Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Muni

Muni train operators report that the look-back screens (seen top right, there's another out of view to the left) are prone to freezing, "white out" if they catch glare, and have blind spots. Photos: Streetsblog/Rudick

Muni Train Door Sensors Belie a Bigger Problem: Operators Can’t See

By Roger Rudick | Jun 27, 2019 | 14 Comments

A combination of no mirrors and inadequate video screens makes it impossible for operators to do a proper look back

A crew repairing the overhead wire on Friday. Photo: SFMTA

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WTF Muni!

By Roger Rudick | Apr 29, 2019 | 12 Comments

Is this, as the Transit Riders put it, the end game for Muni?

One of Muni's new Siemens' LRVs. Photo: SFMTA

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Transit Watchers Question Need to Close Subway

By Roger Rudick | Jul 18, 2017 | 22 Comments

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) infuriated transit advocates when it announced on Saturday that it will close the entire Muni subway, from Embarcadero to West Portal, every weekend and after 9:30 p.m. during the week, for the next four or five weeks. The closures, which start this weekend, are part of a testing […]