Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bus Shelters

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Revamped Muni Bus Loop Opens at City College Ocean Campus

By Aaron Bialick | May 7, 2013 | 3 Comments

After a makeover, the bus loop that serves as a terminal for Muni’s 8X and 49 lines at Phelan and Ocean Avenues, the site of City College’s Ocean Campus, became operational yesterday. It’s part of a larger city project, in the works for ten years, to create a more efficient and attractive transit hub while […]

SFMTA Installs 100th New Transit Shelter

By Matthew Roth | Dec 15, 2010 | 12 Comments

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) announced today that it has installed the 100th new transit shelter, representing a new aesthetic for one of the more iconic pieces of street furniture in the city. The shelters began on a trial basis in May 2009 when Mayor Gavin Newsom showcased a solar-powered shelter on Geary […]

Chinatown Students Conduct Thorough Surveys of SFMTA Bus Stops

By Matthew Roth | Apr 23, 2010 | 12 Comments

CCDC volunteer Bill Yu measures the width of a sidewalk for a bus stop survey. Photos: Matthew Roth One of the central criticisms of Muni’s objective to consolidate bus stops is that it hasn’t conducted thorough demographic analysis of the people who use each stop, particularly seniors and the disabled. Rather than rely solely on […]

Eyes on the Street: New Bus Shelters Appear on Market Street

By Matthew Roth | Jan 15, 2010 | 18 Comments

Photos: Matthew Roth Although they aren’t quite as innovative as the solar bus shelter at Geary and Arguello boulevards that we profiled in May 2009, the newly designed MTA bus shelters are appearing around the city, including these two on Market Street near the Ferry Building. Designed by Ollie Lundberg of Lundberg Design, the top […]

Wanted: Your Photos of Crummy Transit Conditions

By Sarah Goodyear | Nov 5, 2009 | 2 Comments

Waiting to board the B44 in Brooklyn. Photo: Benjamin Fried Our latest call for photos was inspired by the picture at right, taking by Streetsblog New York’s own Ben Fried. It’s an all too familiar scene — transit riders crammed together, waiting for a bus (or train) that doesn’t come when it’s supposed to (if […]

Mayor Newsom and MTA Cut Ribbon on New Solar Bus Shelters

By Matthew Roth | May 29, 2009 | 34 Comments

Clear Channel’s Bill Hooper, MTA Chief Nat Ford, and Mayor Newsom in front of the new bus shelter. Photos: Matthew Roth At a ribbon cutting ceremony on Geary and Arguello Boulevards in the Richmond District yesterday, Mayor Gavin Newsom, MTA Chief Nat Ford and representatives from Clear Channel presented the next iteration of the city’s […]