Last month, we unveiled the latest street design upgrade for SF — a protected intersection at 9th and Division streets. A protected intersection uses simple features like concrete islands to make...
This week, we released our Two-Year Vision Zero Action Strategy for 2017-2018 , the foundation for how and why San Francisco is working to end traffic deaths on our streets. The document comes just...
This morning the SFMTA is excited to announce that there is a new Sustainable Streets Director, Tom Maguire from New York, NY. This position oversees a huge amount of the agency's work and covers...
Yesterday’s SFMTA Board of Directors meeting was adjourned in memory of one of this city’s most ardent servants, Jerry Lee, who had served on that body since 2008. His death two weeks ago was a...
Sunday Streets in the Mission | May 2015. The weather Sunday is forecast to be partly cloudy but the streets will be clear on the fourteen blocks of Valencia between McCoppin and 26th. This is the...
Sunday Streets on Valencia Street in the Mission. Nothing says spring has sprung better than the arrival of the Sunday Streets season in San Francisco. So mark this Sunday, March 12 on your calendar...
Editor’s note: Yesterday SFMTA’s Director of Transportation, Ed Reiskin, welcomed the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) to San Francisco for their Designing Cities...
Many thanks to our friends at ACCESS SFUSD, led by Heidi Seretan, for sharing these great photos showing off their Muni Halloween costumes! ACCESS SFUSD is a community based program for students 18-...
Congratulations, Giants and San Francisco for a great party on Friday! Muni carried more than 30,000 additional riders that day, and more than 170 frontline staff from our parking enforcement and...
Hi. How wet are you? My feet are still damp, but we're working hard to push out the latest traffic and transit information for SF on our Muni Alerts , @sfmta_muni and Facebook . Here is the latest...
What a wild and windy day! As the rain continues, please remember that real-time information is avilable 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday on Muni Alerts (sign-up for emails that cover just...
Happy Lunar New Year! It’s been called the Year of the Ram, Sheep and Goat—different translations meaning the same thing: time to kick off the largest celebration of Asian culture outside of Asia,...
Do you know what this is? Is it a one-cup tea strainer? The first iPhone? A lemon squeezer? It’s a portable fare register. Gadgets like this were in use from the early 20th century until the 1960’s...
The SFMTA is responsible for managing the city’s transportation system. Our colleagues in the agency work tirelessly to keep SF moving. We want to use this blog to start telling you more about what...
The results are in! In October and November, we asked for your input on the next generation of Muni trains, and nearly 8,800 of you came through. We’ve crunched the numbers and the project team 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...
San Francisco’s investments in safer streets and a better Muni have never been sounder. The SFMTA continues to be the safest bet in the nation, according to the major credit-rating firm Standard...
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...
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...
In Los Angeles this week, public transportation professionals form all over the country have gathered for the annual meeting of the American Public Transportation Association . As part of the...
Updated 5:22 p.m., Monday, Nov. 28: Thank you for your attention and patience as we restore our office computers from this weekend’s ransomware attack. We want to provide as much information as...
To people who feel underprivileged and out of sync: rising to the top can happen to those who persevere and compete. - Curtis E. Green Those were the encouraging words of Curtis Green in 1982, when...
From the SFMTA’s Director of Transportation: Not since the advent of streetcars and automobiles have we seen such tremendous change in the ways people get around in cities. After decades of little...
SFMTA Director of Transportation, Ed Reiskin, covers the following topics at the November 6, 2018 meeting: Vision Zero Daylight Saving Time Best Bike Cities SFMTA Plan to Improve Muni Safe Driver...
The SFMTA is governed by a seven-member Board of Directors appointed by the mayor. The SFMTA Board has the authority to approve the budget and set agency policy. The SFMTA Board meets on the first...