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Paying Our “Fare” Share: Fare Compliance and Enforcement on Muni By Melissa Culross Tapping a Clipper card is one of the many ways to pay to ride Muni. Maybe this has happened to you: You board Muni and tap your Clipper card or pay your cash fare, but lots of other people get on without doing the same. We understand how frustrating it is to see people appear to cheat the system and ride for free. However, most people who don’t tap the Clipper card reader or pay at the fare box aren’t doing anything wrong.  At the same time, fare evasion has increased over the last few years. We take this issue seriously and are doing something about it.  We plan to hire more fare inspectors once our upcoming budget goes into effect.  Looks can be deceiving when it comes to paying fares  There are many ways to pay Muni fares, including with cash, Clipper and the Muni Mobile app. Discount fares and passes are available for certain riders.   Some passengers are allowed ...

How We Can Choose a Cleaner, Greener San Francisco By Edward Wright During Muni Heritage Weekend, riders took a green trip through Dolores Park in one of our historic streetcars. Five years ago, the city declared a climate state of emergency. We see the climate crisis in our rising seas. We feel it with worsening storms, raging wildfires and a warming planet.   The good news: we can all make choices to confront it. San Francisco has chosen to be a transit-first city, to prioritize safety for people walking and rolling, and to lead the way on clean energy. That’s why San Francisco was again ranked number one in the nation on the latest clean energy survey. You can view the survey results on the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s City Clean Energy Scorecard webpage .  There is no way to meet our city’s climate goals without green options to get around. And turning these goals into reality is up to all of us. Every time you use a green option to get aro...

Hop on Muni to Kick off the San Francisco City Football Club's 2024 Season By Sophia Scherr SFCFC fans rooting for the home team at Kezar Stadium. The start of the new San Francisco City Football Club (SFCFC) season is around the corner and there's more than just soccer to get excited about. This year, the country's first — and San Francisco's only — supporter-owned soccer club is teaming up with Muni.    We're excited to announce our in-kind partnership with SF City FC. Together, we're helping fans show their love for our local team and Muni. Our "Worm" logo is now featured prominently on SF City FC's jerseys for the next two seasons in the USL League 2 (United Soccer League). You can visit SF City FC's website for more information and to purchase tickets to games.  Seats are only $12, and you can take Muni for a stress-free ride to matches.  SFCFC 2024 Home Schedule  Boxer Stadium, Balboa Park  Take Muni: J, K, M, 29, 43 or 49  Ma...

We’re Working to Make Your Trips Safer: Learn about MuniSafe Progress and Next Steps By Janice Tan During our MuniSafe Day Out last June, SFMTA staff shared how to report harassment.  To make our system safer for everyone, we launched MuniSafe and the Safety Equity Initiative in 2022. These programs strengthen our work to prevent and address harassment across Muni vehicles, stops and stations. They also encourage people to report any issues.  We're excited to share what we’ve been doing to create safer conditions. We’ll cover our everyday efforts in de-escalation and enforcement. We’ll also share how you can take steps today to prevent and report harassment. Lastly, we’ll highlight what's next for MuniSafe.   De-escalation: hiring more ambassadors to help customers and reduce conflicts   There are now more staff across our system to provide support. We've hired more transit ambassadors to join our 3,150 employees who interact with customers. Our ambas...

SFMTA Board Approves FY 2025 and FY 2026 Budget By Andrea Buffa With our new budget, people can still get where they need to go on more than 70 Muni routes.  On Tuesday, April 16, the SFMTA Board of Directors unanimously approved the agency’s FY 2025 and FY 2026 SFMTA operating and capital budgets. The consolidated budget has just been sent to the Mayor’s Office for review. Next, it will head to the Board of Supervisors for final review.  With this budget, we can continue to provide:    Transit service on 72 Muni routes   Improvement projects that help make Muni safer, cleaner, faster and more reliable   Paratransit service for half a million seniors and people with disabilities every year  Street safety programs and projects like new street designs that make our roads safer for everyone  We’ll share how we got to this stage, and the importance of your feedback. We’ll also cover some of the key features of our bud...