Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Muni

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22-Day Muni-Riding Challenge, Day 10: Checking the Score at City Hall

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 10, 2015 | 20 Comments

We’re nearly halfway into the 22-day Muni riding challenge. How seriously are SF’s elected officials taking their commitment to get familiar with the everyday experience of riding Muni? Eight supervisors and Mayor Ed Lee signed up for the challenge by the time SFTRU kicked it off on June 1. Based on the tally of onboard tweets reported on the SF […]

Mayor, Eight Supervisors Promise to Ride Muni Every Day Until June 22

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 2, 2015 | 12 Comments

The SF Transit Riders Union’s challenge to ride Muni for 22 days kicked off yesterday with late sign-ons from Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisors London Breed and Mark Farrell, who had initially declined to commit. Supervisors Katy Tang and Malia Cohen still declined, and Supervisor Norman Yee has not confirmed a pledge since he tweeted a selfie on Muni after […]

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Applying the Parklet Strategy to Make Transit Stops Better, Quicker

By Aaron Bialick | May 20, 2015 | 17 Comments

San Francisco’s parklet revolution has broadened the possibilities for how curb space can be used. Now, city planners in SF and the East Bay are taking the idea in a new direction: using temporary sidewalk extensions to make transit stops more efficient and attractive. Three different names for the concept have emerged from planners at three institutions where it […]

Another Day, Another Driver Blocking Muni’s Busiest Metro Line

By Aaron Bialick | May 11, 2015 | 69 Comments

N-Judah riders can’t get any relief from idiots who leave their automobiles in the way of Muni’s busiest line. The entire length of the metro line was shut down for at least 40 minutes Thursday, starting at about 2 p.m., after the driver of an extra-wide pick-up with a raised chassis parked at the curb on Carl Street. The […]

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Three-Bike Bus Racks on Muni: A Solution for Late-Night Transit Woes?

By Aaron Bialick | May 5, 2015 | 22 Comments

Muni is testing front-mounted bike racks that can carry three bicycles (instead of the usual two) on some of its most hilly bus routes. If implemented widely, that third bike space could prevent some late-night travelers from getting “bumped” when racks fill up. Bike capacity on transit is particularly important in SF and the Bay Area, […]

Mayor Lee Warms to Prop B Muni Funding Increase, Which He Opposed

By Aaron Bialick | May 5, 2015 | 5 Comments

Mayor Ed Lee held a press conference yesterday to mark a $48 million increase in transportation funding for Muni and safer streets. But the largest chunk of that increase, and the only one that resulted directly from political leadership, came from Supervisor Scott Wiener’s Proposition B — which Lee fervently opposed. The funding increase “is a great […]

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