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S.F. Can't Profit From Shuttle Buses

Monday saw an agreement between the SFMTA and the privately contracted shuttle buses that ferry tech workers up and down the Peninsula. But while the agreement marks the first government regulation of the

Arts & Entertainment

Here's The Halloween-Themed Muni Etiquette Video We Didn't Know We Needed

Look, we're not going to pretend we know what this is or why it exists, but it is quite possibly the most baffling video the SFMTA has produced since they decided to give

Taxis Services Could Maybe Get Better, By 2015

It may surprise no one to learn that there are currently no enforceable dispatch performance standards in place for San Francisco taxis. How many times have you been told a taxi is on

Muni Caves to Corporate Shuttle Bus Pressure

In an effort to appear that they have any control whatsoever over the growing swarm of corporate shuttle buses clogging neighborhood streets and bogarting their bus stops, the SFMTA has proposed a new

Many Hoodlums Jumping Out of Muni Bus Back Doors Lately

Apparently there's been a rash of bus-jumping and bus "surfing" lately as ne'er-do-well passengers have figured out how to kick open rear bus doors, in particular on the 14-L in the Mission. The

Shuttle-freude: Genentech Bus Accident Closes Four Lanes Of Divisadero [PHOTO]

Around 7:20 a.m. Friday morning, a corporate shuttle for Genentech managed to not only make its own riders late for work, but probably a few other innocent commuters as well. Local

Reminder: Starting Sunday, SF Parking No Longer Free

You want to park on Sundays? Well, parking costs. And right here is where you start paying ... in sweat. And in money. Just pay in money, actually. See, starting this Sunday, parking in

NextBus Even More Wrong Than Usual Today

Wondering why your NextBus times have been even more unpredictable than usual today? It's not just the scaled back service the disastrous transit agency is running on for the rest of the year.

Muni Underground Melts Down at Rush Hour; Also, an F-Line Car Hits a Pedestrian at Church and Market

Tonight was yet another bad night for the SFMTA, as the Muni metro suffered a total and complete meltdown at 6 p.m. due to an alleged blown transformer at Van Ness Station.

Regarding Those Lower-Case Street Signs

The SFMTA is slowly but surely replacing all the street signage around town, doing away with the lovely, modern, all-caps typography they've employed for the better part of the last century, and going

Fell and Oak Streets to Become Less Deadly for Bicyclists

At yesterday's SFMTA Board meeting, a proposed Fell and Oak Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Project was unanimously approved. This means that the two parallel throughways, upon which thousands of cars careen everyday to

Muni Bus Hits F-Line Streetcar, Flees Scene? [Update]

A Muni bus, possibly a 38, just collided with an F-Line streetcar at the intersection of Kearny and Market Streets, causing damage to the streetcar and a possible derailment. The driver of the

No More Pink Mustaches? PUC Orders Cease-And-Desist For Ridesharing Apps

Ridesharing apps like Lyft and SideCar have been surging in popularity over the past few months in San Francisco's taxi desert. In fact, we'd be willing to bet more than a few frustrated

Hack Free Muni Rides

Under the premise of highlighting some vulnerabilities in Muni's contactless fare card system, two analysts with New York security consulting firm Intrepidus Group have created an app that allows riders to use an

Arts & Entertainment

SFMTA Wants To Know Your Thoughts On Bike Parking

"Bicycle use in San Francisco is increasing," says the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), and they would like to know your thoughts on long-term bike parking (i.e., "people who need to

More On Those Pink Mustache Cars, And Why They're Good

Just a few days ago some friends were remarking on the uptick of cars around town with pink mustaches on them. Was this some sort of baseball reference they did not understand? A

Thanks For Not Being Cheapskates While Enjoying Back Door Boarding, Everybody

With only one month of data gathered on the effects Muni's earth-shattering back-door boarding policy, the transit agency has already found another promising, but possibly meaningless, statistic to tout: the number of fare

Introducing the E Line, Which Is Just the F for America's Cup Tourists

Over the weekend the SFMTA tested out the E line in the first of two pilot runs. What is this E line, you ask? It's just the F, but rerouted so that it

Muni, Once Again, Deemed an Insult to Us All

A civil grand jury has found that Muni's practice of "switchbacks," in which a fully functioning bus is taken out of service and turned around in order to avoid "bunching" at the end

Good Work Figuring Out Back Door Boarding, Everybody

New updates reveal just how much time Muni riders are getting back thanks to the revolutionary back door boarding process SFMTA implemented in July. While anecdotal reports suggested things were going really smooth,

Transportation Commission Shoots Down Free Youth Muni Plan

The plan to offer free Muni service to low-income kids was apparently killed by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission Wednesday, where the Bay Area-wide agency shot down a motion to fund several programs to

SFMTA Gets Federal Grant for 18 New Buses

The SFMTA just got a $21 million federal grant, most of which they'll be putting toward the purchase of eighteen 40-foot biodiesel-electric hybrid buses to replace a fleet of 20-year-old buses that are

Muni Updates: Back Door Boarding Going Really Smoothly, Everyone Enjoys It

Have you guys tried back door boarding yet? As the Chronicle discovers today, this hot new craze (that everyone has been doing forever) is quite literally sweeping local public transit riders off their

Parking Meters Will Cost Money Tomorrow Because SFMTA Hates America

Keep an eye on the where you park your car while celebrating America's Birthday tomorrow: as the Examiner reminds us today, SFMTA hasn't considered the Fourth of July a meter-free holiday since 2009.