Production Shoot: Tomorrow through Sunday, a production film shoot will take place on Castro Street between 17th and 18th streets, during filming service on the 24 Divisadero, 33 Ashbury/18th Street...
We’re calling all Bay Area artists to once again create awe-inspiring art for over 700,000 daily Muni riders. The SFMTA, in partnership with San Francisco Beautiful, is excited to announce the second...
What a wonderful day to honor a true San Francisco Giant — Willie Mays — on his birthday. After a video message (posted below) from a special fan, President Barack Obama, and the dedication of the car...
As Muni Metro riders may have noticed, last week we launched double stopping to let people exit trains faster at three of our busiest downtown subway stations. That’s good news for those who commute...
The Chronicle's Carolyn Said reported this week about the intergovernmental and public-private partnership that will create a West Coast tech incubator in San Francisco's Civic Center. The General...
To celebrate today's Bike to Work Day, the SFMTA Photo Archive is going way back for a look at the early days of biking in SF. In the 1890s, bicycles were rapidly growing in popularity as a way to get...
To say this weekend will be a big weekend is a bit of an understatement. The SFMOMA re-opens on Saturday in a bigger and better facility, making it one of the premiere museums in the country, Then on...
If San Francisco’s 2015 Annual Bicycle Count Report is any indication, today we should see another record-breaking number of wheels spinning along city streets. City leaders, agencies and community...
We hope you enjoyed yesterday’s Bike to Work Day as much as we did. Per the annual tradition, we were once again joined by supervisors, our partner agencies and the SF Bicycle Coalition in rides from...
Small businesses shape San Francisco’s neighborhoods. We’re proud to celebrate this vital community as a sponsor of San Francisco Small Business Week, May 21 - 28. Of course, our efforts to help small...
Raised Bikeway Demo On-Street Outreach Event: Tuesday, May 17, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. Market and 12th Streets Nearby Muni Routes: 6, 7, 7R, 47, 49, F Market, Metro-Van Ness Station Stop by tomorrow and...
The Large Vehicle Urban Driving Safety Program ensures, using a short training video and training requirements, that people who drive large vehicles in the city have been informed about the dangers...
A festival in Civic Center celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander heritage on Saturday will offer up the opportunity to learn more about just how culturally diverse the Bay Area is. While the local...
Just because our cable cars and street cars are more than a century old, it doesn’t mean the roads and rail they travel on should be from the same vintage. Today, public transit leaders highlighted...
As we prepare to start construction on the Van Ness Improvement Project this summer, we will consolidate nine bus stops on Van Ness Avenue to speed up service on Saturday, June 4. The new stop spacing...
San Francisco loves sports, from the big leaguer Giants to small-fry neighborhood teams. So in the midst of baseball season, we're throwing back to the 1940s to share a little-known piece of the city...
Many a San Franciscan has pondered the meaning of the strange yellow dots painted at certain places on the street pavement. Many have resigned to letting them forever remain a mystery. You know the...
The SFMTA continues to lead San Francisco’s plan to harness emerging technological innovations, like self-driving cars and connected vehicles, to make transportation smarter and more equitable. As we...
Holiday Service Schedule and Enforcement Reminder : This Monday, Memorial Day, Muni will operate on a Sunday schedule. Also on Monday, seven-day street sweeping and parking meters (including those...
Private companies are lining up behind San Francisco’s bid to win the US Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge grant, pledging more than $150 million worth of in-kind support if San...
We’re excited that Masonic Avenue’s long-overdue makeover will soon break ground and held an open house meeting yesterday to help get the word out. With the Masonic Avenue Streetscape Project, we will...
Patty Ruiz never knows quite what to expect in a day’s work traveling the streets of San Francisco as an SFMTA Transit Fare Inspector. One thing’s for sure — she didn’t expect this. Transit Fare...
Matthew Smith, in his father’s home in Cole Valley. Twenty-seven year Muni employee Matthew Smith speaks in soft, even tones as he reflects on life with older brother Phil — “Philip” as he refers to...
Today, we're taking a closer look at the recent study published by SmartAsset ranking city transit systems. The folks at Citi IO, a non-profit urbanism blog, shared the study last week and added some...
Service Change Alert: In addition to some fun events around the city, the Van Ness Avenue project will consolidate nine bus stops on Van Ness Avenue to speed up service, starting on Saturday, June 4...