A teacher blows a whistle. Students drop to the floor, duck under their desks, cover their heads, and hold on waiting for the imaginary rumbling of the ground to stop — an earthquake drill. The view...
Next Wednesday, October 21, marks the 87th anniversary of the opening of the N Judah! Just in time for this anniversary we're sharing some recently scanned photos of the massive celebration held to...
Events : This weekend will find music reverberating across the Bay and a colorful community bash in one of the city’s hippest neighborhoods. On Saturday, it’s the 26th annual Potrero Hill Festival...
Sunday Streets in the Mission | May 2015. The weather Sunday is forecast to be partly cloudy but the streets will be clear on the fourteen blocks of Valencia between McCoppin and 26th. This is the...
Twice a month we share some of our favorite destinations in the city and the Muni routes and lines that will take you there. The view looking north from Bernal Hill. Photo taken Sept. 15, 2015. The...
SFMTA Board of Directors: 1p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 20 City Hall, Room 400 Nearby Muni Routes: 5, 19, 21, 47, 49, F Market, Metro-Civic Center Station Our Board of Directors meetings are usually held on...
Starting next month, our Central Subway project will ramp up construction at 4th and King again – and it’s going to be noisy. There will be inconveniences across the Muni system for about a week in...
Busy spots like the block of 8th Street between Market and Mission need the help. The SFMTA is proposing enhancing and extending its regulation of private commuter shuttles. You can read the newly...
In the darkness of the underground beneath Market Street is a long-forgotten spot that thousands of people pass by every day but few know what lies in the shadows of the tunnel. With Halloween weekend...
By now most San Francisco transit riders have noticed that as part of Muni Forward, the SFMTA adopted a newly redesigned Muni system map in April of 2015. The new, streamlined red-and-blue map makes a...
Detail from a project rendering showing Geary BRT in operation. The Geary Bus Rapid Transit project is a comprehensive proposal to improve transit and safety along Geary, and it’s now on its way to...
Construction Alert and Reminder: After a hiatus, Sunset Tunnel construction work resumes this Saturday at 2 a.m. until 5 a.m. Monday. Bus shuttles will provide N Judah Line service between Duboce...
The busy intersecton at Taraval and 19th Avenue shows how important it is for all of us to slow down and be safe. Photo taken July 14, 2015. This week is National Teen Safe Driver Week and we’re...
Cable car grip Willa Johnson. Photo taken Dec. 2, 2013. Willa Johnson’s name is indelibly etched into San Francisco transportation history. With her certification as a cable car grip on April 12, 2010...
Traffic detours and crowd-drawing events may be a fact of life in downtown San Francisco, but there’s a special kind of storm brewing with major construction work and events coinciding in November...
Events : While a busy October rapidly comes to a close this weekend, it certainly will not go quietly as a costumed army of ghosts, ghoulies, witches and everything spine tingling and Internet meme...
Our legislative team works closely with partners in City Hall, Sacramento and Washington, DC to keep safer streets and stronger transit at the top of legislative agendas. In today’s Transit Tuesday...
It’s been more than two months since the turn restrictions went into effect on Market Street, but the SFMTA is still hard at work making it safer as implementation continues for the Safer Market...
SFMTA Board of Directors: 1p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 3 City Hall, Room 400 Nearby Muni Routes: 5, 19, 21, 47, 49, F Market, Metro-Civic Center Station Our Board of Directors meetings are usually held on the...
Halloween 2014. Photo credit: davitydave/Flickr Trick-or-treating in San Francisco truly is a treat -- and not just because the city has the best candy. Each Halloween, the city’s walkable...
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Construction begins tomorrow on the major track junction at 4th and King Streets, which will establish a connection between the Central Subway and the rest of the Muni Metro System. Here's a throwback...
Lots of Muni and general transit news this week. The Examiner takes a look at the Powell Street Pilot, the Chronicle outlines regional transit efforts to address the coming growth and Hoodline points...
Construction Alert and Reminder: Sunset Tunnel construction work scheduled to take place this weekend has been cancelled. Regular N Judah Line service will operate this weekend. The next construction...
Construction at 4th and King streets starts tonight and will be disruptive. You should avoid driving in the area if you can. For eight days the Central Subway work will require re-routing Muni and...