# Talk:Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit

@Mjdestroyerofworlds and RickyCourtney: (as past editors) @Mliu92: (as potentially interested). The opening date has officially been announced as April 1 of this year. I'd like to get the article to GA quality (nominated, even if not yet reviewed) by the time it opens. Late March and early April will likely be the highest readership the article ever gets, and I think it'd be a good look to have a high-quality article by then. I can handle much of it - pre-1989 history, a new section on the design and planned services, lede, images and alt text, and general cleanup. If any of you have interest in helping with the 1989-2002 history (mostly just a couple missing citations in the planning, and expanding the construction information) that would be awesome. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:34, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

I'm down! --RickyCourtney (talk) 01:33, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
@Pi.1415926535: thanks for the opportunity; I have added what I think is a fairly complete account of it, and understand the project a lot better for myself as a result. The reports and reference links should all be working. Let me know if there are still missing parts or things that should be expanded. Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 16:23, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
Wow! You've done some great work here. I'll try to do my part this weekend. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:30, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

The palette is divided into cool and warm colors. I converted the base-ten RGB colors to hex triads from https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2019/02/van_ness_bac_19.02.21.pdf#page=21:

Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 15:57, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Dowels are used as a load transfer system for jointed concrete roadways. The first use of round steel pavement dowels in the United States occurred in 1917–18; minimum embedment is 8 diameters for dowels up to 3⁄4 in (19 mm) in diameter. In practice, dowels are typically 18 in (460 mm) long and spaced 12 in (300 mm) apart, center-to-center. The dowel basket is a wire assembly designed to position and hold dowels in place while the concrete cures. Some references:

Snyder, Mark B. (September 2011). Guide to Dowel Load Transfer Systems for Jointed Concrete Roadway Pavements (Report). National Concrete Consortium.
Dowel Basket Anchoring Methods: Best Practices for Jointed Concrete Pavements | Tech Brief FHWA-HIF-16-021 (PDF) (Report). Federal Highway Administration. May 2016.
Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 16:56, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect San Francisco Bus Rapid Transit and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 April 1#San Francisco Bus Rapid Transit until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Pi.1415926535 (talk) 05:46, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Truflip99 (talk · contribs) 18:12, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Will start soon. --truflip99 (talk) 18:12, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
Lead

Put "(BRT)" after the first instance of "bus rapid transit" and use "BRT" from there
 Done
"Van Ness Avenue thoroughfare" is redundant
 Done
comma after "Lombard Street"
 Done
"Streetcar service on Van Ness Avenue began in 1915" --> Public transit on Van Ness Avenue began with streetcar service in 1915
 Done
link ballot measure
 Done
Infobox

Should you be using Infobox rail line tp?
{{Infobox bus line}} is designed for individual bus routes; {{Infobox rail line}} has a better parameter set for infrastructure like this project.
Design

– 47 Van Ness and 49 Van Ness-Mission – use em dash
Per MOS:ENDASH, spaced en dashes are fine here.
is bus 47 still suspended? not clear
Clarified at the bottom of the table
FTA needs to be spelled out and linked at first instance
 Done
Link trolleybus first instance
 Done
Commission authorized a budget of US$815,000 -- omit "US"
 Done
No mention of "BRT creep" in sources provided
 Done reworded
In some cases, Muni have -- has?
 Done
more later. --truflip99 (talk) 18:49, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
History

Link bond issue
 Done
omit US from US$
 Done
and for its row of dealerships -- perhaps clarify dealerships of what?
 Done
Source
Source spot checks checked out.
Great work! --truflip99 (talk) 23:19, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

@Truflip99: Thanks! I believe I've addressed all your comments. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 00:49, 19 August 2022 (UTC)