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September 24, 2008

Has Anybody Seen Muni's Daily Service Delivery Reports Lately?

Oh Muni, what won't you misplace! Apparently some reports have gone missing. Or have they? Muni used to produce daily reports on service levels, making them available to the public; but when Nat Ford showed up, according to transit enthusiasts, the reports stopped coming out. Now, we're told, the reports only go to the Citizens Advisory Council; the general public, allegedly, has been shut out.

But wait! The plot thickens. There's a rumor in transit circles that the reports are still getting leaked to a handful of transit nerds. A couple of folks claim to know someone who knows someone who gets the top-secret reports. Is it true? Nobody would go on the record one way or another, so your guess is as good as ours.

Here's the thing about those reports: they're super-technical. It's possible that Muni stopped releasing them to the public because they're simply too esoteric and confusing. But then again, "esoteric and confusing" describes just about every document that SFGov touches, so why should these reports be any different? We know a handful of Rescue Muni members who'd love to get their hands on them; the more esoteric the better.

So, what does Muni have to say about all this? Well, nothing. We asked them about it on July 20, August 11, and September 4; and each time, they said they'd get back to us soon. Don't be a stranger, Judson.


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Comments (6)

I think I saw some guy downtown with some fake rolexs and MUNI reports for sale at a "really good price."

 

You could make a "Sunshine" request for those records.

 

"Ah! Yeah. It's just we're putting new coversheets on all the TPS reports before they go out now. So if you could go ahead and try to remember to do that from now on, that'd be great. All right!"

 

When I contacted Muni's Sunshine ordinance department I was informed that this document was not available to the general public and is for internal Muni use only (they were very prompt in responding, btw).

CAC members receive the daily run report as part of their duties.

 

Of course they are prompt, they read SFist!

The alternate way to get around this and piss-off a bunch of Muni officials and their union is to call a hearing with the Sunshine board.

KGO-TV did this when they were denied Sunshine access to bus video cams of drivers who had the worst records, and they won.

 

Akit for MTA prez!

 
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