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North Bernal Petition Summary - October 23, 2017
Presentation Boards - December 7, 2016 Community Meeting
Presentation - December 7, 2016 Community Meeting
This Weekend: Kezar Stadium Hosts Pro Soccer
Kezar Stadium on June 20, 2011. Photo: Graham C99/Flickr Event: San Francisco Deltas Soccer Saturday, 7 p.m. Kezar Stadium San Francisco’s newest professional sports team, the San Francisco Deltas of...
SF’s New Two-Year Vision Zero Action Strategy: Reaffirming Our Commitment
This week, we released our Two-Year Vision Zero Action Strategy for 2017-2018, the foundation for how and why San Francisco is working to end traffic deaths on our streets. The document comes just as...
We're Saying Thank You for Transit Driver Appreciation Day
A Muni operator greets a customer with a smile. As many celebrate all things Irish tomorrow, we’ll also be celebrating our Muni drivers for Transit Driver Appreciation Day. While the official day is...
Meet the Boeings: How Futuristic Visions in Postwar America Helped Bring Light Rail to San Francisco
In the era after World War II, Americans envisioned a future where space-age technology would bring greater ease and comfort to everyday life. People would have robot pets, live in bubble houses and...
SFMTA Public Meetings, March 20 - April 3
Northbound 49 Van Ness-Mission Route traveling to North Point Street. SFMTA Photo Archive. Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday, March 21, 1 p.m. City Hall, Room 400 Nearby Muni Routes: 5, 19, 21, 47...
We Welcome the Harvey Milk Streetcar Back into Service
The Harvey Milk Streetcar PCC 1051 at its reintroduction ribbon cutting on March 15, 2017. SFMTA Photo Archive Last Wednesday, media, community groups, local merchants and government officials...
Weekend Festivities: Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon, Corn Dogs and Easter Egg Hunts
Events This weekend you can enjoy an island Easter egg hunt, National Corn Dog Day and a chance to run off all those extra calories while rocking and rolling 13.1 miles though the city. Rock'n Roll...
Coming Soon: 'Open Streets' Week on Octavia Street at Patricia's Green
From Friday, March 31 to Friday, April 7, the SFMTA is closing off a small segment of northbound Octavia Street, from Linden to Hayes streets, for the Octavia Open Street events that will experiment...
Giants Baseball Returns with Pre-Season Games this Week
In two weeks, San Francisco will celebrate Giants Opening Day. This week, the Giants will host the Oakland Athletics for two pre-season games at AT&T park. With the start of baseball season comes...
A Colorful Spring Weekend Coming Up
Participants at a celebration of the Holi Festival of Colors in Parkmerced on March 14, 2009. Photo: Cary Bass-Deschenes/Flickr Events: As flowers bloom in the park this colorful spring weekend, cheer...
Muni History
The San Francisco Municipal Railway, known by its nickname "Muni," is the transit division of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), and an important part of the integrated...
When Women Weren’t Allowed to Stand on the Outside of Cable Cars
It might be hard to believe that until 1965, women were deprived of the joy of standing on the running boards on either side of San Francisco’s cable cars. Just three years prior to the time of the...
SFMTA Public Meetings, April 3 - April 17
A Muni bus on the 29 Sunset route on the recently-redesigned Mansell Street in McLaren Park. SFMTA Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday, April 4, 1 p.m. City Hall, Room 400 Nearby Muni Routes: 5, 19, 21...
Celebrate Walk to Work Day This Thursday
Join us for San Francisco’s fifth annual Walk to Work Day this Thursday, April 6 to celebrate foot-based transportation in one of the most walkable cities in the country. Walk to Work Day, organized...
A Busy Weekend: Cherry Blossom Festival, Lowrider Cruise, Sunday Streets and More
Lowriders cruise at the Carnaval parade in the Mission in 2011. Photo: Carnaval.com Studios/Flickr Events There will be no shortage of events this weekend in San Francisco. Head over to Kezar Stadium...
SFMTA Public Meetings, April 17 - May 1
SFMTA Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday, April 18, 1 p.m. City Hall, Room 400 Nearby Muni Routes: 5, 19, 21, 47, 49, F Market, Metro-Civic Center Station The agenda for tomorrow’s Board of Directors...
Red Transit-Only Lanes Work: Two New Studies Show Their Benefits
A red transit-only lane on Geary at Jones Street. It may come as no surprise that using red paint to highlight transit-only lanes causes fewer drivers to violate them, which helps keep them clear to...
This Weekend: Cherry Blossom Parade and Tax March
Another fun-filled weekend awaits us – you can cheer on the Giants as they wrap up their first home stand of the season, enjoy the second weekend of the Cherry Blossom Festival and take your pick of...
The 'Hub' at Market and Valencia: Forever Changed by the 1906 Earthquake
One-hundred and eleven years ago, in the cool pre-dawn of April 18th, 1906, a massive earthquake rocked San Francisco, forever changing the landscape and future development of our fair, foggy city...
Improvements Proposed for Vicente Street in the Sunset
A corner on Vicente Street with existing “front-in” angled parking and “daylighting.” Like most streets in the Outer Sunset, Vicente Street has road space to spare. We’ve proposed changes to Vicente...
In Search of the Best Safe-Hit Post: A New Bike Lane Test on Market
In a new experiment on Market Street, we’ve installed four types of safe-hit posts along a block of bike lane. Plastic “safe-hit” posts may be a relatively quick and low-cost way to separate bike...