Public transit is turning into the perfect meet cute. You know, that moment in your favorite film or TV romantic comedy when the star bumps into, trips over or is otherwise thrust awkwardly at their...
Today's Throwback Thursday photo from the Archive takes us to Valentine's Day, 1946 and catches a busy street scene at the intersection of Sutter and Stockton. Outdoor Shot of Traffic Congestion...
The 39 Coit provides curbside service to San Francisco's Coit Tower. Photo taken Jan. 28, 2015. A panoramic view of downtown from Coit Tower. Photo taken Jan. 28, 2015. In honor of Valentine’s Day...
There are lots of ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Traditional: candies, wine and a fancy dinner; and non-traditional: volunteer at a homeless shelter (love is love, right?) or promote a new...
In order for transit to improve, the people operating the system need to be tuned into everyday riders. Social media provides the good, the bad and the ugly in terms of feedback, and transit is...
While there are no major events or service re-routes planned for this weekend, there is still a plethora of things to do and see this weekend. If you’re motto is “one man’s junk is another man’s...
Tomorrow marks the centennial of the opening of the Panama Pacific International Exposition (PPIE), a massive world's fair event that signaled the completion of the Panama Canal and showed the world...
Vision Zero is the simple idea that we should not accept the fact that people have to die every year just trying to get around town. After starting in Europe, this idea has grabbed the attention of...
You’re not imagining things … crosswalks throughout San Francisco are getting a bold, new look. What was once just two white lines the width of a street is now being upgraded with bolder, white...
If you think packing up your moving boxes is a laborious affair, check out this time-lapse video of the disassembly of the Central Subway’s twin tunnel boring machines (TBMs), affectionately known as...
Since the very first horse-drawn streetcars rolled down Market Street way back in the mid-19th century, San Francisco's transit system has remained almost entirely above ground. With this surface...
Balboa Park Station Community Advisory Committee: 6:30p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 24 City College Multi-Use Building 55 Phelan Avenue Nearby Muni Routes: 8X, 8BX, 29, 43, 49, 54, J/M/K Muni and BART to Balboa...
Important tips to ensure a safe taxi ride Always Hire a Real San Francisco Taxi All San Francisco taxicabs have specific identification. Do not hire a taxicab that does not present the following...
Last week we talked about San Francisco’s Vision Zero policy, the new website and the city’s efforts to make our streets safer as well as a popular, yet comparatively small, Vision Zero initiative to...
While preparations are underway for the annual Chinese New Year Parade early next month, don’t forget that Lunar New Year festivities are still taking place throughout the city. Check out...
Twice a month we share some of our favorite destinations in the city and the Muni routes and lines that will take you there. The latest incarnation of the Cliff House. Photo taken Feb. 25, 2015...
This week we’re sharing an informative piece from The Atlantic’s CityLab blog on a recent study that looked at how city planners define what is and isn’t “close to transit.” How far will commuters...
The first big event weekend of the year is here, and it’s a doozy. Lunar New Year festivities continue in Chinatown with the Chinese Community Street Fair & Parade. Little League Baseball kicks off...
This week's photo excursion takes us deep under the streets of San Francisco for a sight seen by very few eyes. One of the biggest transportation projects of the 1960s and '70s in the Bay Area was the...
You can be forgiven for not watching all of yesterday's 7-hour (plus!) SFMTA Board of Directors meeting. That's a lot of transportation talk even for us. The long day, though, meant that a lot got...
This week we bring out a rare shot from the archives that gives an overview of one little "patch" of San Francisco. One of only a handful of aerial photos in our collections, this 4x5" negative was...
Happy Lunar New Year! It’s been called the Year of the Ram, Sheep and Goat—different translations meaning the same thing: time to kick off the largest celebration of Asian culture outside of Asia, the...
“Go play in the street!” This isn’t a directive you usually hear from us, but when it comes to Sunday Streets, that’s exactly what we want you to do on The Embarcadero this Sunday. Sunday Streets is...
Given the compactness and generally good weather of San Francisco, it is easy to see why traveling by motorcycle or motorized scooter is an increasingly popular choice in our city. Over the last few...
ISCOTT Meeting: 9a.m., Thursday, March 12 SFMTA Offices, 7 th Floor, Room 7080 Nearby Muni Routes: 9, 9L, 47, 49, F Market, Metro—Van Ness Station The Interdepartmental Staff Committee on Traffic and...