Building Safer Streets for Everyone: New Data on Our Progress Citywide

Building Safer Streets for Everyone: New Data on Our Progress Citywide
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We’re working across the city to build streets that are safer for people walking, biking, rolling and driving. This week’s SFMTA Board of Directors Meeting featured the latest data on our street safety work. Our teams have made a range of upgrades across the city to improve safety for people walking, biking and driving. This work directly advances Mayor Lurie’s new Street Safety executive directive. Over the last few months, we have also taken many steps to support local businesses and citywide events. Highlights include: Making upgrades at 925 intersections to increase safety on the High...

Published 2026-03-19T00:00:00Z
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Super Bowl LX Week in SF: Transportation Goes the Distance

Super Bowl LX Week in SF: Transportation Goes the Distance
By Michael Roccaforte

The week of Super Bowl LX brought an estimated 1.3 million visitors to San Francisco. With so much activity, it took a team effort by the SFMTA to make sure people could get around town and enjoy themselves. We want to take a moment to thank our staff and highlight their work. Their efforts made exploring our city a great experience for everyone. Creating the game plan for smooth travel San Francisco was host to a number of special events across town. This required some streets to be closed to welcome crowds of visitors. SFMTA staff created the game plan and issued 20 event permits and a Muni...

Published February 13, 2026 at 05:30AM
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Lightning-Fast Cell Service in Downtown Muni Stations for Super Bowl LX

Lightning-Fast Cell Service in Downtown Muni Stations for Super Bowl LX
By Mariana Maguire

We’re excited to keep you connected with cell service that’s more reliable than ever in our downtown stations. Thousands of people are exploring San Francisco this week for Super Bowl LX. And we’re thrilled to support fans with lightning-fast cell service in downtown Muni stations! Last year, we brought full cell service to all Muni Metro tunnels with service available through Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. We recently upgraded to C-Band technology. It now covers the Central Subway and our Market Street stations from Civic Center through Embarcadero. This change means major wins for Muni riders...

Published February 06, 2026 at 05:30AM
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Safer Streets, More Reliable Rides: 10 Highlights from 2025

Safer Streets, More Reliable Rides: 10 Highlights from 2025
By Glennis Markison-Busi

We took several steps last year to improve safety at intersections across the city. Our teams work every day to make city streets safer and your rides on Muni even more reliable. As the new year kicks off, we are proud to share 10 ways we improved your trips in 2025. Creating safer streets 1. Installed speed safety cameras at 33 locations Speed safety cameras are a proven tool to reduce severe and fatal injury traffic collisions. We were the first city in California to install them, and they’re already working to slow down speeds. Data we collected in October showed that speeding was down 78%...

Published January 29, 2026 at 05:30AM
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Taken with Transportation Podcast: The Road to City Hall

Taken with Transportation Podcast: The Road to City Hall
By Melissa Culross

Walking and talking with District 2 Supervisor Stephen Sherrill along Van Ness Avenue from the 38R bus stop to City Hall. How do San Francisco’s elected officials get to work? We find out, at least when it comes to half a dozen city supervisors, in the new episode of our Taken with Transportation podcast. In “The Road to City Hall,” we tag along with Supervisors Matt Dorsey, Myrna Melgar, Danny Sauter, Stephen Sherrill, Chyanne Chen and Bilal Mahmood as they head to the office. And we talk with them about transportation in San Francisco. District 11 Supervisor Chyanne Chen grabs a seat on the...

Published January 15, 2026 at 05:30AM
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Closing Potrero Yard: How We’ll Keep Muni Moving with Feb. 14 Service Changes

Closing Potrero Yard: How We’ll Keep Muni Moving with Feb. 14 Service Changes
By Brian Haagsman

The 49 Van Ness-Mission is one of the busiest routes we maintain at Potrero Yard. On Feb. 14, we’re taking two major steps to keep Muni fast and reliable. First, we’ll be making several changes to bus stops and routes to: Improve reliability Provide better connections to regional transit Avoid delays And to improve Muni for years to come, we are working to replace Potrero Yard with a modern bus maintenance facility through the Potrero Yard Modernization Project. For crews to prepare for future construction, we need to close Potrero Yard in February 2026. We’ll move existing bus operations and...

Published January 13, 2026 at 05:30AM
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Taken with Transportation Podcast: Dashing Through the Holidays on Muni

Taken with Transportation Podcast: Dashing Through the Holidays on Muni
By Melissa Culross

Muni Operator Robert Valenzuela, who makes an appearance in our new podcast episode, shows off one of our holiday buses. The holidays are in full swing, and Muni is here to help you get through the hustle and bustle of the season. You can hear all about it in “Dashing Through the Holidays on Muni,” the new episode of our Taken with Transportation podcast. ‘Tis always the season to support small businesses The episode features small business owners talking about the importance of Muni. One of them is Rize Up Bakery Founder and Head Baker Azikiwee Anderson. “Whether it’s two in the morning or...

Published December 12, 2025 at 05:30AM
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More Merry Days of Muni: Help Us Name Our New Festive Wraps

More Merry Days of Muni: Help Us Name Our New Festive Wraps
By Glennis Markison

Bringing joy, stop after stop – one of our new vehicle wraps for the Merry Days of Muni. The Merry Days of Muni fun continues with new holiday-themed wraps on our buses and a train. Now, you can take a festive ride on five different Muni routes across the city. And we’re making it easy to catch our merriest vehicles on your next ride. Introducing: the Merry Days tracker. And there's more fun in store -- we want your help naming three of the festive vehicles. See the full list of festive routes below and how to suggest names! Help us name Muni's merriest rides [video:https://www.youtube.com...

Published December 09, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Making Your Streets Safer: Traffic Calming Coming to 141 Locations Across San Francisco

Making Your Streets Safer: Traffic Calming Coming to 141 Locations Across San Francisco
By Nehama Rogozen

To improve street safety, the SFMTA will be installing traffic calming devices that help reduce speeding at 141 locations throughout San Francisco. The work will start tomorrow, Nov. 20, and continue through this fall and winter. These installations are all the result of requests from community members like you. Listening to your concerns Our Traffic Calming Program is resident driven. When neighbors tell us they're worried about speeding on their block, we listen. We collect data to confirm there's a speeding problem, and then we take action. That’s how each of these 141 upgrades got started...

Published November 19, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Taken with Transportation Podcast: Holiday Traditions Wrapped in Gratitude

Taken with Transportation Podcast: Holiday Traditions Wrapped in Gratitude
By Melissa Culross

The holiday season is here, and so are the Merry Days of Muni. The Merry Days of Muni are underway, and we’re celebrating on the Taken with Transportation podcast! In our new episode, “Holiday Traditions Wrapped in Gratitude,” agency staff discuss some of their favorite things to do around the holidays. And they talk about what they’re grateful for. The season in San Francisco and on Muni From volunteering to shopping to meals with family, our staffers embrace the joy and spirit of the season. “San Francisco [at] the holidays means … people getting together, sharing love,” says Operator Gary...

Published November 18, 2025 at 05:30AM
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We Want to Hear Your Transportation Priorities: New Survey and Budget Planning Update

We Want to Hear Your Transportation Priorities: New Survey and Budget Planning Update
By Caroline Cabral

Our budget planning process is underway, and Muni is approaching the largest budget crisis transit has ever faced. We’re not alone – transit systems across the country are grappling with impending fiscal cliffs. As we work to make our services and spending more efficient, and identify funding to bridge Muni’s budget gap, we want to hear from local communities about their transportation priorities. This will help us understand which services are most essential to maintain. Some of the transportation needs the SFMTA supports include: Fast, frequent and reliable Muni service Repairs and...

Published November 12, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Wrapped and Ready for Your Holiday Fun: The Merry Days of Muni

Wrapped and Ready for Your Holiday Fun: The Merry Days of Muni
By Glennis Markison

Mittens and presents and San Francisco landmarks all wrapped around your 49 Van Ness / Mission? That’s right – the Merry Days of Muni have just begun! This festive bus wrap marks the start of a full campaign of merry moments for Muni riders. It’s our way of bringing local communities a little extra joy this holiday season. Through the end of the year, we’re finding fun ways to connect riders as they take Muni to their favorite people, places and traditions across the city. Meet the SFMTA designer behind our first holiday wrap – and see where the festive ride can take you. Muni's first holiday...

Published November 05, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Parking Management Meets Breast Cancer Awareness

Parking Management Meets Breast Cancer Awareness
By Melissa Culross

Parking Control Supervisors Natalie Laval and Jonathan Yu. Sometimes colors are personal. The color pink is very personal at this time of year for Parking Control Supervisor Natalie Laval. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And Laval is one of dozens of our parking control officers, or PCOs, and supervisors who are sporting specially designed patches to support breast cancer prevention and research. Laval was a child when her mother died of breast cancer in 1989. And her grandmother succumbed to the disease when Laval was in high school. “[My mother] was 37 when she died, and my...

Published October 27, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Cheering on the M Ocean View’s Big Birthday: How We’re Improving the Line for Riders

Cheering on the M Ocean View’s Big Birthday: How We’re Improving the Line for Riders
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Muni riders use a new boarding island that serves the M Ocean View. The celebration continues for the M Ocean View’s 100th birthday! First, we shared how it all started. Our next stop: how it’s going. Learn about recent upgrades we made along the route based on community feedback. And see what we’re doing next to improve things even more for riders. Working to improve safety and reduce travel times In 2022, the SFMTA launched the M Ocean View Transit and Safety Project to continue to improve the line. We heard from community members that they wanted us to reduce wait and travel times on the M...

Published October 10, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Celebrating 100 Years on the M Ocean View!

Celebrating 100 Years on the M Ocean View!
By Jeremy Menzies

The M Ocean View Line turned 100 years old on October 6! To celebrate this centennial, we are kicking off a two-part blog series on the M. Explore this 100-year history in part one. An M Line streetcar heads down West Portal Avenue in this September, 1972 photo. Before the M The area surrounding the M Ocean View was largely undeveloped farmland until well into the 20th century. Since the 1860s, passenger trains to and from San Jose stopped nearby but service was infrequent and slow. In the early 1900s, electric streetcar lines skirted today’s Oceanview on San Jose Avenue and Ocean Avenue. This...

Published October 09, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Our People, Our Agency, Our City: Celebrating Latine and Hispanic Heritage Month

Our People, Our Agency, Our City: Celebrating Latine and Hispanic Heritage Month
By Melissa Culross

Staff gather for a Latine and Hispanic Heritage Month cable car ride in 2023. It’s Latine and Hispanic Heritage Month, and we’d like you to meet some of our Latine and Hispanic staff. From Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 every year, we acknowledge the culture and contributions of Latine and Hispanic communities in San Francisco and throughout the country. But of course, these communities enrich our lives all year long. We are proud that agency staff of all backgrounds commit their time and expertise to making San Francisco the vibrant place it is. The employees we’re introducing you to here are by no...

Published October 02, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Transit Spotlight: Speeding Up Your Rides at Muni’s Top Ten Delay Hot Spots

Transit Spotlight: Speeding Up Your Rides at Muni’s Top Ten Delay Hot Spots
By Julia Flessel, Glennis Markison

Every Muni ride you take matters to us! Learn how we’ve been giving some love to routes across our system that saw the biggest delays. This Transit Month, we are going behind the scenes of our work to improve Muni rides citywide. Today, we showcase our Transit Delay Hot Spots Program. We launched it in 2020 to speed up your rides on the 10 slowest short segments of the entire Muni network. At these delay “hot spots,” Muni crawled from one stop to another at just four miles per hour or less. Since Muni matters so much to local residents, we got to work fixing hot spots across the city. Even as...

Published September 26, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Taken with Transportation Podcast: Hop on Board for Transit Month

Taken with Transportation Podcast: Hop on Board for Transit Month
By Melissa Culross

Muni riders board a J Church train near the intersection of Church and Market streets. We’re celebrating Transit Month on the Taken with Transportation podcast! The love San Francisco has for Muni is on full display in the new episode, “Hop on Board for Transit Month.” “I meet people on the train,” one rider tells us in the episode. “You see all your friends and neighbors out there on Muni.” Lunch with a side of Muni All the sandwiches at the M-Stop Deli are named after Muni lines. “Hop on Board for Transit Month” takes listeners to the M-Stop Deli in the Oceanview neighborhood. San Francisco...

Published September 23, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Walk & Roll to School Week Starts Oct. 6: Help Your Class Win the Golden Sneaker Contest

Walk & Roll to School Week Starts Oct. 6: Help Your Class Win the Golden Sneaker Contest
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Students and caregivers head to school together during Walk & Roll to School Week 2024. Time to lace up your shoes and join us for our annual Walk & Roll to School Week happening Oct. 6 to 10, 2025. Every year, thousands of students across the country walk, bike, scoot and roll to school as a fun and sustainable way of getting around. There are many ways for students and their families to participate. Do one or do them all! Walk, roll, bike and scoot to school every day – it’s that easy! Keep an eye out and join any special events your school might be hosting to celebrate Walk & Roll to School...

Published September 22, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Transit Spotlight: Solving Three Big Challenges to Upgrade Our Iconic Cable Cars

Transit Spotlight: Solving Three Big Challenges to Upgrade Our Iconic Cable Cars
By John Gravener

Crews use a crane to lift one of our cable car sheaves to restore it. This Transit Month, we are going behind the scenes of our work to improve your Muni trips across the city. Today, we shine the spotlight on San Francisco’s cable cars. These cars are more than just iconic symbols of the city. They are a source of pride for those who live here. (Sorry, Golden Gate Bridge – we love you, but these beautiful cars have been around much longer!). Cable cars have been gliding down San Francisco streets since 1873. And the time has come to give them a little refresh. That’s why our teams are hard at...

Published September 18, 2025 at 05:30AM
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