SF News Pedestrian Who Died In August Incident That Paramedics Blamed on Cruise Vehicles Was Struck By Muni Bus We are now learning more about an incident reported on last month by the San Francisco Fire Department in which an ambulance carrying a person who was severely injured on a SoMa street was allegedly briefly prevented from leaving the scene due to two Cruise robotaxis in the way.
SF News Sunday Night Shooting On Muni Bus Leaves One Injured, Suspect Still at Large A Muni bus shooting just before 6 p.m. Sunday night, apparently on the 49-Van Ness, left one 34-year-old man injured and hospitalized, and the suspect fled the scene and is still at large.
SF News Suspect Arrested After Assaulting Muni Bus Driver With Fire Extinguisher San Francisco police on Wednesday arrested a suspect who apparently ran up to a Muni bus that was stopped at a red light, jumped into the driver's side window, and attacked the driver, spraying the driver with a fire extinguisher.
SF News SFPD Arrests 17-Year-Old In Connection With Kicking Elderly Woman on Muni Bus A juvenile suspect is in custody in connection with a widely covered December 3 Muni bus assault involving an elderly victim near Japantown.
SF News Muni Bus Hijacker Identified; SFPD Officer Stopped Bus Before It Hit Oncoming Traffic We have a suspect ID and some further details about a wild Friday-after-Thanksgiving incident in the Mission District, in which a guy allegedly assaulted a Muni bus driver and bus-jacked the bus.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Muni Bus and Truck Collide In the Haight A Muni bus and a pickup truck were in a crash on Haight Street this morning, a San Francisco firefighter was injured falling down an elevator shaft in Sea Cliff, and the SF school board is holding a special meeting this weekend.
SF News The 21-Hayes Returns Saturday, Along With Previously COVID-Canceled Buses 6-Haight-Parnassus and 2-Sutter Three semi-major Muni routes that have been on mothballs for nearly two and a half years will return Saturday, with many other lines being extended back to pre-pandemic levels, and transit lovers are planning a 21-Hayes party.
SF News Speeding SUV Smashes Into Muni Bus, Causes Traffic Delays and Injures Six People San Francisco police blocked off an area near Lombard and Fillmore streets Saturday after a vehicle going, per eye-witness accounts, between "60mph to 80mph" collided with a Muni bus — hitting it with such force that the public transport vehicle made a 180-degree twist.
SF News Suspect Arrested In February Homicide Following Muni Bus Altercation A 38-year-old Piedmont man has been arrested and charged in the homicide of a San Francisco man, following a fight between the two men that began on a Muni bus.
SF News Muni Rider Details Comedy of Errors As Bus Driver Attempts to Keep From Picking Up More Than 30 Passengers In normal times, it can be hard for a Muni bus driver to skip stops when they have an over-full load of passengers while also letting people off where there need to get off. But add a pandemic to that and it's even more impossible.
SF News Muni Driver Attacked With Bat After Telling Three Passengers To Put on Masks Three young men who boarded a Muni bus near San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood are suspected of assaulting the driver with a bat after repeatedly being asked to put on face masks.
SF News Muni Likely To Cut Many Bus Lines In Coming Years As More Commuters Turn To Cars Transit advocates and planners at the SFMTA are facing a grim reality that no one could have seen coming, and it may mean a permanent end for dozens of Muni bus lines.
SF News Muni Is Restoring Some More Bus Routes This Weekend and Street Sweeping Resumes Monday Saturday will see the restoration of several bus routes, and increased frequencies on the bus shuttle routes currently replacing Muni Metro service. Also, street cleaning begins again next week, and tickets will start being issued once more.
SF News Muni Bus Service Gets Majorly Curtailed; Riders Told To Expect Little Service Monday and Tuesday The SFMTA sent out an alert late Sunday telling all those who are still commuting by bus and anyone needing bus transportation to expect major delays Monday and Tuesday due to staffing shortages. And starting Wednesday, the entire system will be reduced to just 17 core lines.
SF News Two Pedestrians Critically Injured After Prius Runs Red Light In Mission District A 62-year-old man was arrested Wednesday evening on suspicion of felony hit-and-run after his burgundy Prius allegedly plowed through the intersection of 23rd and Mission, clipping a Muni bus and hitting three pedestrians, critically injuring two.
Arts & Entertainment New SFMTA Chief Asks Comedian Ali Wong To Record Muni Bus Announcements Inspired by the New York City MTA using Queens native Awkwafina's voice on some train announcements, newly installed SFMTA director Jeffrey Tumlin is reaching out to SF native Ali Wong to do the same for Muni buses.
SF News Muni Apologizes For Diverting Bayview Buses For Chase Center, Offers Free Rides Muni got called out Tuesday night after the supervisor who represents the Bayview and Hunters Point neighborhoods found out that bus drivers were being siphoned away from the bus lines that service those neighborhoods in order to cover the new event-night shuttle routes for the Chase Center.
Arts & Entertainment The 10 Most Scenic Muni Lines In honor of Muni Heritage Weekend, which is this weekend this will explain why you're seeing so many vintage streetcars and other vehicles around we're revisiting SFist's favorite Muni lines — not necessarily to
SF News The Muni Bus Turns 100 Today She breaks down so much because she's old! That's what you have to keep telling yourself during your next frustrated bus commute, as today we are celebrating the Muni bus's 100th birthday. Yes,
Arts & Entertainment Etiquette Week: How To Ride A Muni Bus It's time again for something we haven't done in a couple years here at SFist, and that's Etiquette Week in which SFist's editors dole out some prescriptive advice for how to behave in
SF News [Update] Muni Antenna Tears Hole In Tech Shuttle Downtown An electric Muni bus antenna collided with the window of what appears to be a tech shuttle downtown, though which vehicle may have been at fault remains unclear. From the photo above, it
SF News Two Of Muni's Electric Buses Caught Fire Last Week Two electric Muni buses caught fire last week, leading to the immediate evacuation of passengers and the inspection of a substantial part of the Muni Trolley Electric Coach fleet. The fires occurred on
SF News Private Shuttle Service Chariot Swears They're For Everyone, Adds New Routes (Maybe) Private shuttle service Chariot is a transportation alternative for everyone (they promise!), and they're launching new routes this week (well, maybe) to prove it. In what is perhaps best read as a business
SF News City To Demolish Pedestrian Bridges On Geary To Speed Up Bus Travel As part of a plan to streamline bus rapid transit along Geary Boulevard, the city of San Francisco is proposing to demolish two pedestrian bridges which they claim stand in the way. The
SF News 5R-Fulton To Be 20 Percent Faster With Traffic Circles And Tweaks On McAllister The SFMTA is hailing its experiment, known as the 5L-Fulton Limited Pilot Project, as a success. Already, they say, it's moved and consolidated stops to increase speed and ridership on this and other