Earlier this month, we partnered with the San Francisco County Transportation Authority to host the Geary Corridor Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) public comment meeting. The public comment meeting is part of...
Service and Parking Enforcement for the Thanksgiving holiday: Service – On Thanksgiving Muni will operate on a Sunday schedule while on Friday, service will be operating on a non-school weekday...
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we wanted to celebrate both a group of people we’re particularly thankful for this year and the end of an era we think you’ll be grateful has come to a close...
Not everyone wants to take on the Lyon Street Steps, but this view is a great reward! Photo taken March 7, 2015, credit: Shanan/F lickr This week starts the festive season of big meals and holiday...
A Powell Street cable car looks festive in its holiday finery. Photo taken December 2, 2013. Whether the shimmering holiday lights beckon you to stuff stockings or splurge on yourself, today we're...
Today is the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) and we wanted to bring awareness to the day by looking back in time at a few things Muni has done over the years to...
For our last Throwback Thursday post of the year, we decided to take a look back at five of our favorite blog posts this year. So step on board and get your clicking finger ready, 'cause we've got a...
SFMTA Board of Directors: 1p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 1 City Hall, Room 400 Nearby Muni Routes: 5, 19, 21, 47, 49, F Market, Metro-Civic Center Station Our Board of Directors meetings are usually held on the...
We’re keeping the future in focus by building the Central Subway , including the future Chinatown Station, shown here. When we at the SFMTA think about the future, here’s what we envision: Safety on...
Last month we kicked off our Super Bowl 50 updates and today at the SFMTA Board of Directors meeting our planning staff started the rollout of San Francisco's Super Bowl transportation plan. The plan...
‘Tis the season for shopping districts to take a break from around-the-clock construction. It’s also time for a little more open space to relax and enjoy a Union Square-area holiday transformation...
Holiday revelers lined up to see the Holiday Train on December 3, 2006. Photo credit: Marcel Marchon/Flickr. Events: If you’re still enjoying Thanksgiving left overs and are in need of something to...
Today, we are celebrating a milestone in advocacy: the 23rd International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day dedicated to promoting awareness and support for critical issues relating to the...
If you’ve been on streets like John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park or 13th Street in SoMa, you’ve seen that a bike lane doesn’t always have to be on the side of driver’s door. In the right...
While waiting for a train in a Muni Metro station, you may have wondered: How did our five remaining streetcar lines get the letters J through N? Muni’s rail lines did start at the beginning of the...
Today’s Throwback Thursday is one for all of the “rambling and ambling” historians: a self-guided winter stroll through the Jackson Square Historic District with then-and-now views selected from the...
What a relief ― Congress finally passed a federal transportation bill last week, promising five years of much-needed funding for transit projects around the country. The Fixing America’s Surface...
For all of you Mission Street transit riders, we have good news to share. Mission Street is on track to get a big makeover, which means your commute is going to get a lot quicker, and much more...
Improvements like new, more fuel-efficient buses are reducing the impact of transportation on the environment in a big way. Here at the SFMTA, a big part of our job is to make sure transportation in...
You may have noticed that we’re big fans of The Atlantic’s City Lab blog. We’ve recently spotlighted their efforts here and here. Today we are lucky to share a recent piece from them, “ Why Buses...
After two consecutive weekends of major Muni re-routes, this weekend will be much calmer. Spring officially arrives this Friday with the spring (vernal) equinox. Couple that with some beautiful...
When discussing railroads owned by the City of San Francisco most people only think of the Municipal Railway (Muni) that we're all so familiar with. But did you know that there was another railroad...
It’s a simple pedestrian safety measure with a memorable nickname: “daylighting.” And it’s a solution that will help San Francisco move the needle on our Vision Zero goal of zero traffic deaths by...
Smartphone theft and the physical violence associated with it have no place in San Francisco. For the "Eyes Up, Phones Down" anti-crime and public awareness campaign we partnered with Mayor Ed Lee...