SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Muni Warns Of Major Delays Due to Staffing Issues Gunfire in East Oakland damaged some Comcast lines and led to a major cable outage during Sunday's football game, Muni delays are being caused by COVID-related staffing shortages, and demand for tests in SF is way down.
SF News 14-Mission Driver Badly Beaten, Eyewitnesses Say Police Let the Attacker Get Away Passengers describe the Muni driver as being dragged on the street and bloodied in the attack, and say police showed little interest in the suspect before merely moving on.
SF News Muni and Caltrain Free Again on New Year’s Eve, BART Hours Extended (But Still Full Price) Both Muni and Caltrain will offer free service on New Year's Eve, and while BART will not be free, they’re running an extra 1 a.m. train.
SF News ‘Butt Divots’ Are Coming Back, as Muni Is Rolling Out New, Redesigned Train Seats Your “back door” will be more comfortable again on Muni trains, as SFMTA is rolling out a new fleet of seats, and two trains with the new seats are already in the wild.
SF News SFMTA Announces a Few Temporary Route Cutbacks Due to Unvaccinated Drivers on Leave As forewarned earlier this month, Muni is having to curtail some bus service due to a number of drivers who have refused to be vaccinated, or who will not be fully vaccinated by the November 1 deadline — but the route cutbacks are fairly minor.
SF News Most Muni Bus Routes Will Likely Be Restored By Spring; J-Church Riders Unhappy About Having to Transfer The SFMTA announced the next step in its process to restore Muni service to near pre-pandemic levels, with a proposed plan to restore five out of seven of the currently suspended bus routes by February or thereabouts.
SF News Muni Service Could Be Impacted Around Outside Lands Weekend If Unvaccinated Muni Drivers Don't Get Shots The SFMTA is warning of possible service cuts in the coming weeks due to the still large number of transit operators who have not reported being vaccinated — with the city's deadline for all city employees to be fully vaccinated approaching on November 1.
SF News SFMTA Seeks Public Input on Whether to Restore Suspended Bus Routes Versus Increase Frequency on Popular Lines Muni ridership remains less than half of what it was before the pandemic, because almost nobody is commuting downtown these days. And the SFMTA is facing some tough decisions as it looks to restore more service in 2022, so it's looking for the public's input on how to proceed.
SF News New Muni Metro Extensions to Richmond District, Fisherman's Wharf Proposed by Staff Staff at the SFMTA presented proposals this week to construct a new Muni Metro line that would connect downtown with the Richmond District along Geary Boulevard, as well as extending the still-under-construction Central Subway to Fisherman's Wharf.
SF News M-Ocean View Trains Return Aug. 14 Along With Six Restored Bus Routes One more Muni Metro route is returning to service on Saturday along with a half dozen restored Muni bus routes, a new bus route for Lake Merced, and a bunch of route extensions and changes.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Some Muni Lines May Not Return After Pandemic Mayor Breed’s comments have some Muni riders suspicious that certain bus lines might never return, the 49ers add an Antioch native to the roster, and the Castro Street Fair is back on for 2021.
SF News Pride Revelers Beware: Muni Shuts Early, Uber and Lyft Rides Are Going to Be Expensive You may want to strap on some good walking shoes if you're planning to party-hop during this late-pandemic Pride Weekend in San Francisco, because things aren't exactly back to normal with public transportation or the world of rideshares.
SF News Listen: ‘Celebrity Muni Announcements’ From London Breed, Renel, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Here’s audio of the new Muni ‘celebrity’ transit announcements, though Mayor Breed’s is drawing some heckles from the social media peanut gallery.
SF News San Francisco's Cable Cars Will Be Free to Ride When They Come Back in August SF's iconic cable cars are set to return to limited service in August, and both locals and tourists will be able to ride them for free for the entire month.
SF Politics Breed Says She'll Veto Free Muni In a rare use of the mayoral veto, Mayor London Breed said late Tuesday that she would not sign off on Supervisor Dean Preston's pilot project to offer free Muni rides for three months.
SF Politics Free Muni Might Happen Under a Three-Month Pilot, But Maybe Not As Soon as Supervisors Want There's been an argument in recent months over whether or not to use this limbo moment as the pandemic fades to finally offer Muni rides for free. But can the system handle a sudden surge in ridership (if that actually happens)?
SF News We're Taking Bets On How Many Days Muni Trains Will Run Without a Fiasco The Muni Metro comes back alive on Saturday for not exactly the first time since the pandemic began, but almost. And given the SFMTA's track record, it's safe to say that the reopening of the system isn't likely to come off without a hitch.
SF News F-Market Streetcars Begin Rolling Up and Down Market and Embarcadero May 15 You may have seen some out-of-service F-Market cars rolling on Market Street in recent days, as the SFMTA trains or retrains operators and prepares for the May 15 return of the historic streetcar service between the Wharves and the Castro.
Arts & Entertainment Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi’ Trailer Arrives, With a Muni Bus Martial Arts Battle The teaser trailer for SF-shot ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ dropped today, and a battle scene on the 1-California has local comic book fans in a delirious state of squee.
SF News Muni Underground Returns May 15 With Full Service on K and N Lines Despite previous reports that we wouldn't see Muni's K, L, or M lines running in light-rail tunnels until early next year, the SFMTA has surprised us today with better-than-expected news — as opposed to the usual worse-than-expected updates they've become known for.
SF News You Can Now Pay Your Muni and BART Fares By Waving Your Apple Watch or iPhone Over a Clipper Reader At last, a couple years behind other cities, San Francisco now has added Apple Wallet and Apple Watch paying capability on mass transit, with Android capability on the way soon.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mayor Breed Proposes Meth Sobering Center In SoMa Supes Preston and Haney are still pushing for fare-free Muni this year, experts offer advice for those who have received the J&J vaccine (you're almost definitely fine), and London Breed has a new spot for a 30-bed meth sobering center in SoMa.
SF News SFMTA Installs Public Wi-Fi In Subway Tunnel, Completes Track Improvements Ahead of Metro Reopening In addition to new LED signs and public art now installed at SFMTA’s Church and West Portal stations, another notable update will help modernize those underground terminals: reliable access to the internet.
SF Politics SF Sup. Dean Preston Doesn't Understand April Fool's, Tweets 'Joke' About Muni Going Fare-Free The worst day of the year on the internet is here, and some people are still acting like it's 2002 and fake news headlines are fun April Fool's jokes. One of them is San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Muni's K, L, and M Lines Won't Return Until 2022 The Muni Metro's K, L, and M lines now aren't likely to return to service before early 2022, ficus trees are coming down on 24th Street in the Mission, and SF's overdose crisis is still getting worse.