Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Muni Forward

J-Church, 14-Mission Reliability Improving But Riders Aren’t Seeing It

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 29, 2011 | 48 Comments

Riders of the J-Church know all too well what it’s like to wait for a packed peak-hour train without any guarantee they’ll be able to squeeze on board. If you look at the data, though, the SFMTA says the picture isn’t as bad as it’s been made out to be. Still, two city supervisors aren’t […]

Mayor Lee Must Make SFMTA Act Quickly on TEP Implementation

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 24, 2011 | 6 Comments

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, in an interview with Streetsblog this week, pledged to make the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) implementation his number one Muni priority. That’ll be no easy task, however. More than three years after the SFMTA Board unanimously approved a plan to give Muni its first major revamp in 20 years, the […]

Some Crowding and Confusion, but Muni Service Changes Mostly Smooth

By Michael Rhodes | Dec 7, 2009 | 12 Comments

An MTA "transit ambassador" offers assistance to a rider at Valencia and Cesar Chavez Streets this morning. Photo: Michael Rhodes It wasn’t without grumbling, but commuters this morning made it through the biggest changes to Muni’s bus network in over 30 years, and the MTA wasn’t sent scrambling to fix any huge problems. Calls to […]

As Muni Prepares for Route Changes Saturday, Deeper Service Cuts Loom

By Michael Rhodes | Dec 2, 2009 | 10 Comments

MTA Executive Director Nat Ford briefs members of the media on upcoming changes to Muni service. Photo: Michael Rhodes This Saturday will bring wide-ranging changes to Muni, a broad reorganization of the city’s transit system that MTA Executive Director Nat Ford called the most complex service changes in a generation. But while this round of […]

MTA Announces Finalized December 5 Muni Service Changes

By Michael Rhodes | Nov 2, 2009 | 17 Comments

Goodbye, weekend N-Judah service along the Embarcadero. Image: SFMTA The MTA today announced the specific Muni service changes it will make on December 5 as part of its efforts to close a $129 million budget gap. Half of Muni’s bus routes and one of its rail routes are affected, with changes including discontinued or shortened […]

Muni May Convert 2-Clement to Electric Trolley Bus

By Michael Rhodes | Oct 22, 2009 | 4 Comments

The Clement Street stretch of the 2-Clement may be moved to California Street, if the line is converted to an electric trolley bus service. Image courtesy SFMTA. After two MTA board meetings filled with passionate though civil debate over the alignment of the shortened 2-Clement, the MTA has finally settled on a terminus for the […]

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