Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Fare Hikes

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SFMTA Board Considers New Muni Fare Discounts

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 5, 2014 | 32 Comments

Muni fares will automatically increase with inflation as part of the SFMTA’s next fiscal year budget, but the agency’s board is exploring ways to fine-tune its fare adjustments to keep the system accessible to low-income riders [PDF]. The board is also considering higher fares for cash-paying riders in an effort to speed up boarding. The latter […]

POWER: Mobility for Low-Income San Franciscans Means Putting Transit First

By Aaron Bialick | Jan 18, 2013 | 8 Comments

Advocates for San Francisco’s low-income communities have issued a new report calling for policy changes intended to improve Muni service, increase mobility for transit-dependent San Franciscans, reduce pollution from driving, and improve the city’s economy. “Next Stop: Justice” was released last month by People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER), a group that made headlines […]

AC Transit Board To Consider Declaring Fiscal Emergency

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 23, 2009 | No Comments

Flickr photo: pbo31 The MTA Board did it this week, and now AC Transit may become the second transit agency in the Bay Area to declare a fiscal emergency. Such a declaration allows the agencies to bypass environmental review in order to implement service cuts. The AC Transit Board of Directors voted yesterday to hold […]

Where is the MTA Board’s Leadership on the Budget Crisis?

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 22, 2009 | 6 Comments

MTA Chair Tom Nolan. Aside from Malcolm Heinicke’s proposal to tax rental cars at SFO — which was apparently shot down by legal staff — no member of the MTA Board of Directors has offered any ideas for generating new revenue, other than toying or saying yay or nay to recommendations presented by staff, to […]

California Cities Need A Predictable Fund For Transit Operations

By Matthew Roth | Apr 13, 2009 | 7 Comments

Photo by George Donnelly, via Flickr When the State Transit Assistance (STA) fund was zeroed out to pass the budget a couple of months ago, the already dire situation for transit operators in California became much worse. In the Bay Area, AC Transit raised fares, the MTA has been considering budget cuts and fare hikes, […]

MTA Board Tweaks Budget Proposal Following First Public Hearing

By Bryan Goebel | Apr 8, 2009 | 2 Comments

Executive Director Nat Ford and Directors Cameron Beach and Rev. James McCray listen to testimony. The Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, in a marathon meeting that lasted nearly six hours, voiced support for fare hikes, but balked at a budget proposal to charge 50 cents for transfers and indicated it favors service reduction options […]

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