Pedal Power: Celebrating Bike to Wherever Day

Pedal Power: Celebrating Bike to Wherever Day
By Melissa Culross, Danbee Song

Join the party this week on Bike to Wherever Day! Grab your helmet and pump up those tires, Bike to Wherever Day rolls into town on Thursday! Swap the car keys for two wheels on May 15 as you head to work, school or your favorite restaurants and shops. Maybe you’ll try biking for just this one day, or maybe it will become your way of life. We’re proud to sponsor this joyful event in San Francisco. It has been organized across the Bay Area by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Bike to wherever this week and all month long Bike to Wherever Day began as Bike to Work Day in 1994 and...

Published May 13, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Pedal Power: Celebrating Bike to Wherever Day

Pedal Power: Celebrating Bike to Wherever Day
By Melissa Culross, Danbee Song

Join the party this week on Bike to Wherever Day! Grab your helmet and pump up those tires, Bike to Wherever Day rolls into town on Thursday! Swap the car keys for two wheels on May 15 as you head to work, school or your favorite restaurants and shops. Maybe you’ll try biking for just this one day, or maybe it will become your way of life. We’re proud to sponsor this joyful event in San Francisco. It has been organized across the Bay Area by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Bike to wherever this week and all month long Bike to Wherever Day began as Bike to Work Day in 1994 and...

Published May 13, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Your Ticket is Your Muni Fare to Golden State Valkyries Games

Your Ticket is Your Muni Fare to Golden State Valkyries Games
By Nick Veronin

People exit a T Third train outside of Chase Center at the UCSF/Chase Center Muni Metro stop. It’s a good time to be a basketball fan in San Francisco. The WNBA’s newest expansion team, the Golden State Valkyries, will play their very first home game on Friday, May 16, at Chase Center. We’re here to help you cheer on the Valkyries! Learn how to get to their games on Muni – from fares to directions. Plus, hear what we’re doing to make your transfers easier as you head to Chase Center. Your ticket is your fare We know that sporting events and live concerts bring people together. That’s why we...

Published May 12, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Mother’s Day Special: Moms Who Keep Us Moving

Mother’s Day Special: Moms Who Keep Us Moving
By Melissa Culross

Muni Operator Juliann Robinson is one of several women in our special Mother’s Day podcast. Mother’s Day is Sunday, and we are honoring moms! So much of our work supports San Francisco mothers and their families. Plus, a lot of that work is done by moms. We’re talking about all kinds of mothers and families -- people who have given birth, adopted, fostered or are taking care of relatives. This is a time to celebrate everyone! A podcast full of motherly love We’ve put together a special Mother’s Day episode of our Taken with Transportation podcast. “Moms Who Keep Us Moving” showcases seven...

Published May 09, 2025 at 05:30AM
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How Muni Forward Helps You Go Local All Year Long

How Muni Forward Helps You Go Local All Year Long
By Glennis Markison

Wherever you choose to eat, drink and shop this Small Business Week, we’re ready to help you Go Local. That’s because we’re always working to improve the trips you take with us. As you ride Muni to small businesses this week and beyond, we wanted to share a little slice of what we’re doing to provide you the best service we can. Our Muni Forward program is a great example. Today, you will hear from our public outreach team about how Muni Forward is making your rides more reliable citywide – and why your feedback is so critical to the work. Muni Forward: Our focus on reliable service SFMTA...

Published May 08, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Explore Valencia’s New Bikeway and Block Party: Join Us May 8

Explore Valencia’s New Bikeway and Block Party: Join Us May 8
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This week on Valencia, we invite you to explore the corridor’s new bikeway and join us as we celebrate small businesses. As we celebrate Small Business Week, we’re excited to share a great way you can now bike and roll to locally-owned businesses along the Valencia corridor. Whether you’re arriving by bike, Muni, walking or driving, there’s no better time to come explore all that Valencia has to offer. Tomorrow, May 8, kicks off the first of Valencia LIVE! events between 16th and 19th streets ( you can RSVP here). The night markets are being held every second Thursday of the month, 5 p.m. to...

Published May 07, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Celebrate Small Business Week with Muni: Explore the Bayview, Chinatown, Castro and Excelsior

Celebrate Small Business Week with Muni: Explore the Bayview, Chinatown, Castro and Excelsior
By Glennis Markison

Artist credit: Dan Bransfield. This week in San Francisco, we’re celebrating and lifting up our small business community, the heart of San Francisco! We’re thrilled to help you visit your favorites – and discover plenty of new ones – this Small Business Week (May 5 to 9). You can always count on us when you Go Local. We’ll showcase a dozen neighborhoods throughout the week and cover how you can get to them on Muni. Plus, we'll share a little slice of what we do behind the scenes to make your trips to small businesses smooth and reliable. Today, we’ll help you explore the Bayview, Chinatown...

Published May 05, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Join Us for Soccer Matches Powered by Fans: SFCFC 2025 Season Lookahead

Join Us for Soccer Matches Powered by Fans: SFCFC 2025 Season Lookahead
By Danbee Song

Big crowds turned out last season to cheer on the San Francisco City Football Club. Join us for more fun this summer! The 2025 San Francisco City Football Club (SFCFC) season is right around the corner, and we welcome you to join us in the stands! SFCFC is the country’s first—and San Francisco’s only—supporter-owned soccer club. We’re proud to continue our partnership with the team by helping fans across the city get to fan-powered matches at Kezar Stadium. Whether you're a super supporter or a first-time fan, this summer is your chance to be part of the passion, pride and pulse of our local...

Published May 02, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Helping Everyone Take Green Trips Across the City: Our Focus on Accessibility

Helping Everyone Take Green Trips Across the City: Our Focus on Accessibility
By Glennis Markison

Seniors and people with disabilities have a range of ways to go green with us. During Climate Week and all year long, our teams work together to ensure everyone can take green trips around the city. We’re proud to share the investments we’re making across our system to improve access for seniors and people with disabilities. This means providing reliable trips for people who choose shared-ride paratransit or our clean-air taxis. It means making it easier to board electric Muni vehicles. It means ensuring adaptive scooters are part of the scooter share fleet, and that we support adaptive...

Published April 25, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Improving the Green Trips You Take on Muni: 29 Sunset Riders Seeing a Smoother Ride

Improving the Green Trips You Take on Muni: 29 Sunset Riders Seeing a Smoother Ride
By Brian Haagsman

New stops on the 29 Sunset now have enough space for its many student riders to get on and off comfortably. During San Francisco Climate Week – and every day – riding Muni is one of the most sustainable ways to get around. In San Francisco, transportation remains the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions: 44% of city emissions. Public transit only accounts for 2% of city emissions (see SFMTA Climate Roadmap). That’s despite carrying half a million riders every day on Muni - and more on BART, ferries and other bus services in the city. We’re proud to play a significant role reducing...

Published April 23, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Working with Community on Needs for Valencia Street: Final Stages of Bikeway Construction

Working with Community on Needs for Valencia Street: Final Stages of Bikeway Construction
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Crews repave Valencia Street where the old center-running bike lane was in preparation for the new side-running bikeway. Partnering with community members has been our top priority as we work together on the next chapter of Valencia Street. We’ve spent hundreds of hours speaking with people who live, work and visit this popular street. And we are grateful for your time and feedback to help ensure Valencia remains a vibrant, accessible corridor everyone can enjoy. Now, we’re closer than ever to completing the new side-running bikeway project after a vote this week from our Board of Directors...

Published April 18, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Improving Safety and Access in the Panhandle: Oak Street Quick-Build Approved by Board

Improving Safety and Access in the Panhandle: Oak Street Quick-Build Approved by Board
By Bobby Lee

We’re working to make your trips across the Panhandle safer – no matter how you get around. The Panhandle is set to receive significant upgrades that aim to make trips safer and more efficient for people walking, biking and driving. Our Board of Directors has approved the Oak Street Quick-Build Project. The Oak Street Quick-Build Project is another example of how we are taking a community-wide approach to improve safety for people walking, biking or driving when they visit or travel through the Panhandle. We’re making this possible by improving crosswalks, adding a separated bike lane and...

Published April 02, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Riding the Rails: San Francisco Cable Car Stamps

Riding the Rails: San Francisco Cable Car Stamps
By Kelley Trahan

Evening shot of a cable car on Powell Street with passengers, February 29, 1968 San Francisco's iconic cable cars aren't just a beloved tourist attraction. They are a symbol of the city's unique history and ingenuity. And they’ve appeared on two United States postage stamps. Let's take a journey through the history of these tributes and see how they came to be. The first ride: the 1971 cable car stamp The first cable car stamp was released in 1971. It was an 8-cent historic preservation stamp honoring the San Francisco cable cars. It showed the cable car's charm and was a small tribute to the...

Published March 10, 2025 at 05:30AM
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The 2025 Safe Driver Awards: Honoring Our Safety Superheroes

The 2025 Safe Driver Awards: Honoring Our Safety Superheroes
By Melissa Culross

A group of our honorees at the 2024 Safe Driver Awards. As the saying goes, not all superheroes wear capes. Some move thousands of people all over San Francisco every day. And we are celebrating those superheroes this weekend. We recognize Muni operators who have met our safe driving standard for at least 15 years at our annual Safe Driver Awards. The standard requires an operator to drive at least 1,952 hours without any preventable incidents or collisions during the fiscal year (July – June). We are honoring 189 operators at this year’s luncheon on March 1. Among the awardees: Almost 20...

Published February 25, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Join Us Feb. 21 to Ride Local, Support Local – One Sip at a Time

Join Us Feb. 21 to Ride Local, Support Local – One Sip at a Time
By Sophia Scherr

We’re proud to announce a new civic partnership celebrating San Francisco Beer Week 2025 (Feb. 21 - March 2, 2025). In collaboration with Standard Deviant Brewing and San Francisco City Football Club (SFCFC), the SFMTA has authorized the creation of "Hop on Muni," a limited-edition India Pale Ale that pays homage to the city's public transit heritage. Join us on Friday, Feb. 21 to sip this new brew and take part in a Muni-themed beer crawl. Learn how to participate and why small businesses are at the heart of our partnership. “Hop on Muni” IPA Label is part of a collaboration with the SFMTA...

Published February 18, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Chinese New Year Parade on Feb.15: Free Muni, Parking Discounts and Travel Tips

Chinese New Year Parade on Feb.15: Free Muni, Parking Discounts and Travel Tips
By Glennis Markison

Celebrating the 2024 Chinese New Year Parade. The San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade is this Saturday, Feb. 15, and we don't want you to miss these exciting travel discounts: Free Muni for parade weekend: Saturday, Feb. 15 and Sunday, Feb. 16 Fares will be free citywide to help you get to the parade. This excludes cable cars. Free parking for your first two hours at the Portsmouth Square Garage The garage is located at 733 Kearny Street in Chinatown. This deal runs through Feb. 28 for new year festivities. Learn key details about the parade and what to expect as you travel this weekend...

Published February 13, 2025 at 05:30AM
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SFMTA Steps Up for NBA All-Star, Chinese New Year Weekend

SFMTA Steps Up for NBA All-Star, Chinese New Year Weekend
By Madhu Unnikrishnan

We're here to help you celebrate NBA All-Star festivities this weekend. Huge crowds are expected at Chase Center. The eyes of the world will be on San Francisco in the next few days as the city gets ready to host two incredible events. One, the city’s annual Chinese New Year Parade, is an event that San Francisco looks forward to every year. The other, the NBA’s 74th All-Star Game, will bring basketball fans from all over the world to the City by the Bay. The last time the city hosted the All-Star Game was in 1967, in the Cow Palace. This year, it will be at the Warriors’ home, the Chase...

Published February 12, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Making Enforcement Fair: Our New Plan for the State Daylighting Law

Making Enforcement Fair: Our New Plan for the State Daylighting Law
By Rebecca Ashton-Dziedzan

The new state "daylighting" law will help make intersections safer. We're announcing a new plan to implement California's "daylighting" traffic safety law in San Francisco. The state law bans parking within 20 feet of the approach side of a crosswalk. This rule helps improve visibility at intersections for both people walking and driving. The law applies to both marked and unmarked crosswalks. Our goal is to make this change fair and easy to follow. We also want to ensure San Francisco’s streets are safer for everyone. Our new plan is clear, fast and fair: No citations will be issued at...

Published February 10, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Hey San Francisco, Speed Safety Cameras are Coming

Hey San Francisco, Speed Safety Cameras are Coming
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We’re installing speed safety cameras to make San Francisco streets safer for everyone. This week, you may start seeing ads throughout San Francisco about the city’s new speed safety camera program. A public information campaign is kicking off to share the news that speed cameras will begin operating in March 2025. The campaign advises drivers to: Travel at a safe speed Remember their role in keeping people safe on the road The educational program will include ads on billboards and bus shelters as well as web and social media ads. This will help people adjust to a new form of speed enforcement...

Published January 27, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Celebrating 10 Years and 100+ Internships: How Students Helps Us Keep Muni Moving

Celebrating 10 Years and 100+ Internships: How Students Helps Us Keep Muni Moving
By Glennis Markison

Nearly 120 student interns from Genesys Works have supported our operations at the SFMTA. Many talented students have helped us keep Muni moving and our streets safe. We’re starting off the new year with gratitude for their hard work! We recently celebrated 10 years of partnership and more than 100 internships with Genesys Works. See how Genesys Works students have helped our agency and the city – and what they’ve learned along the way. SFMTA staff who have supervised interns celebrate 10 years of partnership with Genesys Works. Helping young people build fulfilling careers Genesys Works...

Published January 15, 2025 at 05:30AM
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