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Cafe Owner, Breed, Sway Muni to Keep Two 21-Hayes Stops Within a Block
There's a reason Muni's 21-Hayes still stops twice on the block between Central and Masonic Avenues -- the owner of the cafe on the corner of Central demands it.
May 1, 2015
Muni’s New 5L-Fulton Limited Gets High Marks From the Twitterverse
Update: See photos of the Fulton road diet between Stanyan and Baker Streets at the end of the article.
October 29, 2013
5-Fulton Upgrades to Include Limited Service, Road Diet, and Stop Removal
The 5-Fulton could get less crowded this fall after Muni launches a package of speed improvements [PDF] in a pilot of the Transit Effectiveness Project.
August 8, 2013
Muni’s 76x-Marin Headlands Express Service Begins This Weekend
The 76-Marin Headlands, a lightly-used route that has the lowest on-time performance of any Muni line, will be converted into a new route starting tomorrow that is expected to improve reliability, run more frequently, and better serve popular destinations. The revamped line, dubbed the 76x-Marin Headlands Express, will also run on Saturdays in addition to the old schedule of Sundays and holidays.
November 16, 2012
Tell SFMTA How You’d Improve Eight Muni Routes at Upcoming Workshops
The SFMTA is aiming to implement its plans to speed up Muni service under the Transit Effectiveness Project by 2017, beginning with eight priority routes.
March 8, 2012
SFMTA Considers Service Restoration, Counts on Labor Savings
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency continues to work with Mayor Gavin Newsom and Board of Supervisors President David Chiu to identify strategies for restoring the remaining 40 percent of service that was cut in May, part of a political negotiation that is expected to cost the agency $20 million.
November 5, 2010
SFMTA Releases Bus Stop Consolidation Plan
The SFMTA has released a much-anticipated bus stop consolidation plan [pdf] and while it is only in the planning stages and will take a concerted outreach effort to pass, the agency is finally publicly embracing a measure long pushed by transit advocates as an inexpensive way to speed up the system and make it more reliable.
November 3, 2010
Muni Service Restoration Task Force Considering Bus Stop Optimization
An SFMTA task force charged with figuring out how to fully restore last May's Muni service cuts is narrowing its list of actions and strategies to reduce travel time on the system, and bus stop consolidation, or "optimization," is likely to be adopted as a recommendation. As Streetsblog has reported, stop optimization could greatly improve service, a move long pushed by transit advocates and SFMTA staff as one of the quickest and cheapest ways to speed Muni.
October 8, 2010
Chinatown Students Conduct Thorough Surveys of SFMTA Bus Stops
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 the distance between stops and the incline of the streets, say critics, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) should make nuanced decisions about each stop based on the amenities near the stops and the people who use them.
April 23, 2010