Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Muni

A modern low-floor tram/streetcar in Strasbourg, France. Photo: Wikipedia

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Is it Time to Modernize the F-Market and Wharves?

By Roger Rudick | May 30, 2017 | 61 Comments

As fans of San Francisco’s F-Market and Wharves historic streetcar line are aware, the trains only clickety clack and clang as far as Jones St & Beach St–just shy of the Fort Mason tunnel, which once permitted trains to continue to Marina Boulevard and Laguna Street…and beyond. The San Francisco Examiner reported today that SFMTA has […]

Op-ed: We Need Police Visibility on Muni

By Andy Bosselman | Apr 25, 2017 | 13 Comments

Over the weekend, 40 to 60 teenagers swarmed a BART station and train, robbing seven people. The story grabbed the headlines because it was so out of the ordinary. But several disturbing crimes have also hit Muni over the last few months. At 9:40 p.m. on April 12, a mob of about 10 teenagers beat […]

Power Outage Open Thread

By Roger Rudick | Apr 21, 2017 | 1 Comment

San Francisco was hit by a major power outage Friday that impacted Muni bus services and temporarily closed the Montgomery Street BART station. Traffic in downtown was snarled into the evening thanks to traffic lights in various locations that were flashing red. According to a BART advisory at the time of this post, the Montgomery […]

Katherine Roberts at last night's Bike Coalition meeting. Photo: Streetsblog

N-Judah Incident Highlights Need to Examine Muni Bike Ban

By Roger Rudick | Apr 20, 2017 | 81 Comments

Katherine Roberts was biking home to the Haight from a Passover Seder in the Dogpatch at 11:30 on April 11. It was raining heavily. She got to Church and Duboce and slowed to let an outbound N-Judah pass. When she started to pedal again, the wheel of her folding bike slipped and got caught by […]

Rachel Hyden, inaugural Executive Director of the San Francisco Transit Riders. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

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Q&A with Rachel Hyden, San Francisco Transit Riders’ New Executive Director

By Roger Rudick | Apr 18, 2017 | 2 Comments

The San Francisco Transit Riders (SFTR) has hired its first Executive Director, Rachel Hyden. “We did a thorough search…and interviewed many good people,” said Thea Selby, SFTR chair, in the official announcement made last week. “Hiring Executive Director Hyden means that we have the capacity to reach out to more diverse riders around the city and be […]

Outgoing Walk SF director Nicole Ferrara at last year's Golden Wheel awards. Photo: SFBC

Another Exit Interview: Nicole Ferrara and Walk San Francisco

By Roger Rudick | Apr 13, 2017 | No Comments

Tomorrow is Nicole Ferrara’s last day at the helm of Walk San Francisco, where she’s been since 2013. During her tenure, the group has fought hard for better and safer walking in the city of San Francisco. Ferrara and other advocates with Walk SF have been an ever-present force behind getting boarding islands for the […]

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