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Madison Avenue Bus Lanes
The plan to create the Madison Avenue Bus Lanes was announced by Mayor Edward I. Koch Transportation Commissioner Anthony R. Ameruso on July 22, 1980, and the lanes opened on May 26, 1981. The lanes proved to be the enduring contribution of Koch's July 1980 congestion reduction plan, which also included a ban . . .
Potrero Hill, San Francisco
Partly because of street and freeway configuration, partly because of topography, The Hill is an out of the way community even though it has close proximity to some of the most active parts of The City. There are only a few streets that circumvent the freeways that allow traffic through to The Hill via somewhat circuitous routes.. . .
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