The anticipation builds as the clock ticks down closer and closer to the big game on Sunday, but time is also running out on your chances to partake of all the fan friendly festivities downtown. If...
Construction on the Van Ness Improvement Project, including Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), is set to break ground this spring. It will bring a much-needed and globally-proven solution to improve...
Editor’s note: As of Wednesday, Feb. 10, downtown closures will open Thursday evening, Feb. 11, and Muni routes will resume normal service Friday morning, Feb. 12. See Wednesday, Feb. 10 post for more...
Round two in this month's Muni Lines blog series focuses on a true legacy of a line, what Muni riders today know as the 14 Mission and 14R Mission Rapid. Not only is the 14 one of the oldest lines in...
Balboa Park BART/Muni Station is one of the busiest transit hubs in the region, serving more than 24,000 people daily. After launching the Balboa Park Area Plan 16 years ago to identify the needed...
Holiday Service Schedule and Enforcement Reminder : This Monday, Presidents Day, Muni will operate on a Saturday schedule. Also on Monday, seven-day street sweeping and parking meters (including those...
Last year, we told you about the 2.5 miles of transit improvements coming to Mission Street. Now, the pieces are in place to get one of Muni’s busiest bus corridors moving and make it safer for...
Today's SFMTA Board of Directors meeting covered a lot of ground and included the approval of a new five-year contract for vehicle towing. The new contract reduces tow fees by five percent and expands...
While Lunar New Year festivities began two weeks ago, this weekend celebrations culminate in Chinatown with a two day community street fair and the traditional Chinese New Year Parade. By the...
The SFMTA Photo Archive has been spending the past few weeks diving into the history of some of San Francisco's most historic transit routes. Last week we took a look at the 14 Mission Yesterday...
This won’t be news to anyone who has squeezed onto a packed N Judah car at Van Ness Station for the evening commute or crammed onto an M Ocean View car at Castro Station to get to work in the morning...
Page Street commuters may have noticed a green center-running bike lane installed this week near Octavia Boulevard to help bike commuters get downtown safely. The idea of this one-block bike lane is...
SFMTA crew cleans overhead wires after a World Series parade. Photo taken Oct. 31, 2014. A new SFMTA apprenticeship program will help jump-start meaningful careers for local residents while developing...
First Residential Parking Permit Evaluation Project Open House: 6 – 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23James Lick Middle School1220 Noe Street x. 25th Street Nearby Muni Routes: 24, 29, 35, 48, J Church to...
For this Thursday’s “Throwback” blog, the SFMTA Photo Archive is taking a trip to the sunny, “bay side” of San Francisco, where today’s 3rd Street, now home of the “T” end of the “K-Ingleside / T...
Our weekly historical series featuring Muni routes finishes up with the 22 Fillmore, a hard working line that has provided crosstown service for over a century. Also, don’t forget to join us at “SF...
Lots of interesting transit and transportation news in the headlines recently. Today, we bring you a sampling of local, regional and national stories that shed light on current and coming changes to...
The Chinatown YMCA on Sacramento Street on December 21, 2012. Photo credit: Don Barrett/Flickr. Construction Alert: Sunset Tunnel construction work will resume this Friday beginning at 8 p.m. and will...
The SFMTA team gets ready to take to the streets for the Feb. 20 Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade. (Photo: SFMTA) Lions, dragons and monkeys — oh my. The clang of cymbals and the rat-a-tat...
Juan Castillo delivered a moving speech at his recent training class graduation at Presidio Division. From L-R: Doniki Dudley, Ce Qiang fu, Director of Transportation Ed Reiskin, Juan Castillo, Ken...
As part of our Vision Zero efforts, crews have installed more visible crosswalks and other safety improvements across the city. In the 24th month of our goal of completing 24 Vision Zero projects in...
Happy Leap Year! When you’re done catching up on all your Leap Year trivia, join us tomorrow for our next Board of Directors meeting. You can attend in person at City Hall or catch the proceedings...
Today’s emotional Board meeting included updates on several items including a collision that took the life of Ms. Thu Phan, clarification on the progress of Muni’s new 60 foot trolley buses, and...
Editor's Note: Due to the anticipated weekend storms, Little League organizers have officially cancelled Saturday's scheduled parade. Construction Alert: Sunset Tunnel construction continues this...
If there’s one thing Muni excels at, it’s connecting people to destinations where they can have fun. Take it from “The Travelin’ Grampa,” who says he’s ridden transit in every major metropolitan area...