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The World's Fair That Transformed Muni 100 Years Ago

10 years 2 months ago

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...

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SF Sets Its Sights on Traffic Safety

10 years 2 months ago

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...

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Quick, Cheap and Effective: Zebra-Striped Crosswalks

10 years 2 months ago

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...

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Central Subway: A "Boring" Success

10 years 1 month ago

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...

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A Look Back at Two of SF's Main Streets

10 years 2 months ago

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...

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SFMTA Public Meetings, Feb. 23 - March 6

10 years 2 months ago

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...

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Taxi Safety Tips

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...

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U.S. DOT, Safe Street Challenge Accepted!

10 years 2 months ago

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...

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Lunar New Year Run

10 years 2 months ago

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...

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View from a Cliff

10 years 1 month ago

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...

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Transit Costs and Conveniences

10 years 1 month ago

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...

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San Francisco Breaks Ground for Van Ness Improvement Project

The City of San Francisco broke ground Wednesday, March 1, on the Van Ness Improvement Project, a major civic-improvement project that will revitalize and rehabilitate one of the city’s main corridors...

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SFMTA Announces the 2017 Sunday Streets Season

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which oversees all surface transportation in the city including Muni, is excited to announce the return of the Sunday Streets season as the...

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San Francisco Celebrates 23rd Annual Bike to Work Day

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which oversees all ground transportation in the city, today joined Mayor Edwin M. Lee, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the San...

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SFMTA Upgrades Technology in City Parking Garages

Attachment: SFMTA Parking Garages Map The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which manages the Municipal Railway (Muni) and all surface transportation within the city, today...