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MTA Board Chairman: Spending State Windfall Will Provoke Tough Choices
On the heels of the good news from Sacramento that the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA), which operates Muni, will get $36 million in state funding for this fiscal year and the next, the agency's directors must now make difficult decisions about how to spend that money: Could it mean smaller or delayed service cuts, smaller fare increases, or some of both?
March 26, 2010
Muni Operator Wage Measure Now Official
A ballot measure that would change the way Muni operator wages and benefits are set now has an official name and summary from the City Attorney's Office.
March 24, 2010
Eyes on the Street: 511 ID Numbers Going Up at More Muni Stops
It will soon be a lot easier for any Muni rider with a cellphone to find out when the bus will arrive.
March 23, 2010
Speeding Up Muni By Letting All Aboard, Through Any Door
Some of the most important changes for Muni are also the simplest
ones and there are a number of relatively basic adjustments the MTA could make that would improve service and speed up the city's buses.
March 19, 2010
With Two MTA Directors Termed Out, Advocates Ponder Wish List
The City Attorney's office has determined that the short first terms of MTA Board members Shirley Breyer
Black and James McCray do count towards the three-term
limit for directors, meaning both are termed out as of May 1. That answers an open question about the seats that Streetsblog first raised last month.
March 16, 2010
Head to the Embarcadero this Weekend for the Year’s First Sunday Streets!
As if the lure of playing in the street wasn't enough, city leaders and organizers gathered at City Hall yesterday afternoon to promote the first of nine Sunday Streets events this year, which will run along the Embarcadero up to Fisherman's Wharf [route map PDF] this Sunday.
March 12, 2010
Are Muni Service Woes and Fare Hikes Pushing People to Bikes?
Could rounds of Muni service cuts and fare hikes push more people to start cycling in San Francisco?
March 10, 2010
Parking Tax Increase Could Mean Money and Riders for Muni
A ten-percent increase in the commercial off-street parking tax, from 25 percent to 35 percent of gross receipts, could bring in $20 million for Muni and reduce congestion by nudging downtown commuters towards transit, all without requiring any statewide legislative changes. But the proposal faces an uphill battle: A recent poll showed just 38 percent of respondents support even a 5 percent increase in the tax, and a similar measure gained even less support in 2006.
March 9, 2010
The Muni Summit and the Challenges of Organizing Muni Riders
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 grassroots meetings, why isn't there already a politically powerful transit constituency in San Francisco?
March 8, 2010