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This Week in Livable Streets Events
By Michael Rhodes |
The MTA Board’s decision last Friday to cut Muni service by 10 percent was just the beginning of a months-long saga over Muni’s budget. On Tuesday, get a glimpse of what’s to come at the MTA Board meeting, followed by a Muni Summit on Saturday that will bring together dozens of groups hoping to save […]
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 […]
The Muni Summit and the Challenges of Organizing Muni Riders
By Michael Rhodes |
Save Muni Summit attendees sit town at the table together. Photo: Michael Rhodes One lesson from Saturday’s Save Muni Summit and from MTA Board hearings jam-packed with Muni supporters in the past two weeks is that Muni riders are not an apathetic bunch. But if riders are willing to go to City Hall and to […]
Can Anything Be Done to Fix Muni?
By Matthew Roth |
Photo: Troy Holden In San Francisco it’s almost as cliche to kvetch about Muni as it is to misquote Mark Twain about chilly summers, but what can possibly be done to fix a transit system that seems to have so many problems and almost no solutions that everyone can agree upon? The city’s sitting mayor […]
Are More Service Cuts the Last Straw For a Public Fed Up With Muni?
By Matthew Roth |
Photo: blarfiejandro Widespread outrage at the MTA Board, so visibly on display at today’s meeting on Muni service cuts and fare increases, appears to be driving a growing surge of organizing that transit supporters hope might finally create a sustained movement with the potential to pressure the MTA into developing long-term fixes for Muni. Most […]
Transit Supporters Seek Solutions at Save Muni Summit
By Michael Rhodes |
Photos: Michael Rhodes About 100 transit supporters gathered for a summit at the Women’s Building this morning to discuss Muni’s future, settle on issues that have broad support, and build a movement to lobby for a better Municipal Railway. Many of the solutions that were popular with participants today have been widely discussed before, and […]