)

• Email comment to: MTABoard@SFMTA.com with subject line “4th Street Transit Improvement Project”. (Submit comments before the hearing.)

• Mail comment to: Board of Directors, One South Van Ness Avenue, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103-5417. (Submit comments before the hearing.)

Published September 27, 2019 at 01:26PM
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By Schad Dalton

Events: It may be officially Fall, but the warm weather and sunshine are still the perfect compliment for the wide range of events taking place around the city this weekend. The Cole Valley Fair returns to its eponymous neighborhood for a 17th year this Saturday. Over in Japantown on Saturday, the fourth annual Osaka Matsuri festival will celebrate San Francisco's oldest sister city relationship. Over the course of the entire weekend on Treasure Island, this month's iteration of TreasureFest will follow the theme of "Shoptoberfest." On Sunday, head to SoMa for the 36th annual Folsom Street Fair or participate in the Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk along the Embarcadero waterfront in support of finding a cure for breast cancer. Read more about our featured events below.

Hop aboard a 25 Treasure Island Route coach at its terminal inside the Salesforce Transit Center for a ride to TreasureFest this weekend. Photo: SFMTA Archive

TreasureFest: Shoptoberfest

Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Treasure Island

TreasureFest takes place at the end of each month between February and November and is an opportunity to explore and enjoy the island's many offerings. This month's theme is Shoptoberfest, a play on Oktoberfest that adds myriad shopping opportunities to the more common beer garden concept. Along with the traditional shopping and food vendors that populate the island each month, this weekend's event will have craft beers from over a dozen local brewers. As always, TreasureFest will also have scavenger hunts, DIY arts and crafts stations along with local arts and crafts vendors and much more for a family-friendly weekend experience in the Bay.

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How to Get There on Muni: Riders can take the 25 Treasure Island Route to and from the island.

Muni Service Notes: There are no planned service changes for this event, though the 25 may experience increased ridership.

Cole Valley Street Fair

Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cole Valley

The annual Cole Valley Fair takes place on Cole Street between Carl and Grattan Streets in San Francisco. The event features local artists, food and drinks, live music, a neighborhood classic car show, children’s events and more!

How to Get There on Muni: Riders can take the N Judah Line, the 6 Haight/Parnassus, 7 Haight/Noriega, 37 Corbett, or 43 Masonic routes to the event.

Muni Service Notes: The 6, 37 and 43 will have reroutes for this event. All lines in the area may see increased ridership or minor delays.

Remember that you can take Muni for the entire day for a single $5 fare. The new $5 Day Pass, available on MuniMobile®, is part of Muni’s recent fare changes. The pass is intended to encourage a safe, convenient way to pay your fare and quickly board Muni vehicles, which reduces overall travel time for everyone. The $5 Day Pass is Muni bus, rail and historic streetcars only.

“On Tap” gives you a heads up about the big events in town and what Muni routes and lines will get you to the party. Look for this feature to be posted usually on Thursdays for a look ahead to the weekend. Check out our Weekend Traffic & Transit Advisory for more details.

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The SFMTA is moving forward with the next phase of the Powered Scooter Share Permit Program. Over the last year, this program permitted two operators and up to 2,100 scooters for shared use, mostly in the eastern parts of the city. The new round of permits will be issued to four operators and up to 4,000 scooters, with more than double the service area, along with a list of new terms and conditions based on lessons learned. We realize that different modes of mobility are an important part of the transportation network and the "last mile" solution to your commute is just as important as the first mile.

Lessons Learned and New Terms and Conditions

The most influential lessons from the first phase, adapted as requirements for the new permit, include Lock-To design, minimum fleet-size and requirements around distribution and equity engagement. By the end of the initial permit, both scooter-share companies had 100 percent lock-to fleets. This effectively eliminated most scooter-related parking problems, such as blocking sidewalks. It also meant increased demand for bike rack space. All permittees are required to pay a $75 fee per device to fund bike rack installation. The City will be expanding its bike racks throughout the service area to meet expected demand.

During the initial permit phase, the two operators faced challenges to consistently deploy a reliable number of scooters. Operators must now consistently deploy at least 50 percent of their permitted fleet.

In the initial permit phase, operators coordinated their service areas with the SFMTA. This led to a mix of service areas that weren’t comparable, nor supplementary in coverage and the areas shifted throughout the course of the pilot based on operator trial and error. New permittees will receive a prescribed service area that is double the existing coverage area and tailored with distribution requirements. This will broaden the scooter network, encluding Bayview, Excelsior, Inner Richmond and Inner Sunset neighborhoods. No more than 40 percent of any fleet can be in the Downtown or SOMA neighborhoods. Also, the core area that needs to be serviced by all operators will include all Communities of Concern and require a minimum number of scooters to always be available there.

User survey data from the initial phase showed that most users were white, upper-middle-class, men. For scooter-share services to be successful in San Francisco, it’s important that they support more equitable goals. In addition to multi-lingual and culturally sensitive outreach, new permittees are required to develop programs around local hiring, scooter safety, culture, arts and local small business. Operators must reach out to responsive Community-Based Organizations to assess and respond to neighborhood needs.

Sustainability and User Accountability

Beyond lessons learned, we are also adding new terms and conditions related to environmental impact and user accountability.

New Sustainability guidelines will require operators to provide specific metrics including operational Vehicle Miles Traveled, which will measure how much vehicle mileage is associated with providing comprehensive service and a life cycle analysis to understand how much resource and waste is required to provide comprehensive service.

For User Accountability, the SFMTA aims to empower its investigators and the general public to report bad scooter behavior related to improper parking or unsafe riding (e.g. rinding on the sidewalk). Operators will maintain a shared database of complaints to track and respond to reported incidents, warning first-time offenders and suspending service from users who repeatedly disobey traffic laws.

Next Steps – Permitting

The SFMTA will reach out to applicants for the next steps, setting up times to review all the required terms and to confirm any final questions related to terms and conditions in advance of permitting. The agency anticipates needing to closely monitor scooter-share systems, especially in compliance with these new terms and conditions. It also looks forward to further stakeholder collaboration as it continues to evolve the Powered Scooter Share Program. We expect to see the new expanded service starting as soon as October 15th.

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Director of Transportation Report: September 17, 2019

Director of Transportation Report: September 17, 2019
By Benjamin Barnett

In this week’s Director’s Report from the SFMTA Board of Directors meeting, Tom Maguire gave the following updates:

Chase Center Opening Recap:

• Opening day Muni ridership numbers were strong with about 700-800 bus riders on the 78X and 79X special event express service and 3,000 to 3,600 on the trains. According to the Giants, there was minimal demand for parking in Lot A.
• By Sunday, Muni carried closer to 5,000 to 6,000 people on trains. 4,000 to 5,000 traveled on foot and another 1,400 to 1,500 used TNCs. The 78X was departing with crush loads with ridership on the 79X Van Ness running about half full – so transit use seems to be growing with each event.
• We had several tests last week with the first dual events – a Giants game at Oracle and another concert at Chase Center.
• While the use of bike valet at the first event was limited (30 out of 300 capacity), discussions related to the design and operation of the 16th St.

Traffic Signal Improvements: 

• During the last three months, we have rolled out two major traffic signal initiatives in support of Vision Zero to keep traffic flowing on highly-used, regionally-significant corridors.
• New signal timing for 50 intersections in Eastern South of Market (east of 4th Street) and 50 intersections in Lower Pacific Heights (California, Pine, and Bush between Masonic and Octavia).
• Signal visibility, mast arms, new pedestrian signals and timing upgrades at 12 locations in the Gough Street corridor.
• Red-light cameras have been activated at two new intersections this year so far. Two more locations are currently issuing warnings and will start issuing citations by October with another eight on track by the end of the year.

Inner Sunset Streetscape Improvement Project:

• As part of Muni Forward, the two-year project designed to improve the efficiency of the N Judah line and the quality of life in the Inner Sunset and Cole Valley neighborhoods.
• Infrastructures improvements included sewer repair and replacement, water line and Auxiliary Water Supply System (AWSS) replacement, traffic signal upgrades, fiber optic installation, curb and sidewalk intersection bulb-outs, transit service .changes and new boarding zones, road repaving, curb ramp upgrades and streetscape improvements.
• Multi-agency project done in partnership with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco Department of Technology and Public Works to minimize disruptions and service shutdowns.

Our Board of Directors meeting is usually held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. To watch the meeting in full, go to sfgovtv.org.

Published September 24, 2019 at 04:55PM
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Launch HN: Quilt – A versioned data portal for AWS https://ift.tt/2mrbami

Launch HN: Quilt – A versioned data portal for AWS We're Aneesh and Kevin of Quilt ( https://quiltdata.com/ and https://ift.tt/2mmERVD ). Quilt is a versioned data portal for AWS that makes it easier to share, discover, model, and decide based on data at scale. It consists of a Python client, web catalog, and lambda functions (all open source), plus a suite of backend containers and CloudFormation templates for businesses to run their own stacks. Public data are free. Private stacks are available for a flat monthly licensing fee. Kevin and I met in grad school. We started with the belief that if data could be "managed like code," data would be easier to access, more accurate, and could serve as the foundation for smarter decisions. While we loved databases and systems, we found that technical and cost barriers kept data out of the hands of people that needed it the most: NGOs, citizens, and non-technical users. That led to three distinct iterations of Quilt over as many years and has now culminated in open.quiltdata.com, where we've made a few petabytes of public data in S3 easy to search, browse, visualize, and summarize. In earlier versions of Quilt, we focused on writing new software to version and package data. We also attempted to host private user data in our own cloud. For reasons that we would soon realize, these were mistakes: * Few users were willing to copy data—especially sensitive and large data—into Quilt * It was difficult to gather a critical mass of interesting and useful data that would keep users coming back * Data are consumed in teams that include a variety of non-technical users * Even in 2019, it's unnecessarily difficult and expensive to host and share large files. (GitHub, Dropbox, and Google Drive all have quotas, performance limitations, and none of them can serve as a distributed backend for an application.) * It's difficult for a small team to build both "git for data" (core tech) and "Github for data" (website + network effect) at the same time On the plus side, our users confirmed that "immutable data dependencies" (something Quilt still does) went a long way towards making analysis reproducible and trace-able. Put all of the above together, and we had the realization that if we viewed S3 as "git for data", it would solve a lot of problems at once: S3 supports object versioning, a huge chunk of public and customer data are already there (no copying), and it keeps users in direct control of their own data. Looking forward, the S3 interface is general enough (especially with tools like min.io) to abstract away any storage layer. And we want to bring Quilt to other clouds, and even to on-prem volumes. We repurposed our "immutable dataset abstraction" (Quilt packages) and used them to solve a problem that S3 object versioning doesn't: the ability to take an immutable snapshot of an entire directory, bucket, or collection of buckets. We believe that public data should be free and open to all—with no competing interests from advertisers—that private data should be secure, and that all data should remain under the direct control of its creators. We feel that a "federated network of S3 buckets" offers the foundations on which to achieve such a vision. All of that said, wow do we have a long way to go. We ran into all kinds of challenges scaling and sharding ElasticSearch to accommodate the 10 billion objects on open.quiltdata.com, and we are still researching the best way to fork and merge datasets. (The Quilt package manifests are JSONL, so our leading theory is to check these into git so that diffs and merges can be accomplished over S3 key metadata, without the need to diff or even touch primary data in S3, which are too large to fit into git anyway.) Your comments, design suggestions, and open source contributions to any of the above topics are welcomed. September 24, 2019 at 01:06PM

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Cable Car Service - Back On Track!

Cable Car Service - Back On Track!
By Benjamin Barnett

The Heart of Cable Car Propulsion

Today, we are happy to announce the return of all Cable Car service. Over the past ten days, we performed an assortment of upgrades to our Cable Car system. The largest and most complex, being the replacement of the Hyde Line gearbox.

The gearbox is basically a transmission that transfers power via a 600 volt DC motor, in turn, driving the pulleys carrying the cable. Those cables then loop through the city so the cable cars can be powered through the streets of San Francisco.

The gearboxes have been in place since 1984 and their life expectancy was at an end. For the past two years we have been changing out the gearboxes and the Hyde Line gearbox was the last to be installed. The gearbox that was removed will be rebuilt and kept as a spare.

Because of consistent maintenance, the propulsion department was able to keep the gearboxes working past their life expectancy of 25 to 30 years.

During the outage, we were able to perform work throughout the entire system that we would not normally be able to perform under normal conditions. This included rebuilding switches, replacing pulleys, track repair, cleaning and welding various components. We have also reached out across and coordinated with other city departments to ask them to assist us in working on and around the Cable Car system. We were also able to allow private contractor work that would normally involve stricter timelines and procedures.

We realize the Cable Car Lines are a vital part to the identity of San Francisco and we appreciate your patience while we completed these necessary upgrades. Investing in the maintenance of our Cable Car system ensures that this moving landmark will always be a part of San Francisco.

Published September 23, 2019 at 04:55PM
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Elevator Improvements and Greener Technology is Going Up

Elevator Improvements and Greener Technology is Going Up
By Pamela Johnson

More than a dozen elevators at five city-owned parking facilities are getting upgrades as part of the SFMTA Parking Facilities Elevator Upgrade project.

There will be 14 elevators at the Polk-Bush, Vallejo, Union Square, Sutter-Stockton and Moscone Center garages receiving improvements, which include a shift to greener technology. In addition to mechanical and electrical upgrades, elevators are also getting interior renovations such as new flooring, ceilings, LED lighting and wall panels.

“We are excited that the new elevators are being built using greener technology,” said Ted Graff, Director of Parking and Curb Management. “The improvements will have a positive environmental impact, allowing the elevators to operate with less carbon emissions, energy consumption and at a reduced cost.”

Dave Dunham, Parking Facilities Manager, went on to say, “The upgrades are significant. Getting parts to repair the aged elevators has been challenging and even more so at Moscone, where they are a unique model. Very few of them are currently in operation in the U.S.”

The upgrades to the elevators will enhance rider safety, reliability, performance and offer a better customer experience. Patrons will receive an enhanced ride quality with smoother acceleration, deceleration, less noise and vibration.

All parking facilities will remain open while the work is completed this fall.

To evaluate the new elevator upgrades, the SFMTA will track the following metrics: 

• Customer satisfaction
• Maintenance requests
• Number of technicians’ calls
• Maintenance costs

Elevator Safety Tips

• Stand clear of the doors – keep clothes and carry-ons away from the opening
• Never try to stop a closing door, wait for the next car
• Push and hold the “DOOR OPEN” button if doors need to be held open
• If the doors do not open when the elevator stops, push the “DOOR OPEN” button.

Schindler Elevator Corporation, one of the world’s leading providers of elevators, escalators and moving walks has been contracted to complete the upgrades under the project supervision of EF Brett & Company, Inc.

To see the elevator upgrades schedule and learn more about the elevator modernization project, please visit the SFMTA Parking Facilities Elevator Upgrades webpage.

Published September 20, 2019 at 01:22PM
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Show HN: WeCheck. Create free and simple collaborative checklists https://ift.tt/2M3jS3n

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Launch HN: Sparkswap (YC S18) – Buy Bitcoin Instantly over the Lightning Network https://ift.tt/2Oa3xN2

Launch HN: Sparkswap (YC S18) – Buy Bitcoin Instantly over the Lightning Network Hi everyone! I’m Trey, the founder of Sparkswap ( https://sparkswap.com ). We've built a new desktop app to purchase Bitcoin with USD directly into your wallet using the Lightning Network, instantly. This is not Bitcoin held in your name by an institution - it’s your wallet, and your private keys. Today, the vast majority of the billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin^1 traded on a daily basis is done on custodial exchanges, meaning users deposit their currencies with the exchange, trade within the system, and then withdraw their new currency balance at a later time. This runs counter to the original goal of Bitcoin, which was to give users full control of their money through a system without central authorities or middlemen. Unfortunately, users historically haven’t had much of a choice, as using custodial exchanges has been the only way to get reliable pricing, use a bank account, and achieve reasonable settlement times for transactions. Then came the Lightning Network (LN), first introduced in 2016 in this white paper: https://ift.tt/1JhrNns . One of the original goals of the LN was to solve Bitcoin’s scalability problem. It works by creating a second local consensus layer between two parties on top of the main Bitcoin blockchain, only going back to layer 1 for final settlement or dispute resolution, thereby decongesting the main blockchain and enabling faster transaction speeds. At Sparkswap, we’re taking advantage of Lightning’s fast transaction speeds to build an alternative to existing custodial exchanges: for the first time, you can have fast, convenient trading without custodial trust. I started working on Bitcoin after two years in wealth management technology at BlackRock, where I got to see how the financial system operates at a mechanical level. As an engineer, looking at the antiquated way that money actually moves around the system (you’d be surprised how many FTP uploads and CSVs are involved) and how reliant it is on a small group of institutions that have to trust each other, it was immediately clear to me that we can do much better. Bitcoin offers a way to re-architect our financial system in an internet-native way that removes reliance on those central parties, opening opportunities for more people to access it, and for new service providers to thrive like they have on the internet. But there is still a lot of work to be done to solve fundamental problems like custody - and that's why I started working on Sparkswap. After almost two years of hard work, we’ve just launched Sparkswap Desktop, our Lightning-powered app for buying Bitcoin. With the app, because every purchase is executed on the LN, it’s both instantaneous and you never have to give up control of your Bitcoin private keys. As the saying goes, not your keys, not your coins^2. Here's how it works. When you deposit USD via ACH in the open source Sparkswap app ( https://ift.tt/2O9XV5l ), it is sent to a US-domiciled bank account that Sparkswap (the company) doesn't own or control. Then later when you buy Bitcoin in the app, the Bitcoin payment to you is put in escrow (called a Hash/Time-lock Contract, or HTLC) locked by a cryptographic hash on the Lightning Network. This means that if you can produce the preimage of the hash, you get the Bitcoin, but at this point only Sparkswap knows the preimage. Then the app creates an escrow payment to Sparkswap for the USD price of the Bitcoin locked by the same hash using our payment partner. Since Sparkswap has the preimage, we can then immediately claim the escrowed dollars by sending the preimage to our payment partner. This gives you access to the preimage through our payment partner’s API, which the app then uses to claim the BTC on your behalf. The escrows also have timeouts so that they can be canceled if they aren't executed after a certain time. This whole process results in USD being swapped for BTC with a level of security that popular services don't provide, and in most cases swaps complete in just a few seconds. In addition, every Bitcoin you buy with Sparkswap is instantly available in a channel on the Lightning Network. That means that you can easily spend that Bitcoin on the dozens of games, apps, and merchants building Lightning-powered services. And since Sparkswap opens Lightning channels to you, after initial setup you can transfer funds from your bank, buy Bitcoin, and spend it on the Lightning Network all in a matter of seconds, making it one of the easiest ways to get started on Lightning. The first version of the app is designed for users that run LND (a popular Lightning node, https://ift.tt/1PqGMOF ) already. If you don’t, we recommend Zap ( https://ift.tt/2vIFmKH ), a desktop Lightning Wallet that lets you run a light client so you don’t have to sync the full blockchain. The current release of Sparkswap Desktop also only supports purchasing Bitcoin with USD. However, we have plans to support selling Bitcoin, as well as other Lightning implementations and clients (and mobile!), so stay tuned for updates. We know cryptocurrency certainly has its issues, and we’re working to try to fix one of them. In just the first half of 2019, almost $500M^3 was stolen from custodial exchanges. We believe it’s critical to the value and future success of Bitcoin to establish trustless, non-custodial trading. We don’t have a token, and we’re not selling vaporware - we’ve shipped a real product that solves a real problem and enhances the biggest proven use case in the cryptocurrency industry: buying Bitcoin. We'd love feedback on the product from all — Lightning Network enthusiasts, critics, and those that don’t know much about it. If you have any trouble getting started, please ask us for help! (support at sparkswap.com) Thanks! Trey [1] https://ift.tt/2V4J6SY... [2] https://ift.tt/2AxBfnC... [3] https://ift.tt/2IfDXCl... September 19, 2019 at 10:06AM

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Show HN: Leanternet – A directory of lean internet websites Hi, this is Alex Dragusin and I've created the Leanternet directory at https://ift.tt/2Ie0vDu a directory of lean internet websites that load fast and are straight to the point without the bloat. Feel free to recommend websites that are not on the list and that follow the leanternet principles. You can do so here or through my e-mail. I've wrote a set of principles that help as a starting point in possibly getting an awareness movement going before "solutions" like Borg AMP would assimilate further. We can have fast and efficient websites without ceding further control by raising awareness and finding the right balance in the use of the available technologies. Furthermore, isn't this a good time to consider transitioning towards a matured internet stage? Where the internet is a great tool serving the users not the other way around? September 19, 2019 at 01:43AM

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This Weekend: Big Book Sale and Sunday Streets

This Weekend: Big Book Sale and Sunday Streets
By Schad Dalton

Events: This weekend will have multiple varied events all around town, including the Big Book Sale at Fort Mason that will get an early start on its weekend-long run this Wednesday, September 18. Head down to the Mission any time Friday through Saturday (Sept. 20-22) for San Francisco's only Greek Food Festival at the Annunciation Cathedral on Valencia Street. Stretch your legs and enjoy the beautiful sights of the northern waterfront during Saturday's Pier to Pier History Walk and Festival at Aquatic Park, then consider taking a Muni E Embarcadero streetcar from the Wharf down to Oracle Park for an evening of Opera at the Ballpark. Lastly, Sunday Streets will bring car-free fun to the Western Addition along Baker, Fulton and Fillmore streets. Read more about our featured events below.

Despite a reroute during the event, the 22 Fillmore Route will be an excellent choice for those looking to attend Sunday Streets this weekend. Photo: SFMTA Archive

Big Book Sale

Wednesday-Sunday, Various Times
Fort Mason

Friends of the San Francisco Public Library is hosting the 55th annual Big Book Sale at Fort Mason beginning today, September 18, and continuing through Sunday. Thousands of books will be available at absolute bargain prices, especially on Sunday when the price of all remaining books will be just one dollar. All proceeds from the Big Book Sale support learning and literacy at the San Francisco Public Library.

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How to Get There on Muni: Riders may take the 19 Polk, 28 19th Avenue, 30 Stockton, 43 Masonic, 47 Van Ness or the 49 Van Ness/Mission routes to near the event at Fort Mason.

Muni Service Notes: There are no planned service changes for this event.

Sunday Streets: Western Addition

Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Western Addition

Explore the Western Addition on foot, bike, rollerskate, pogo stick or however you wish to get around --so long as it isn't by car-- during Sunday Streets this coming Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Enjoy the car-free fun and activities along a route that stretches along Baker Street starting at Fell Street, moves along Fulton to Fillmore, then proceeds up Fillmore to Geary Boulevard with activity hubs at O'Farrell and on Baker between Grove and Hayes streets. Check out local icons in the area such as Alamo Square Park, the Boom Boom Room and the African American Art and Culture Complex while sampling the shopping and restaurants along the route. 

How to Get There on Muni: Riders may take the 5 Fulton, 21 Hayes, 22 Fillmore, 24 Divisadero, 31 Balboa, 38 Geary or the 38R Geary Rapid routes to the event. 

Muni Service Notes: The 22 will have a reroute around the Fillmore Street portion of the event route. Other routes in the area may experience some minor delays and higher than usual ridership.

Remember that you can take Muni for the entire day for a single $5 fare. The new $5 Day Pass, available on MuniMobile®, is part of Muni’s recent fare changes. The pass is intended to encourage a safe, convenient way to pay your fare and quickly board Muni vehicles, which reduces overall travel time for everyone. The $5 Day Pass is Muni bus, rail and historic streetcars only.

“On Tap” gives you a heads up about the big events in town and what Muni routes and lines will get you to the party. Look for this feature to be posted usually on Thursdays for a look ahead to the weekend. Check out our Weekend Traffic & Transit Advisory for more details.

Published September 18, 2019 at 02:53PM
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Launch HN: Dashblock (YC S19) – Turn Any Website into an API Hey HN, We're Hugues and Max, co-founders of Dashblock ( https://dashblock.com ). Dashblock turns any website into an API. People use us to access product information, news content, sales-related data or real-estate offers for instance. As a data scientist, Hugues realised how complicated it was to access web data programmatically when a website doesn't provide an API. You have to build a script to pull the HTML, render the page in some cases, find selectors for the information you are interested in, distribute your tasks to scale and if the structure of the page changes, you have to update your selectors to find back the information. We decided to build Dashblock to make it really simple to access web data through an API. Our software is basically a browser that allows you to access a website, right-click on the information you want to extract and preview your API on other pages. In order to create long-lasting APIs, we developed a machine learning model that is resilient to website updates. For now, we mainly handle changes at the level of the HTML structure but with enough training data, we will also be resilient to UI updates. Besides, our model detects similar content on the page to facilitate the selection process. When you call your API, we launch a headless browser, render the page, classify the content of the page using structural, visual and semantic features, and structure it by minimizing the entropy to give you a list when needed. Our pricing model is related to the number of API calls our users make per month and if you want to give it a try, we currently offer 10k API calls when you sign up! You can download our software here : dashblock.com. If you have any questions, we would be happy to answer them and if you have any related ideas, feedbacks or experiences, feel free to share them :) Thank you ! September 18, 2019 at 10:36AM

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New Schedule for Central Subway Opening

New Schedule for Central Subway Opening
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Today, we announced a new anticipated completion date for the Central Subway project at our Board of Directors meeting. After a six-week assessment of both the remaining construction and system integration and testing, revenue service is now targeted for summer 2021.

The Central Subway will transform how public transportation serves some of the city’s most densely populated communities. In the meantime, we continue to reach milestones with the project such as the reopening of lower Stockton Street in Union Square which happened this spring and moving construction off the streets along Stockton Street in Chinatown last month. 

In July, the SFMTA hired Nadeem Tahir to oversee the project as Central Subway Program Director. After a full assessment of the project scope, Nadeem attributes the difficulty of the construction technique, modifications made to address design improvements, and a complete redesign of the Chinatown station to meet community needs for the plaza as the largest contributors to the change in project delivery and schedule. While construction on the project has experienced a delay, disruptions on the surface and in the streets have been greatly minimized. In the final stage of project delivery, construction will move off the surface and work will be contained to within the newly built subway stations.

Substantial construction completion is slated for mid-2020, upon which we will begin comprehensive testing to ensure that the tracks and other systems are fully integrated with the Muni system and ready for service. This includes synchronizing the automatic train control systems, testing the radio and data communication systems, installing overhead lines and customer information systems, and ensuring that all the Central Subway extension is fully integrated into the rest of the Muni Metro subway system. Across the industry, it typically takes a minimum of six months to a year to test and receive similar systems.

Once in operation, the Central Subway will cut travel times in half along congested Stockton Street and 4th Street while enhancing connections to BART, Muni Metro and Caltrain. The route will move along 4th Street, through a tunnel near Harrison Street, beneath Market Street, and under Stockton Street to the intersection of Stockton and Washington streets. With stops in SoMa, Yerba Buena/Moscone Center, Union Square, and Chinatown, Central Subway will vastly improve transit access for the residents in areas of the city with limited transportation options.

The Central Subway will directly serve some of San Francisco’s most densely populated communities including Visitacion Valley in the southeast, the Bayview and Dogpatch neighborhoods, and the city’s center. Here is more information about the Central Subway.

Published September 17, 2019 at 05:47PM
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Improvements to Muni Service Coming in January

Improvements to Muni Service Coming in January
By Bonnie Jean von Krogh

Muni often receives public requests to add a bus or increase the frequency of a line, but given our recent operator shortages, we often lack the people power to fill current levels of service, and requests cannot always be met. That’s why Muni is focusing on data-driven solutions to improve service across the city while managing staffing constraints and hiring more operators. In addition to looking at the data to most effectively dispatch our resources, Muni also incorporates customer feedback and operator input into service changes we implement. Muni’s next round of service changes, scheduled for January 2020, will be our next opportunity to bring exciting improvements to try to keep pace with the transportation demands in San Francisco.

These upcoming changes build on recent successes and continue a commitment to a system-wide approach to improvements, with a focus on equity and improving transit for underserved neighborhoods. Customers value recent updates to the 27 Bryant route to improve reliability, the launch of the West Portal pilot project to address bottlenecks at West Portal Station, the extension of the L Owl to Fisherman’s Wharf to increase transit options for workers and our new fleet of trains and buses.

Customer Experience

Bigger buses for the 7 Haight/Noriega:
By upgrading to 60-foot buses on weekdays, customers will have more room on their commute. “The 7-Haight is a great way to get east and west across District 5, and like the N-Judah, lots of District 5 residents pack onto it daily,” said District 5 Supervisor Vallie Brown, “The goal of these bigger, 60-foot buses is to help reduce overcrowding, especially during the morning and evening commutes when we can all really use a little more room to breathe and get ready for the day, and then later on, to unwind before getting home.”

This upgrade will match the 60-foot buses that already serve the route during weekends. “Bigger buses means more seats for more riders and a more comfortable experience for regular commuters. It also means more room for new riders to give Muni a try,” Cat Cater, Spokesperson, San Francisco Transit Riders.

Improving Customer Connections

Improved early morning weekend service:
In the very early mornings, Saturday and Sunday customers on Muni’s rail lines have to transfer multiple times between trains and buses to get downtown due to the later opening of the shared BART/Muni stations. A comment from our passenger survey stated, “If weekend L to the subway doesn't require a transfer, just a direct ride to downtown, that would be best.” That one-seat ride is exactly what we’re providing! Muni will now run a new early morning bus service that mirrors rail lines and offers customers an easier ride with no transfers for their entire trip.

Returning transit to Rincon Hill:
Extending the 12 Folsom/Pacific into Rincon Hill brings Muni back to the neighborhood after a decade without service. With as many as 10,000 new residents expected in the neighborhood — including affordable housing for seniors — there is a strong need for more transit service. “We must continue to ensure all residents have easy access to transit,” said District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney. “This is an important improvement that connects Rincon Hill to Muni’s service network.” This update follows more than a year of outreach to neighbors and Muni customers. “Thank you for all your work with the community on this project. We couldn't be more excited about the return of the 12 Folsom/Pacific to the neighborhood,” Andrew Robinson, Executive Director The East Cut Community Benefit District.

Better connections for Visitacion Valley:
Muni is also improving early morning service on the 9R Route in response to customer feedback with earlier departures from McLaren Park so that early morning commuters in the Visitacion Valley neighborhood can utilize it for faster trips downtown.

Reducing Missed Service

Muni is excited to bring these improvements based on demand and customer feedback However, recognize we must make data-driven tradeoffs given our resources. For example, we have identified that the last evening trip of the 1AX, 1BX, 31X, 38AX and 38BX Richmond express buses are not as well used. By shifting these resources, Muni will have more operators available for other lines that serve neighborhoods outlined in the Muni Service Equity Strategy.

These changes will go through the operator sign up process in November, when operators have the opportunity to change lines and divisions. Customers will see changes go into effect early 2020.

Published September 16, 2019 at 07:01PM
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SFMTA Public Meetings September 16 - September 30

SFMTA Public Meetings September 16 - September 30
By Benjamin Barnett

Board of Directors Meeting

Tuesday, September 17, p.m.
City Hall, Room 400
Nearby Muni Routes: 5, 19, 21, 47, 49, F Market, Civic Center Station

The SFMTA Board of Directors provides policy oversight for the safe and efficient transportation of goods and service in San Francisco. This includes the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), automobiles and trucks, taxis, bicycling and walking. The SFMTA Board of Directors also serves as members of the San Francisco Parking Authority.

Our board of directors meetings are usually held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. The agenda for Tuesday's meeting includes presentation and discussions regarding the progress on the Central Subway Project, Small Business Impact Mitigation Fund and the development of a regional transportation funding measure called FASTER Bay Area.

Islais Creek/Bayview Community Meeting

Thursday, September 19, 6 p.m.
Southeast Community Facility
Nearby Muni Routes: 8, 9, 23, 24, T-Third

San Francisco‘s shoreline will experience more frequent and severe flooding in the future. The southeastern stretch of the waterfront, including Islais Creek and the Bayview, faces unique challenges which require solutions responsive to the needs and priorities of people living and working in these areas. To address these flood risks, along with seismic vulnerabilities, the Port is leading the Waterfront Resilience Program. Learn more at sfportresilience.com

Join the Port of San Francisco, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco Planning, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) and other City partners, at an upcoming community meeting to learn more about the coordinated resilience projects in the Islais Creek/Bayview neighborhood and help shape the shoreline’s future with your ideas and priorities.

Public input is needed to ensure that community assets are properly identified and protected and that efforts to protect the waterfront reflect the priorities of the community and a shared vision for the future.

Please RSVP if you plan on attending. 

Mobility Permit Harmonization – A Community Forum

Wednesday, September 25, 6 p.m.
One South Van Ness
Nearby Muni Routes: 5, 6, 7, 9, 21 and Van Ness Station

Over the past several years, a variety of new mobility services; such as electric scooters and mopeds, bike share and ride-hailing; have been introduced to our city streets. 

We have an obligation to ensure that new mobility services are safe and appropriate to operate in San Francisco. To achieve this, the SFMTA is developing a plan to require that all new mobility service operators that are under its jurisdiction obtain permission before launching service. 

While we can’t predict future innovations, we are trying to be proactive by setting clear rules about how these mobility services can operate in our city. We are calling this effort “Mobility Permit Harmonization” and it is designed to unify and streamline the city’s range of mobility permit programs. 

Please join us for a community forum to help us establish the guidelines for how future transportation device services can operate in San Francisco.

Our Meeting Round-Up feature highlights different SFMTA public meetings that will be held within the coming two weeks. These meetings give you the chance to share your ideas and provide us with helpful feedback. Join us at our next meeting to learn more about SF's changing and complex transportation system.

Those listed above are just a few highlights. You can find a full list of upcoming meetings to keep up to date on your favorite SFMTA committees.

 

Published September 16, 2019 at 03:13PM
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This high degree of relatedness among residents, coupled with large families, makes Newfoundland a ‘genetically isolated’ population. Because of this unique history and high degree of relatedness, genetically isolated populations like Newfoundland also have high frequencies of genetic variants that help explain the link between genetics, health and disease. Newfoundland itself has some of the highest rates of type 1 diabetes and colorectal cancer in the world. These links are important to pharma because they can help double the success rate of their drug programs, and over $4 Billion was spent last year to access genetic and medical data to find these links. But, not all data is created equal. The most valuable data come from populations with two characteristics: isolated genetics and uniform medical records in a centralized healthcare system. There’s only a few places on earth with these characteristics (including Iceland, Finland, Japan and Qatar). One of them is Newfoundland. 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People from outside Newfoundland have tried, and failed. And that’s why I started Sequence Bio. Sequence Bio is a local company that spent 5 years building the right ethical and legislative framework to access and study this data in a way that ensures Newfoundlanders are protected and benefit from our research. Two key parts of this framework include: 1) Helping amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to outlaw genetic discrimination and protect the rights of those who donate their DNA for research; and 2) Fighting for (and winning) the right to return medically actionable findings. These findings include information on 59 medically actionable genes that have known treatment options (including the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes associated with elevated risk for breast cancer), and a person’s carrier status for certain diseases, including cystic fibrosis. We hope these findings will help Newfoundlanders make informed decisions about their health and care. It wasn’t easy getting these measures passed, but we built our business with a participant-centric approach that puts trust and privacy at the core of everything we do. We want to be a company that makes all of Newfoundland proud. Because when it comes down to it, the people who are taking part in this research are (literally) our family, neighbours and friends. Our success depends on their support. This June, we started recruiting Newfoundlanders for our research project, called the NL Genome Project (NLGenomeProject.ca), and over 1,200 people have already donated their genetic and personal health information. It was a long road to get here, but it was worth it to do it right. All participants of our research are fully informed of how their data is used and shared, and there is no obligation to take part. Now the real work begins. With this information, we’ll combine it and study it at scale to find different mutations or variations - almost like finding typos in our genetic code - that better explain the link between genetics, health and disease. This information is highly valuable because it can be used to discover new medicines that are more likely to succeed in phase two clinical trials. By leading the early stages of this research and forward-integrating into drug development, Sequence Bio can capture long-term value of new medicines through licensing and other transactions which could generate anywhere from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue per transaction. September 16, 2019 at 11:57AM

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Director of Transportation Report: September 3, 2019

Director of Transportation Report: September 3, 2019
By Erica Kato

In this week’s Director’s Report from the SFMTA Board of Directors meeting, Tom Maguire gave the following updates:

Chase Center Update:

• We’ve added special event express bus service to the 16th Street Mission BART Station (78X) and down Van Ness Avenue (79X) beginning 2.5 hours before the start of any Chase Center event and for 30 minutes afterward.
• Up to 26 Parking Control Officers will be supporting transit in the area, focused on transit priority, traffic control, parking and curb enforcement, and safety.
• And we are committed to making sure that other parts of the city, including Bayview-Hunters Point and Visitacion Valley continue to receive the transportation services they need.

Cable Car Repairs:

• Beginning Friday, Sept. 13, Cable Car will undergo the last phase of the Gearbox Rehab Project, which will shut down all cable cars for approximately 10 days.
• During the shutdown, bus shuttles will serve all cable car stops following all three cable car service lines, the Powell-Hyde, Powell-Mason and California.
• The Hyde gearbox requires a systemwide bus substitution because all cable cars use this particular cable line to access the Cable Car Barn located at the corner of Mason and Washington streets, home base for the entire division.

L Taraval Improvement Project:

• After hearing community concerns about the staging of equipment for the L Taraval Improvement project, the SFMTA polled the community on their preferred staging layout plan. More than 50 percent of the community voted to retain more parking by reducing one southbound traffic lane on the lower Great Highway between Ulloa and Santiago and detouring northbound traffic to 48th Avenue for the two blocks. SFMTA is pursuing this option, which reduces the need space for equipment staging from 96 to only 16 parking spaces.
• During the project, bus substitution will be in place and some Muni stops will be relocated to accommodate construction.

Our Board of Directors meeting is usually held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. To watch the meeting in full, go to sfgovtv.org.

Published September 13, 2019 at 12:48PM
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