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Muni Events Roundup: Summit Set for March 6, MTA Board Vote Next Friday
By Michael Rhodes |
The upcoming weeks hold several key events for Muni’s future that transit supporters won’t want to miss, including an MTA vote on service cuts, public hearings on the budget, and a summit of groups trying to save Muni. MTA Board Vote on Service Cuts and Fare Increases: February 26 First, the MTA Board will be […]
Clipper Card Upgrade Could Bring Seamless Regional Travel, Or Not
By Andrew Boone |
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission will soon renew its contract for Clipper, the Bay Area’s “all-in-one transit card.” Transit advocates are urging MTC to use the opportunity to create a more seamless fare system, and remove barriers that could allow Clipper payments on both the region’s transit agencies and “first-and-last-mile” trip services. Transit riders can currently […]
SFMTA Votes for a Surcharge on Cash Fares for a Faster Bus
By Roger Rudick |
SFMTA’s proposed budget for 2017-2018 was passed yesterday by its board. Next stop, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Included in the budget, a 25 cent fare hike for cash fares. And this fare hike is really for the good of the riders–seriously. A few decades ago, if you boarded one of London’s iconic double-decker […]
MTA Details Proposed Historic Cuts to Muni; 2011-2012 Deficit Even Worse
By Michael Rhodes |
Flickr photo: Mike Monteiro The MTA released detailed plans (PDF) today for how it would eliminate ten percent of Muni service – the most severe cuts in the Municipal Railway’s 97-year history. As promised, almost every line would see service reductions, a draconian measure MTA staff is proposing to help close the agency’s $16.9 million […]
How Will SF Fund the Sustainable Transport System a Growing City Needs?
By Aaron Bialick |
Within a few decades, San Francisco’s streets will be even more clogged with cars, more dangerous for walking and biking, and Muni will burst at the seams as more people try to get around. That’s the future city officials warned about at a hearing yesterday, painting a grim picture of traffic-choked streets if nothing is […]
Six Ideas for Saving Bay Area Transit
By Egon Terplan |
[Editor’s note: This article is re-published with permission from the transit-themed March issue of The Urbanist, the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association’s (SPUR) monthly member magazine. The article, written by SPUR Regional Planning Director Egon Terplan, is based on a discussion paper developed by the SPUR Transportation Policy Board. Read the full paper at spur.org/tsp.] […]