SF News SFMTA Votes On How to Spend Obama's Stimulus Money The SFMTA board voted yesterday to approve its list of proposed uses of economic stimulus dollars heading San Francisco's way this year. As SFAppeal reports, Muni plans to use $15 million of its
SF News March MUNI Fast Pass Missing Something Can you guess what it is? If you guessed price, then you're right. The March 2009 Muni Fast Pass (a calming mix of sea green and sky blue) is missing its $45 tag.
SF News Angry Union Member Causes A.M. Muni Delay Around 70 Muni buses serving more than two dozen biodiesel buses were delayed this morning after a union steward with Transport Workers Union Local 250-A blocked the gate and prevented the buses from
SF News SFMTA to Eliminate Market/Octavia Bike Lane Because this infamous intersection isn't dangerous enough, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors have "unanimously endorsed its traffic engineer's plan to eliminate the eastbound bike lane on Market Street at Octavia
misc SFMTA's Headphone Smear Campaign Starts Beth W. from Muni Diaries writes about this latest ad campaign, and she's none to thrilled. Beth says, "I’m having trouble totaling up the number of things wrong with it," going on
misc This is Your Muni on Microsoft Snapped up by Flickr photog Mike G., this is the new system that replaced the "unreliable" OS/2 system. Let the hair pulling start...now.
SF News Can Muni run more express buses? A spot.us (a reader-supported news-ish site) pitch person wonders why most express buses stop by 8:30 a.m. (inbound) and 6:15 p.m. (outbound). Also, since most express lines are
SF News TransLink Update A few things: SFMTA is inviting an exclusive number of Muni customers to take part of the TransLink trial group and help get the system up to snuff. "The TransLink system is a
SF News Central Subway One Step Closer to Becoming a Reality The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) announced yesterday that the feds have given the much-needed Central Subway its final environmental clearance. Praise God. The $1.3 billion plan will connect the new-ish
SF News Muni Executive Director Defers His Yearly Raise, Bonus As the SFMTA looks deep into the abyss of a budget deficit in the $40 million range, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency chief Nathaniel Ford has decided he wants to halt the annual
SF News Cable Car Hits Pedestrian A little before 6 a.m. this morning a cable car struck a pedestrian on Mason Street near Broadway. the unidentified person was sent to a local hospital. According to the Muni Spokesperson
SF News Up With Muni As incredible as it sounds," says the regally named Nathaniel P. Ford, Sr., SFMTA's Executive Director, in this morning's glowing press release, "preliminary ridership reports show that Muni had over 117,000 additional
SF News Muni's Guide to the Weekend: Smelly Cyclists, Smelly Gays TONIGHT: Critical Mass starts tonight at 6:00 p.m. As always, the Critical Mass bicycle ride will begin from Justin Herman Plaza and sprout throughout the city. SUV drivers beware! SATURDAY, SUNDAY:
SF News Your Daily Muni Delay: Police Activity Shakes Up Your Commute Oh oh. Looks like your commute home might be an exciting one filled with delays and packed trains. According to 511, "at 3:10pm, Muni reports all inbound and outbound lines on the
misc Know-It-Alls Form Taxi Group, Formulate Plan to Claim Vague Accomplishments Of course the real question is: how can you, the average Joe, meddle and interfere with this process? Well, you can't. Not much. The MTA is soliciting applications for the "Taxi Advisory Group,
SF News UPDATE: Raw Footage of Muni Train Crash KTVU has some choice footage of last Saturday's Muni crash over on King Street near AT&T Park. Since major news networks inexplicably don't believe in the religion of Embedded Code, we
SF News Muni Driver May Have Felt the Need, the Need for Speed Last Saturday's T-Third meets N-Judah collision might be, according to to investigators, might have been the result of a speeding Muni driver and/or someone chatting on their cell phone. KCBS reports: Investigators
SF News Two Trains Running: Muni Lines Collide An astonishing twelve passengers were sent to the hospital on Saturday after a T-Third train slammed into the back of a two-car N-Judah. The accident happened near AT&T Park on King
SF News A Safer Muni Ride: SFMTA Gets Millions Your daily commute just got safer. Well, hopefully. The Office of Homeland Security just awarded the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) a crisp $7 million "to improve security and public safety on
SF News Muni Bus Strikes, Kills Woman at Sixth and Market Streets Early this morning at 8:24 a.m., an "adult female" was struck a 60-foot 71-Haight-Noriega bus on Market and Sixth Streets. She was transported to SF General Hospital, where she later died.
SF News SFMTA Wants To Know How To Better Suit Your Cycling Needs Starting tonight, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will host a series of public meetings, where your can voice your input on the proposed improvements to bicycle routes in San Francisco. (Map of
misc Muni Citations: Now Slightly Less Awful Attention criminals: as of this week, your swashbuckling days of villainy and misbegotten Muni rides have become easy and breezy. Muni has "decriminalized" citations, which means that you won't have to go to
