My project in the news

I don't think I mentioned that our backpacking trip almost got canceled because my work was so crazy.... We were supposed to announce the proposed revisions to all the bus routes three days after our trip ended. But, I decided to go anyway since the trip had been planned for months.

When we got back, I found out everything got postponed a week - partly because I hadn't been around to make sure we could make the deadlines. So, for 12 straight days since we got back, we worked like mad. We worked through the weekend, and had a couple late nights (and keep in mind, we're government employees - we're supposed to work 40 hours a week and leave by 5 every night). But, we managed to pull it off.

We publicly announced the changes yesterday, and the press coverage has been pretty positive. We even got almost praise from some of the more skeptical advocates that have been pushing for changes to the plan. It was exhausting, mentally and physically, but so far I'm really happy with how it turned out. Now, if only we could actually get the plan approved by the Board.

(In the hopes of keeping my blog off the radar, I'm deleting the name of the bus system from the links below. But, I'll give you a hint: it starts with M and ends with UNI.)

SF Chronicle: SF's road map for reinventing (insert name of transit system) revised

SF Examiner: (insert name of transit system) fine-tunes transformation

CBS News: SF: REVISED (insert name of transit system) CHANGE PROPOSALS DISCLOSED