Back To School Update

No more summer camps, daycare, babysitters and juggling schedules, because today was “back to school” day for most public and private school students in San Francisco. 

While we are pleased to report that there were no major service delays or gaps resulting from ongoing operator availability issues, we encourage you to follow SFMTA’s Twitter feed @sfmta_muni for real-time updates throughout the school year. We will continue to provide the most reliable service possible and minimize any impacts by adjusting service where and when it is needed. 

In order to address the service availability issues, we are converting 72 part-time operators to full-time service. This alone will add more than 700 weekly* service hours throughout the system and it will immediately increase the amount of service Muni is able to provide. Going forward, we continue to train operators on the new trains, we are exploring options to expand training class sizes and more than 70 operators who have been operating shuttles during the Twin Peaks construction will return to their normal routes by the end of the month.

We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience while we get back into the swing of things this school year. Stay safe and be sure to check out our other blogs for helpful back to school tips.

* Initially we incorrectly stated "700 daily service hours..."