This year's Muni Heritage Weekend is slated to be perhaps the most historic year ever. As a special treat, Muni's largest and oldest cable car, former Sacramento-Clay Line Car 19, will hit the street...
Events: This weekend will have no shortage of fun events taking place all around the city, with the most prominent being Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park. On the opposite side of town, at Yerba Buena...
In this quarter’s Safe Street Segment, we are sharing how our pilot project on Valencia Street is performing. Earlier this year and under Mayor London Breed’s leadership to expedite safety improvement...
Vision Zero SF is the City’s road safety policy that will build safety and livability into our streets, protecting the one million people who move about the City every day. From education to traffic...
Events: Starting with a Friday preview, the Minnesota Street Project's San Francisco Art Book Fair kicks off three days of support for local artists. The San Francisco Botanical Garden's annual Flower...
We are pleased to announce, we are in the final stages of finishing the UCSF Mission Bay Platform. This weekend a T Third bus substitution will be needed to perform key construction tasks that must be...
In this week’s Director’s Report from the SFMTA Board of Directors meeting, Ed Reiskin gave the following updates: Vision Zero Since the last MTA Board meeting on June 18, there have been four Vision...
Beginning tomorrow, San Franciscans will again have more choices for electric-assist bikes. Through an interim permit issued by the SFMTA, Lyft can immediately work to restore Bay Wheels service...
Grip Jose Macasocol with Cable Car 12 at the Cable Car Barn in Nob Hill. Some people might assume that only tourists ride cable cars, but we know that locals use them, too. In fact, the easiest way...
We have taken to the airwaves, or the “digital waves” anyway, with the new SFMTA podcast, Taken with Transportation. Taken with Transportation showcases the people and policies that make accessible...
SFMTA staff tabling at Bayview Sunday Streets in May of 2023. Starting this summer, Bayview-Hunters Point residents can get their transportation service needs met without having to leave the...
We are happy to announce the opening of a special history exhibit at the San Francisco Public Library, as part of the ongoing celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the cable cars. The “Innovation...
The transformation of Page Street from a congested to calm thoroughfare continues with the goal of making it safer for everyone. The Slow Streets Program and other infrastructure upgrades are...
The San Francisco Municipal Railway 5-Year Plan, 1979-1984 was the first comprehensive service plan created by the first San Francisco Municipal Railway transportation planners. The plan introduced a...
Artwork by Ai Yamada, SFUSD student and winner of 2023 art contest, showing a girl bicycling down a road away from the viewer and featuring three cats. Additional text reads Bike & roll to School Week...
San Francisco’s unique rail system brings together 150-year-old cable cars, historic electric streetcars of all shapes and sizes and modern light rail vehicles. Many trades across the SFMTA play a...
Track crew removing old rail at the Van Ness crossover The first Muni Metro Fix-It Week of 2023 was a resounding success in March, and it’s also the first Fix-It Week since the SFMTA launched the...
SMILE, we're ready for our close ups! L earn more about the day in the life of a Parking Control Officer (PCO). It isn't easy being a parking control officer (PCO) in San Francisco. None of us likes...
Jason Lee, Program Manager, Next Generation CIS What do you do on the project? I oversee the Next Generation CIS project. How do you feel your work impacts our customers? Real time information is one...
August 2, 2023, marks the 150th anniversary of the world’s first successful cable railway, born right here in San Francisco. To celebrate the occasion, we bring you the story of Andrew Hallidie and...
One of San Francisco's new paystations as the city moves away from its aging parking meters. How drivers pay for street parking in San Francisco continues to evolve. In March 2022, the San Francisco...
San Francisco’s first low-emissions electric hybrid Orion bus Muni’s Orion hybrid buses are headed for retirement as we phase in a brand-new batch of El Dorado hybrid electric buses . It’s the end of...
This blog series profiles a few of the people building SFMTA’s the Next Generation Customer Information System (CIS) – a major overhaul of Muni’s prediction system. In our previous blog, we met Jason...
This blog series profiles a few of the people building SFMTA’s the Next Generation Customer Information System (CIS) – a major overhaul of Muni’s prediction system. In previous blogs we met Jason Lee...
A new shuttle to serve Bayview’s diverse communities A new community shuttle is coming to Bayview-Hunters Point in January of 2024, and we need your help designing it! The SFMTA is partnering with the...