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Key Takeaway: Specialized public transportation is an essential piece of supporting public health. The Mobility Management Center is preparing to relaunch travel training with new sensitivities and...

Key Takeaway: The SFMTA will need to transition its current paratransit fleet to be 100% electric over the next 20 years. The SFMTA's current paratransit fleet consists of 138 gas-, diesel-or hybrid...

Key Takeaway: The SFMTA does not own its paratransit operations and maintenance facilities. The SF Paratransit service provider leases the operations facility and the lease could end as early as...

Key Takeaway: Investing in new technologies can help make the SFMTA's paratransit safer, more efficient and more user friendly. Current Technologies The SFMTA and SF Paratransit have invested heavily...

Key Takeaway: By law, paratransit fares can be no more than twice the cost of a fixed route fare. The SFMTA policy is to charge the same fare for paratransit as a one-way Muni trip using a Clipper...

Key Takeaway: Enabling customers to pay for paratransit with their Clipper Card will make the paratransit service easier and more convenient to use for more people. SF Paratransit will be the first...

Key Takeaway: The SFMTA should continue to provide assistance for paratransit riders who have difficulty paying their fares. Van Trip Fares Indexed to Muni Clipper Fare The current fare for an SF...

Key Takeaway: The SFMTA should continue to provide cost-effective alternatives to traditional ADA van services, such as taxi and group van services. Paratransit Cost Factors Federal ADA regulations...

Key Takeaway: The SFMTA works with other organizations in the Bay Area to make it easy and affordable for paratransit customers to travel around the region. We also provide visitors from outside San...

Key Takeaway: Expanding and improving enrollment options for SF Paratransit programs will make it easier and more convenient for customers to sign up. There are currently several ways to apply to SF...

Key Takeaway: The SFMTA should address the need for services between the time of ADA paratransit application submission and when it is finally approved. By law a paratransit rider's application for...

Key Takeaway: Online payments are quickly gaining popularity with paratransit riders. The number of online paratransit bookings is also increasing. There are opportunities to improve the payment and...

Key Takeaway: SF Access van service requires reservations at least one day in advance to ensure efficiency and manage demand. The SF Paratransit Taxi program offers greater flexibility, and the FTA...

Key Takeaway: Community engagement and partnerships support innovative and flexible paratransit services like Group Van. SF Paratransit should continue involving the senior and disabled community as...

Key Takeaway: High-quality paratransit service depends on effective staff recruitment, retention, and management. We are working to improve these areas by ensuring competitive wages and career...

Key Takeaway: Accessible Taxi stands are an important part of providing accessible taxi service in San Francisco. The SFMTA is working to make more taxi stands accessible to people with disabilities...

Key Takeaway: Ramp taxis are wheelchair-accessible vehicles in San Francisco's taxi fleet. The SFMTA provides operating and capital incentives to ramp taxi drivers to help increase their number and...

Key Takeaway: Taxis are a key component in providing accessible, affordable, same day on-demand service to seniors and individuals with disabilities in San Francisco. This has been accomplished by...

Nicole changes a clearance light to make sure riders can see the name and number of a bus. Automotive Service Worker -- Meet Nicole Humphrey Meet Nicole Humphrey, an automotive service worker who...

How to Help Our Most Vulnerable Public transportation is a vital part of our community and essential to making San Francisco an equitable and just city. Seniors, people with disabilities, people of...

Improving Safety Everyone in San Francisco deserves to feel safe. Yet each year, about 30 people lose their lives and over 500 more are severely injured while traveling on city streets. These deaths...

Over the last decade, SFMTA has invested in maintaining Muni’s bus fleet, significantly reducing delays from bus breakdowns. We now operate the greenest fleet in North America, one of the most...

Transit is essential to keeping the city moving, managing congestion and rebuilding our economy. In order to create a system that is faster, more reliable and more accessible, we will need to invest...

Financial Challenges For years San Francisco's transportation system has been battered by traffic and the demands of a growing economy. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the SFMTA had a growing budget...