On October 13, 2023, Governor Newsom signed California State Assembly Bill 645 into law, allowing six cities, including San Francisco, to pilot a speed safety camera program. This pilot is an...
Take a ride back in time and explore transit history at Muni Heritage Weekend this Saturday and Sunday, September 23-24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This years’ festivities combine free rides on heritage...
Rendering of Bryant and 17th Streets intersection. Image: Arcadis IBI Group We are reimagining the SFMTA’s Potrero Yard as the nation’s first known joint development of a bus maintenance facility with...
September is Transit Month in the Bay Area and on the latest episode of Taken with Transportation, the official SFMTA podcast, host Melissa Culross talks with Muni riders in multiple neighborhoods who...
During Muni Heritage Weekend, riders took a green trip through Dolores Park in one of our historic streetcars. Five years ago, the city declared a climate state of emergency. We see the climate crisis...
Tapping a Clipper card is one of the many ways to pay to ride Muni. Maybe this has happened to you: You board Muni and tap your Clipper card or pay your cash fare, but lots of other people get on...
The sky was gloomy but the mood was celebratory at the Japantown Peace Plaza on Wednesday. Fortunately, the rain stopped just long enough for the SFMTA, along with Mayor London Breed and other city...
A 2 Clement Muni bus serving its route to Park Presidio Boulevard. The 2 Clement is proposed to return to service in early 2022. When we asked about what SFMTA should do with resources to expand a bit...
In this two-part blog series, we will look back at the history of one of our city’s hardest working transportation properties. For almost 115 years, the Elkton lot, located on San Jose Avenue between...
An animated map showing the expansion of transit lanes in San Francisco. View as a PDF. Accessible text is available here. It’s been a record year for transit lanes in San Francisco: we’ve installed...
This week the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) released “ A Turn Toward Safety: The Safer Intersections Project,” a report detailing the impact of the Left Turn Traffic Calming...
In part two of our two-part series on one of the city’s oldest transit properties, we bring you the history of Muni’s Green Division. Green Division, also known as Muni Metro Center, has served as the...
From just a few stretches of scattered lanes in 2013, San Francisco’s protected bike network now stretches like a green web connecting more and more of the city. See how much has changed over the last...
Have you ever been on a Muni vehicle and realized that if the light had only stayed green for just a few more seconds you wouldn’t have been trapped at a red light? SFMTA’s Connected Corridor Pilot...
If you want a glimpse into how our city can become more resilient, sustainable, and connected, head out to San Francisco streets on Earth Day 2022! Across the city, San Francisco city leaders and...
Earth Day is April 22 and a great time to think about changes we can make in our own lives to support the health of our planet. When it comes to climate change, one of the most meaningful actions we...
Making more of your trips by taking Muni is a great way to make every day Earth Day! Every day, we are confronted with the impacts of climate change: Fires, flooding, heat waves, poor air quality...
SFMTA staff gather to celebrate the importance of women in our transit system Safety is an absolute priority for the SFMTA. We’ve heard loud and clear that personal safety is a growing concern for the...
Over the months of outreach that the SFMTA and our colleagues at the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department conducted for the Golden Gate Park Access & Safety Program, we heard a lot of feedback...
The results of the 2021 Muni Customer Satisfaction Survey reflect ridership impacts and concerns during the global pandemic and a local shelter-in-place order. As a result, Muni reduced service and...
Last October when California Assembly Bill 43 (Friedman) was signed into law, we posted a blog about the new law about which gave cities new flexibility in setting speed limits—specifically reducing...
As part of the Next Generation Customer Information System project, over 700 new Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) signs will display real-time information at Muni transit shelters. Approximately one-third...
Roundtable at the Community Parklet Shares Project Updates This past week, the SFMTA hosted a media roundtable discussing updates about the L Taraval Improvement Project at the community parklet...
Light sculpture at Van Ness Avenue and O'Farrell Street Spectators gathered both online and in person to watch new lighting sculptures on Van Ness turned on for the first time on March 31, 2022. The...
Take your bike on Muni using the racks on the front of buses to access bike rides on the Great Highway, through Golden Gate Park and across the Golden Gate Bridge. Thousands of riders are expected to...