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Check Out Caltrain’s New Trains Virtually
The first new electric trainsets are set to be delivered to Caltrain next year, but the Peninsula's railroad is offering riders a virtual experience of what the interiors of the cars will look like.
October 9, 2020
Transit Riders Renew Fight for Better Trains and Buses
Amidst a whirlwind of national news, SFTR pushes to get Muni funded and back on track
October 8, 2020
San Francisco Transit Riders Welcomes New Executive Director
A Q&A with Mark Cordes
September 11, 2020
Bad Splices Point to Fundamental Problems at Muni
Last week's Muni meltdown forces managers to admit they don't do in-house quality control, didn't do full operations testing, and don't check with other transit agencies on how to fix common problems
September 2, 2020
Muni Meltdown Blamed on Faulty Parts
Overhead wire splices fail once put under full load, knocking out Muni rail. Which begs the question: why weren't they put under full load before reopening the system?
August 25, 2020
Muni Rail Returns (and then it doesn’t)
After breakdowns, SFMTA gave up and cancelled rail service again Monday evening
August 24, 2020
Update with SFMTA Director Jeffrey Tumlin
SFMTA director checks in on where things stand in this ongoing, forced transit experiment that is the year 2020
August 11, 2020
Muni Rail Needs Crossing Gates
It's nice to see Muni taking emergency measures to prevent gridlock, but it's time to talk about signal preemption
July 8, 2020
Open Thread: Muni Approves a Handful of Temporary Bus-Only Lanes
The transit lanes would be installed in late summer and striped only with white paint, “Bus/Taxi Only” stenciling and signage.
July 1, 2020
Muni Changing Up Rail
When the subway comes back in August, it'll be a whole lot different
June 22, 2020