In the era after World War II, Americans envisioned a future where space-age technology would bring greater ease and comfort to everyday life. People would have robot pets, live in bubble houses and...
Northbound 49 Van Ness-Mission Route traveling to North Point Street. SFMTA Photo Archive. Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday, March 21, 1 p.m. City Hall, Room 400 Nearby Muni Routes: 5, 19, 21, 47...
The Harvey Milk Streetcar PCC 1051 at its reintroduction ribbon cutting on March 15, 2017. SFMTA Photo Archive Last Wednesday, media, community groups, local merchants and government officials...
Events This weekend you can enjoy an island Easter egg hunt, National Corn Dog Day and a chance to run off all those extra calories while rocking and rolling 13.1 miles though the city. Rock'n Roll...
From Friday, March 31 to Friday, April 7, the SFMTA is closing off a small segment of northbound Octavia Street, from Linden to Hayes streets, for the Octavia Open Street events that will experiment...
In two weeks, San Francisco will celebrate Giants Opening Day. This week, the Giants will host the Oakland Athletics for two pre-season games at AT&T park. With the start of baseball season comes...
Participants at a celebration of the Holi Festival of Colors in Parkmerced on March 14, 2009. Photo: Cary Bass-Deschenes/Flickr Events: As flowers bloom in the park this colorful spring weekend, cheer...
The San Francisco Municipal Railway, known by its nickname "Muni," is the transit division of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), and an important part of the integrated...
It might be hard to believe that until 1965, women were deprived of the joy of standing on the running boards on either side of San Francisco’s cable cars. Just three years prior to the time of the...
A Muni bus on the 29 Sunset route on the recently-redesigned Mansell Street in McLaren Park. SFMTA Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday, April 4, 1 p.m. City Hall, Room 400 Nearby Muni Routes: 5, 19, 21...
Join us for San Francisco’s fifth annual Walk to Work Day this Thursday, April 6 to celebrate foot-based transportation in one of the most walkable cities in the country. Walk to Work Day, organized...
Lowriders cruise at the Carnaval parade in the Mission in 2011. Photo: Carnaval.com Studios/Flickr Events There will be no shortage of events this weekend in San Francisco. Head over to Kezar Stadium...
SFMTA Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday, April 18, 1 p.m. City Hall, Room 400 Nearby Muni Routes: 5, 19, 21, 47, 49, F Market, Metro-Civic Center Station The agenda for tomorrow’s Board of Directors...
A red transit-only lane on Geary at Jones Street. It may come as no surprise that using red paint to highlight transit-only lanes causes fewer drivers to violate them, which helps keep them clear to...
Another fun-filled weekend awaits us – you can cheer on the Giants as they wrap up their first home stand of the season, enjoy the second weekend of the Cherry Blossom Festival and take your pick of...
One-hundred and eleven years ago, in the cool pre-dawn of April 18th, 1906, a massive earthquake rocked San Francisco, forever changing the landscape and future development of our fair, foggy city...
A corner on Vicente Street with existing “front-in” angled parking and “daylighting.” Like most streets in the Outer Sunset, Vicente Street has road space to spare. We’ve proposed changes to Vicente...
In a new experiment on Market Street, we’ve installed four types of safe-hit posts along a block of bike lane. Plastic “safe-hit” posts may be a relatively quick and low-cost way to separate bike...
Events Take advantage of the forecasted sunny weather this weekend by coming downtown to celebrate Earth Day or take in a heart-pounding bicycle race in the Mission. Here are this weekend’s featured...
From the SFMTA’s Director of Transportation: Not long ago, deaths caused by smoking, plane crashes and not wearing seatbelts were accepted as routine and commonplace in ways that are unthinkable in...
A hybrid electric Muni bus on Mansell Street in McLaren Park, which was recently redesigned with a beautiful path for walking and biking. Earth Day was started in 1970 to foster forward-thinking...
Left: An older electric trolley bus (standard length). Right: A newer trolley bus (extended length). You’ve seen Muni’s sleek new extended trolley buses roll out over the past couple of years. Now, it...
Howard at 7th Street. We’re holding two open house meetings this week to show potential designs for a better Folsom and Howard streets in the South of Market area. SoMa deserves livable streets. With...
On the southeast corner of Geneva and San Jose avenues, an intersection of broad streets crisscrossed by a web of light rail tracks, sits a once-grand Victorian building marked by a distinctive round...
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair on November 22, 2014. Photo: --Mark--/Flickr Dickens Fair Now through December 18 (weekends only) Cow Palace It’s that time of year when of the Cow Palace is once...