misc Muni Fast Pass Price Going Up Be warned fair citizens, the Muni Fast Pass will be going up in price come January. The standard Fast Pass will be increasing in price from $55 to $70. Too rich for your
SF News Power Outage Shuts Down Muni Metro (Updated) We're getting reports this evening that there's a subway power outage in San Francisco, resulting in Muni metro lines being "totally dead." According to MuniAlerts: "Subway outage may last all night. Shuttle buses
SF News New Muni Service: Going "Smoothly" How did your Muni ride go? It should have been nothing short of seamless, at least according to a MTA press release. "Muni service is going smoothly on the first weekday of the
SF News Imposter Cabbies Burn City's Britches In an effort to fill the large, gaping hole of necessity for more cabbies in San Francisco, it makes sense that imposter taxicabs try to fill that need. According to today's Examiner, "at
SF News Restore The 74X? We put this in yesterday's Day Around the Bay, but since so many of you reacted with pure, unadulterated rage, we feel it necessary to give it its very own post. What we're
SF News SFMTA Chief Operating Officer Resigns SFAppeal breaks today's biggest (local) story: Chief Operating Officer for the SFMTA, Ken McDonald, resigned today. McDonald, who is in charge of Muni operations, gave no specific explanation for the sudden departure. But
SF News Muni Experiencing Delays Might want to rev up the Lexus or Prius today, readers. According to Appeal, the J, K/T, L, M and N lines are all "'experiencing rolling delays in the subway because of
SF News Muni Crash Video Update: SFAppeal has the embeddable code. Why? Because some people understand the internet and online reporting. Anyway. Matier & Ross, who know their way around a police newsletter but not the magic that
SF News Pointless Muni Investigation Uncovers the Obvious by Chris Jones God Emperor of Muni, Nat Ford, has decided to get more aggressive about hunting down fare evaders in an attempt to bridge the enormous budget gap faced by the city's
SF News The <i>Guardian</i> Does Not Want You Driving, or Parking Photo by Albert Huynh on Flickr We admit that headline may be a little sensational... but Steven T. Jones, writing one of several inter-related pieces on the politics of parking in this week's
SF News Very, Very Vibrant Cable Car Unveiled Yesterday morning, a new cable care for tourists was unleashed onto the streets of San Francisco. And yes, you will need sunglasses to enjoy these images of the shockingly colored car. According to
SF News Breaking: Muni Drivers Sabatoge Everything There's a fun editorial in today's Examiner. It involves the "mysterious driver malady" that affects Muni drivers on Mondays and Fridays. According to the article, "On May 1, a Friday, nearly 22 percent
SF News <i>[Insert Another Tired, Cleverless Headline About BART & Muni Fare Increase Here]</i> Have you heard that BART and Muni fares are increasing? A news story that seems to pop up at least once a month? Or not? Anyway, BART prices will increase on July 1.
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
