SF News SFMTA Director Jeffrey Tumlin is Resigning at the End of the Year The five-year reign of SFMTA director Jeffrey Tumlin will come to an end on December 31, and while he steered Muni through the pandemic and saw some big projects completed, he was a lightning rod for criticism over bike lanes and car-free streets.
SF News Could Muni Eliminate the Cable Cars? That’s on the Table, as the Agency Faces a Possible $320 Million Deficit Dark days loom for Muni after the failure of Prop L, an incoming Trump presidency, and a deficit as high as $322 million, so there’s talk of eliminating the cable cars, or axing some lesser-used bus lines outright.
Arts & Entertainment Muni Launches Online Store Full of Muni-Branded T-Shirts, Hats, Hoodies, Mugs, and More Well, that’s one way to address a $214 million deficit. Muni just launched an online store, in time for the holidays, where you can buy Muni swag like t-shirts, hoodies, hats, socks, and even baby onesies.
SF Politics That Prop L Rideshare Tax to Fund Muni Looks Unlikely to Pass, Because Another Measure Cancels It Out The tax on rideshares that was supposed to help dig Muni out of its deficit is cruising to a big win, but will probably never take effect, because it conflicts with the Prop M business tax measure which is winning by even more.
SF News Car Crashes Into 48 Muni Bus In Noe Valley Causing Multiple-Vehicle Collision, Muni Driver Hospitalized There was a multiple-vehicle crash just before noon Monday in Noe Valley, as one car hit a 48-Quintara/24th Street Muni bus and several other cars, and the Muni driver has been hospitalized.
SF Politics SF’s Prop L Hopes to Save Muni With a Tax on Uber, Lyft, and Waymo Rides With the SFMTA looking at a $214 million deficit and potential service cuts, a ragtag band of riders came up with Prop L, which would tax Lyft, Uber, and Waymo rides to effectively bail out Muni.
SF News Three-Day Work Weeks Are Hammering BART Financially, But Muni Just Had Its Highest-Ridership Month In Four Years The BART system continues its ridership dregs due to remote work and persistent three-day work weeks, and it may come begging for a tax increase, but Muni just scored its highest monthly ridership numbers since before the pandemic.
Business & Tech Tech Bros Try to Help Waymo Entangled With Muni Bus, Leave Behind Stalled Waymo A new viral video shows a stalled Waymo getting entangled with a Muni bus this weekend, and when a gaggle of tech bros coming from an industry party try to help, they seem to just make things worse.
SF News Muni Experiences Major Meltdown With Downed Overhead Line In Tunnel Near Civic Center It's not clear how many hours we may be looking at here, but Muni was melting down Tuesday morning, with no light-rail trains able to pass through the Market Street subway tunnel in the downtown direction.
SF News Man Rushed to Hospital After His Leg Gets Trapped Under a Muni Bus A man somehow ended up with his leg trapped under a Muni bus at Geary and Masonic over the weekend, and was rushed to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
SF News Twin Peaks Tunnel About to Shut Down Again for Eight Days, Starting Thursday Heads up, those who ride Muni’s K, L, M, and S lines — the West Portal and Forest Hill stations, and all of the Twin Peaks Tunnel, will be closed for eight whole days, effective Thursday morning.
Arts & Entertainment How to Get In and Out of Golden Gate Park for Outside Lands For those just attending Outside Lands this year for the first time, and those who haven't been to the festival for a few years, we give you this primer on your transportation options to get in and out of Golden Gate Park without too much fuss.
SF News Muni to Update Train Control System From Floppy-Disk Era... Over the Next Ten Years Things don't happen fast when it comes to San Francisco's public transit systems. And in the case of Muni, that means a train-control apparatus that was installed in 1998 — and sounds like it might have been almost outdated even then — is finally going to get an update. But it will take a decade.
SF News Muni Somehow Scores Its Highest Rider Satisfaction Rate In 23 Years According to a new Muni survey, 72% of riders rated the city’s public transit service as “good” or “excellent,” though that comes with the catch that the more frequently people ride Muni, the less satisfied they are with it.
SF News Twin Peaks Tunnel Closes This Weekend for Repairs, Muni Trains Stopping at Castro The Twin Peaks Tunnel, which connects Castro Station to West Portal on the other side, will be closed throughout this weekend for repairs, and will be closed again in August.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Muni Strike Averted, Operators Agree to New Contract A Visitacion Valley park is being renamed for an 89-year-old woman who was killed there; former Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf has some skeletons in her political closet coming back to haunt her; and the potential Muni strike has been averted as the union just approved a new contract for operators.
SF News Person Stabbed on Muni Monday at 18th and Mission Streets, Suspect Still at Large There was a stabbing Monday afternoon shortly before 4 pm on a Muni bus in the Mission District, and while the victim does not face life-threatening injuries, the suspect has not been apprehended.
SF News Muni Workers Might Go On Strike This Summer as Union Rejects Proposed Contract Well, this could shake up the mayoral race, as well as ruining everyone’s commute possibly as soon as July, as the union of Muni operators, fare inspectors, and mechanics has rejected their new proposed labor agreement and might go on strike this summer.
SF News L-Taraval Trains Get Closer to Returning as SFMTA Completes Paving Project The L-Taraval light-rail line, which has been suspended since 2019 and replaced by a bus, will be returning to service this fall. And the SFMTA just completed a paving project on Taraval Street.
SF News Suspect at Large After Threatening Anti-Asian Hate-Speech Incident Involving Taser on Muni Bus A man reportedly went on a racist rant aboard a Muni bus last week, and a mother and her teen son are speaking out in the hopes of raising awareness and putting pressure on police.
SF News You May See More Muni Fare Inspectors on Buses This Year as SFMTA Vows Crackdown on Fare Evasion Some state bailout funds that are flowing to the SFMTA came with the condition that the agency do more to crack down on fare evasion. So you will likely start seeing more scofflaws getting tickets for not having proof of payment.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Muni Closing Downtown Tunnel Weeknights Next Week There's no Muni underground service on nights from 9:30 p.m. Friday until the following Friday; some intense thunderstorms caused localized flooding around the Bay today; and there was a tragic discovery inside a Santa Rosa apartment.
SF News Muni Ridership Reached 71% of Pre-Pandemic Levels In 2023, With Some Bus Routes More Crowded Than In 2019 Ridership on Muni buses and trains was up to 86% of pre-pandemic levels on weekends last year, and up to 68% on weekdays, but revenue across the SFMTA remains down — and are these ridership numbers even real if people don't pay?
SF News Vintage 1956 Muni Bus Delighted Transit Nerds This Weekend at Duboce Park The good folks at Muni busted out a 1950s-era Muni Mack bus this weekend, and let transit lovers hop onboard and enjoy it in its fully restored glory, as part of a “120 years of SFMTA” exhibit happening over that the Harvey Milk Photo Center.
SF News Wily and Elusive Dog Gets Into Muni Tunnel, Disrupts Service and Evades Capture for Hours San Francisco commuters who use the Muni underground likely encountered some trouble Monday if they were trying to get home after 6 p.m., and it's because of what SFMTA officials said was a "determined and elusive" dog running in the downtown tunnel.
