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Next Week Is Bike and Roll to School Week
You’ve probably heard the same story of your grandparent walking up the hill *both ways* to school when they were a child. Well, being a student here in San Francisco that might have been true! Your...
Park Smart - If You Love It, Don’t Leave It
Thursday, April 12th, Mayor Mark Farrell announced the rollout of Park Smart, a public awareness campaign that includes informational pamphlets and coordinated messaging with travel and tourism...
SFMTA Public Meetings April 16 - April 30
Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday, April 17, 1 p.m. City Hall, Room 400 Nearby Muni Routes: 5, 19, 21, 47, 49, F Market, Civic Center Station Our second board meeting of the month will have...
Color Curb Public Hearing, April 27, 2018
Important Starting in October, 2025 the Color Curb Committee and Hearing process has ended. To make things easier for small businesses, there is a new way to review and comment on curb changes. To...
Turk Street Gets a New Protected Bike Lane
Last week, SFMTA crews finished sprucing up Turk Street with safety upgrades for people walking and biking in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Welcome additions to the street include a protected...
This Weekend: Mission Crit and Cherry Blossom Parade
Events: This weekend has some very diverse events taking place across the city, ensuring that there is something for everyone. Saturday provides such options as participating in the Mission Crit bike...
New Protected Bike Lanes on Upper Market
Anyone who bikes in San Francisco knows how great it is to find that smooth green path under your tires. Starting earlier this month, Upper Market Street just got some more of those upgrades as part...
June 2018 "Open Street" Event & Office Hours at Patricia's Green
From June 1 to June 17, the SFMTA is planning a fourth annual Octavia Boulevard Open Street Event at Patricia’s Green, where vehicle lanes are temporarily closed to vehicles and ‘opened’ to people for...
Earth Day: How the SFMTA Leads on Climate Action
Did you know that that Earth Day was born in San Francisco? It is true! San Francisco activist John McConnell first introduced the idea of a global holiday called "Earth Day" at the 1969 UNESCO...
The City’s Goal To End Traffic Deaths and Create More Livable Streets
Our 2016-2017 Annual Report, Streets for All , highlights our collection of recent achievements and goals. The stories captured in the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 SFMTA Annual Report demonstrate the role...
Engineering Public Hearing, May 4, 2018
The Sustainable Streets Division of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will hold a public hearing on Friday, May 4, 2018, at 10:00 am, in Room 416 (Hearing Room 4), City Hall, 1 Dr...
The Haiku Challenge: Transportation-Inspired Poetry
If you attended the Cherry Blossom Festival in Japantown earlier this month, you may have seen us there. While talking shop we also wanted to have a little fun since the month of April is National...
Streets for All: Remembering Harvey Milk
Our 2016-2017 Annual Report, Streets for All , highlights our collection of recent achievements and goals. The stories captured in the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 SFMTA Annual Report demonstrate the role...
This Weekend: Glen Park Festival
The Glen Park Festival is always a lively scene with music, food, friends and family. Photo: moppet65535/Flickr Glen Park Festival Sunday, 10 a.m to 4 p.m.Glen Park It could be argued that the first...
Video: It’s Not Sexy, But it’s Necessary: Park Smart with PARCS!
We’re making improvements to our 22 city-owned garages safer for both you and your car. The goal is to provide clean, safe and convenient parking to visitors, employees and business customers in...
VIDEO: Twin Peaks Tunnel Closure this Summer
This year on MovingSF , we’ve brought you stories celebrating 100 years of service within the Twin Peaks Tunnel. With 100 years of access to the southern and western areas of the city under its belt...
SFMTA Public Meetings April 30 - May 14
Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday, May 1, 1 p.m. City Hall, Room 400 Nearby Muni Routes: 5, 19, 21, 47, 49, F Market, Civic Center Station Our first board meeting of the month will have presentations...
Introducing the SFMTA’s New Look
As most of our readers know, the SFMTA manages all ground transportation in San Francisco – everything from the historic Municipal Railway transit system, known as Muni, to traffic signs and signals...
A New Permit and Pilot Program for San Francisco's Scooters
At the tail end of March, three companies -- Bird, Lime and Spin -- unloaded hundreds of motorized scooters across San Francisco. Their seemingly overnight launch and now ubiquitous presence led to...
Sunday Funday This Weekend: Sunday Streets, How Weird on Howard, and a 5K in the Park
Enjoy food, friends, fun and weirdness at the How Weird Street Faire. Photo: Gary Stevens/Flickr How Weird Street Faire Sunday, 12 to 8 p.m.Downtown Everyone needs a little weird in their lives...
Vision Zero: April Highlights
Our streets should be safe, no matter how we get there. Vision Zero SF aims to create a transportation system that is safe in all communities and for people of all ages and abilities, no matter how...
Flying Flyers- Muni Trolley Buses Then and Now
Last month, we introduced a new member of the Muni stable to public service-- the first of a fleet of 40-foot electric trolley buses that will replace our current (and aged) buses running on numbered...
Key Findings for Bicycle Data 2017
Upper Market St parking protected bikeway, one of the many key bike safety improvements. Bicycling is a critical part of getting around San Francisco for many of our residents, workers and visitors...
Streets for All: Reimagining Van Ness
Our 2016-2017 Annual Report, Streets for All , highlights our collection of recent achievements and goals. The stories captured in the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 SFMTA Annual Report demonstrate the role...