Starting Monday, an additional 8,000 San Francisco city employees began shuffling back into the office at least four days a week as part of Mayor Daniel Lurie’s crusade to bring “pre-pandemic normal” back to a downtown that now resembles a very expensive ghost mall. Restaurants near City Hall are practically

Not to sound like an old fart, but it feels like the fabric of civilized society is fraying to threads. And nowhere is that more apparent than on Muni.  I understand—other people are hard. But in this day and age, with so many claiming some form of social illiteracy, it’s

We checked in with experts and consulted the research on what can make riding public transit more fun. Over the last few months as the clay of the transit budget crisis takes form we’ve shared solutions and critiques. Although there’s still a lot of advocacy work ahead, we’re pulling back

SFMTA is considering service rollbacks on five Muni bus lines, citing a drop in profits, which would affect thousands of riders and exacerbate downtown’s ghost-town reputation.

Thinning, truncating, or outright suspending service on certain Muni lines has been in talks for a few months now. As cuts go into effect, their repercussions offer a bleak insight into the future of our reportedly struggling transportation division. Stops trimmed of several lines or reduced to an inconvenient stump.

Outgoing SFMTA Director Jeffrey Tumlin expressed concerns about the autonomous vehicle industry’s impact on San Francisco, citing its negative effect on public transit and the lack of transparency from AV companies.

SFMTA is struggling to balance its budget, which includes capital and operational costs, and is facing potential cuts to both, as well as a poison pill from Prop M, which could lead to a tough financial situation for the local economy.

San Francisco does a lot of things wrong, but one thing it fundamentally does better than anywhere else in California is public transportation. Not trying to sound like Scott Wiener, but MUNI is the shit. I’m not referring to the buses, which are also great, but to the city’s rail