Supporting Trips to School and Work: Muni Service Changes Start Aug. 30

Supporting Trips to School and Work: Muni Service Changes Start Aug. 30
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Reducing crowding on the 49 Van Ness/Mission is one of our top priorities as we update service on a few routes later this month. We are changing Muni service on a few routes later this month to make it even easier to get to school and work in the morning. These changes are based on direct feedback from riders and operators. They aim to improve your Muni experience by: Addressing weekday crowding on routes used by students Expanding express service for downtown commuters Improving reliability and connections to key destinations including regional transit Weekend changes start Saturday, Aug. 30...

Published August 06, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Shorter, Smoother Rides on Muni Metro: How a Milestone Grant Will Help Us Improve Your Trips

Shorter, Smoother Rides on Muni Metro: How a Milestone Grant Will Help Us Improve Your Trips
By Mariana Maguire

Learn how new funding for our Train Control Upgrade Project will help make your Muni Metro trips more reliable and faster overall. We are working hard to improve your trips on Muni Metro, and a milestone grant will help us make even more progress. We recently won a $41 million state grant from the California Transportation Commission. Its highly competitive Solutions for Congested Corridors Program funds capital infrastructure projects. This grant will provide a vital source of support for our Train Control Upgrade Project (TCUP). The project will overhaul and expand Muni Metro’s outdated...

Published August 01, 2025 at 05:30AM
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New Data on Great Highway Road Closure: How We're Supporting Your Trips

New Data on Great Highway Road Closure: How We're Supporting Your Trips
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Our teams have added new traffic signals to help support your trips in the Outer Sunset. In March 2025, the city closed the Upper Great Highway and the Great Highway Extension, southbound, to make way for its newest park, Sunset Dunes. We have partnered closely with SF Rec and Park, Caltrans, Public Works and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to ease the transition for neighbors and commuters. Once voters passed Proposition K, we got to work right away preparing for potential travel impacts. We used data from an extensive modeling effort – the San Francisco County Transportation...

Published July 25, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Driving Muni’s Comeback Together: May Marked Highest Ridership Recovery Month

Driving Muni’s Comeback Together: May Marked Highest Ridership Recovery Month
By Glennis Markison

You're helping us drive Muni’s strong recovery. Several routes now see more riders than they did pre-pandemic. In May, the 22 Fillmore saw 127% ridership recovery. Our teams have been working hard behind the scenes to make our transit system fast, frequent and reliable. We’re thrilled to see the results: more and more people choosing Muni. May marked our highest ridership recovery month since the pandemic began. And the data shows even more milestones – a comeback you drove just as much as we did. Weekend ridership reached 97% of 2019 levels – our highest weekend numbers since the pandemic...

Published July 08, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Free and Fun and Just a Muni Ride Away: Explore New Downtown Summer Series

Free and Fun and Just a Muni Ride Away: Explore New Downtown Summer Series
By Glennis Markison

One way you can ride in style to downtown events? Hop on an F Market & Wharves historic streetcar. There are so many free and exciting summer series happening downtown this summer, and we’re here to help you explore them. Our partners at the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) are co-sponsoring new and much-loved event series from Mid-Market to the Financial District. Admission is free at each one, and they’re all just a Muni ride away! Check out the list below and don’t miss our Muni travel tips. MINTEDSF: Friday night Happy Hour experiences When: Every Friday from July 4 to...

Published July 03, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Taken with Transportation Podcast: Tip of the Cap (and Gown) to Our Dads and Grads

Taken with Transportation Podcast: Tip of the Cap (and Gown) to Our Dads and Grads
By Melissa Culross

Parking Control Officers Lloyd Glover, Willie Moore and Harold Laughlin are among the dads we profile in our new podcast episode. A lot of things happen as spring ends and summer begins. The days get longer. The weather warms up, in most places, anyway. As we know, San Francisco has its own definition of “summer weather.” And we celebrate dads and grads. In honor of Father’s Day and graduation season, we are profiling some of our own dads and grads in a special episode of our Taken with Transportation podcast. “Tip of the Cap (and Gown) to Our Dads and Grads” features eight members of our...

Published July 02, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Pride Month Staff Spotlight: Driven to Create Inclusive Communications

Pride Month Staff Spotlight: Driven to Create Inclusive Communications
By Glennis Markison

Nehama Rogozen has created inclusive outreach campaigns for several SFMTA projects. All year long, LGBTQ+ staff members across our agency help keep our transit system running and our streets safe. This Pride Month, we want to recognize their impact. Today, we feature Nehama Rogozen, a public relations officer at the SFMTA. Learn why she's so driven to meet our high standard of inclusive outreach – and how it benefits both the public and our staff. Making space for every voice Rogozen has worked at the SFMTA for six and a half years. She started on our Customer Service team and learned a lot...

Published June 24, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Sunday Streets 2025 Kicks Off This Weekend: Join Us

Sunday Streets 2025 Kicks Off This Weekend: Join Us
By Danbee Song

Families enjoying the car-free space during Sunday Streets. This weekend, Sunday Streets returns to transform San Francisco’s neighborhoods into vibrant, car-free community spaces. The series kicks off Sunday in the Tenderloin: When: June 15, 12 to 4 p.m. Where: Golden Gate Avenue between Hyde and Jones streets From June through October, Livable City, in partnership with the SFMTA and other city agencies, will host six Sunday Streets events. And you won’t want to miss the fifth annual Phoenix Day — a citywide celebration of connection, safety and public space. Learn about this year’s theme...

Published June 13, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Making it Easier to Find and Pay for Parking: Behind Our Work to Upgrade Nearly 27,000 Meters

Making it Easier to Find and Pay for Parking: Behind Our Work to Upgrade Nearly 27,000 Meters
By Pamela Johnson

SFMTA crews replaced thousands of meters across the city with new ones that are easier to use. We recently finished upgrading every single parking meter in San Francisco – covering about 26,700 spaces -- to make it easier for you to park your car anywhere in the city. The new meters we installed through our Citywide Parking Meter Replacement Project: Make it easier to understand requirements and choose a payment option. Meters now have larger, brighter screens with more legible text and an intuitive user interface. Support customers who speak languages other than English. Meters now offer the...

Published June 04, 2025 at 05:30AM
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'On Your Left' and E-Bikes: SFMTA Employees' Tips on Successful Bike Commuting

'On Your Left' and E-Bikes: SFMTA Employees' Tips on Successful Bike Commuting
By Madhu Unnikrishnan

Members of our SFMTA bike-commute panel: From left, Julia Friedlander, Michael Rhodes and Jack Anninos (not pictured: Elliot Goodrich, Christy Osorio and Miriam Sorell). Between our typically mild weather and expansive bicycle network, San Francisco is pretty much ideal for bike commuting. And indeed, the city has among the highest percentage of bike commuters in the U.S. We’ve done a lot of work to make San Francisco more bike friendly. We have a 400-mile bike network that includes more than 130 miles of dedicated bike lanes, 87 miles of off-street paths and 51 miles of bike lanes that are...

Published May 29, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Keeping Muni Metro Safe and Running: Fix-It Week Recap

Keeping Muni Metro Safe and Running: Fix-It Week Recap
By Sevilla Mann

Fix-It Week is when we take extra time to do big maintenance projects that keep Muni Metro running smoothly. This helps prevent problems before they happen, so your trips are faster, trains arrive on time and the subway stays clean and safe. Most of our maintenance work happens overnight, after the last train of the day. But sometimes that’s not enough time to get bigger jobs done. During Fix-It Week, the Market Street Subway is closed early each night at 9:30 p.m. to give crews more time to repair, replace, clean and inspect important equipment between Embarcadero and West Portal. From May 5...

Published May 28, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Head of the Class: Students Embrace Biking and Taking Transit to School

Head of the Class: Students Embrace Biking and Taking Transit to School
By Melissa Culross

Need a ride to class? Muni continues to be a popular option for many students. More San Francisco kids and teenagers are choosing to bike or take public transit to school. According to a new survey of public school students from our Safe Routes to School Program: The number of students who bike has doubled over the last few years More than half of high schoolers take transit to class Single-family car rides have fallen to less than half of all school trips after going up during the pandemic “These numbers show us that our efforts to provide more options for kids to get to and from school are...

Published May 27, 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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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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