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It’s Electric! City Installs First Curbside EV Chargers By Madhu Unnikrishnan Need to charge your EV? You can now drop by two curbside charging stations in Duboce Triangle. Photo credit: it’s electric. Residents without off-street parking will find it a little easier to charge electric vehicles (EV) after the city’s first two curbside charging stations went live last week at 55 Fillmore Street in Duboce Triangle. The charging stations are the first in the city’s Curbside EV Charging Pilot, a program jointly run by the SFMTA, the Department of Public Works, the Public Utilities Commission and the San Francisco Environment Department. The goal of the pilot is to make EV... Published April 29, 2025 at 05:30AM https://ift.tt/I6ACFsv

Helping Everyone Take Green Trips Across the City: Our Focus on Accessibility By Glennis Markison Seniors and people with disabilities have a range of ways to go green with us. During Climate Week and all year long, our teams work together to ensure everyone can take green trips around the city. We’re proud to share the investments we’re making across our system to improve access for seniors and people with disabilities. This means providing reliable trips for people who choose shared-ride paratransit or our clean-air taxis. It means making it easier to board electric Muni vehicles. It means ensuring adaptive scooters are part of the scooter share fleet, and that we support adaptive... Published April 25, 2025 at 05:30AM https://ift.tt/AN014S2

Improving the Green Trips You Take on Muni: 29 Sunset Riders Seeing a Smoother Ride By Brian Haagsman New stops on the 29 Sunset now have enough space for its many student riders to get on and off comfortably. During San Francisco Climate Week – and every day – riding Muni is one of the most sustainable ways to get around. In San Francisco, transportation remains the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions: 44% of city emissions. Public transit only accounts for 2% of city emissions (see SFMTA Climate Roadmap). That’s despite carrying half a million riders every day on Muni - and more on BART, ferries and other bus services in the city. We’re proud to play a significant role reducing... Published April 23, 2025 at 05:30AM https://ift.tt/iAlBd70

A Green Way to Get to Class: Bike & Roll to School Week Starts May 5 By Bike & Roll to School Week gets thousands of families biking and rolling to school together every year. As we celebrate San Francisco Climate Week, we're excited to tell you about a green way students can choose to get to school. Our Safe Routes to School program is hosting Bike & Roll to School Week May 5 - 9. When students bike and roll, they help reduce pollution and greenhouse gases. That means cleaner air and a greener future for everyone! Learn how to set up an event at your school or participate in one. We’ll also cover a special opportunity to show off your artistic side during Bike &... Published April 22, 2025 at 05:30AM https://ift.tt/WocI4Pd

Celebrating Climate Week Every Week of the Year By Melissa Culross and Rebecca Ashton-Dziedzan Muni Metro trains produce no greenhouse gas emissions and are part of the greenest public transit fleet in North America. Just in time for Earth Day, it’s Climate Week in San Francisco! San Francisco Climate Week is an environmental celebration. It brings people together to collaborate, learn from each other and work on climate solutions. Last year, thousands of SF Climate Week attendees enjoyed hundreds of exhibitions, panels and workshops. For us at the SFMTA, every week is Climate Week. Our efforts to make transit, walking and biking safe and convenient help create a cleaner San Francisco... Published April 21, 2025 at 05:30AM https://ift.tt/bigQhmR

Working with Community on Needs for Valencia Street: Final Stages of Bikeway Construction By Crews repave Valencia Street where the old center-running bike lane was in preparation for the new side-running bikeway. Partnering with community members has been our top priority as we work together on the next chapter of Valencia Street. We’ve spent hundreds of hours speaking with people who live, work and visit this popular street. And we are grateful for your time and feedback to help ensure Valencia remains a vibrant, accessible corridor everyone can enjoy. Now, we’re closer than ever to completing the new side-running bikeway project after a vote this week from our Board of Directors... Published April 18, 2025 at 05:30AM https://ift.tt/qFjbNTO

Making Trips to School Safer Across the City: A New Daylighting Program By Rebecca Ashton-Dziedzan Children help make their school zone safer by painting curbs red near crosswalks at a community event. Yesterday, we launched our School Daylighting Program—a major step toward making school zones safer for children across San Francisco. This is our priority as we put California’s new ‘daylighting' law into action. The law makes it illegal to park within 20 feet of a crosswalk to improve visibility and reduce crashes. We’re starting by painting curbs red near crosswalks that are within 600 feet of public schools. This work is about keeping our kids, educators and caregivers safe getting to and... Published April 17, 2025 at 05:30AM https://ift.tt/BeKIwzO

Working to Keep Muni Reliable: New Fare Compliance Strategy Results in More People Paying Fares By Riders boarding a Muni Metro train. As Muni ridership grows, we continue to make changes so that we can provide the best possible experience for our customers. Teams across our agency work every day to make sure Muni remains a high-quality, reliable public transit option that helps everyone get around San Francisco. That's why we’re constantly finding ways to improve our system. Programs like Muni Forward are a great example. An in-depth report shows Muni Forward projects have reduced travel times by up to 35% and resulted in up to 51% more reliable transit service. Fare compliance is another... Published April 16, 2025 at 05:30AM https://ift.tt/r1MeSaI

Thank You for Making Transit Employee Appreciation Day a Success By Madhu Unnikrishnan We saw a boost in people riding and sending in praise – commendations – for our operators on Transit Employee Appreciation Day. Thank you for your support. March 18 this year was a banner day here at the SFMTA. It was Transit Employee Appreciation Day, and so many of you rode Muni and showed your appreciation that it’s our turn to thank you. How many? We surpassed 531,000 riders on March 18, or 35,000 more riders than our average daily March ridership. That’s a 7 percent increase over a typical day in March this year and the highest ridership day for the month. And not only that, SFMTA staff... Published April 11, 2025 at 05:30AM https://ift.tt/pzSuMD0

San Francisco State Broadcasting Students Create Muni-Focused Traffic Reports By Melissa Culross A 29 Sunset bus pulls up to a stop on 19th Avenue across the street from the SF State campus and the M Ocean View train platform. Some San Francisco college students are helping their peers and instructors get around, including on Muni. Every weekday at 4:45 p.m., a traffic report tailored to the San Francisco State University community airs on KSFS. That's SF State's internet-based campus radio station. "I came up with idea for 'KSFS Transit-Traffic Report' because we're a commuter school, and there's a need for it," said Professor Elaine Leung. Leung teaches radio and podcasting classes in... Published April 07, 2025 at 05:30AM https://ift.tt/FWX5Dok

Muni Matters: Ridership on the Rise By Erica Kato Year after year, we’re seeing a strengthened ridership recovery, reaching new highs in 2024, with a total of 158 million passenger trips, resulting in an increase of 13.5 million trips compared to 2023. The latest data highlights a significant increase in daily boardings and points to several high-performing routes. It also shows the impact of major events on Muni ridership -- people are using Muni more than ever to get to Warriors games, parades and street festivals, and so much more. Muni is the backbone of San Francisco’s economic vitality. Ridership grew on weekdays and weekends In 2024... Published April 04, 2025 at 05:30AM https://ift.tt/EQ6SfNY

Uninterrupted Mobile While You’re Mobile: Cellular Service Comes to Muni Metro By Melissa Culross Muni riders now can get cell service both above ground and inside our metro and subway tunnels. If you text or use your phone to browse the internet while riding Muni, you may have noticed that you now get cell service where you couldn’t before. Specifically, it’s likely that your signal no longer drops when the train you’re on is underground. Keeping you connected while you ride Cellular service has been available in the Central Subway since it opened in 2023. And now, we have service in Muni Metro from the Embarcadero to West Portal Station. Service also is being added to the Sunset Tunnel... Published April 03, 2025 at 05:30AM https://ift.tt/eMYV4Wn

New Report: Van Ness BRT Earns High Marks for Travel Time and Safety Improvements By Kate McCarthy A new report provides transit performance and traffic safety data for the Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). The Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) was recently ranked among the top BRT corridors in the world for providing a “world class customer experience." Now, a detailed report backs up the claim. A full project evaluation provides key transit performance and traffic safety data. Read the Van Ness Evaluation Report on our Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit webpage (SFMTA.com/VanNess). BRT corridors feature dedicated transit lanes and transit signal priority that gives green lights to transit vehicles... Published April 02, 2025 at 05:30AM https://ift.tt/pc4zQmy

Improving Safety and Access in the Panhandle: Oak Street Quick-Build Approved by Board By Bobby Lee We’re working to make your trips across the Panhandle safer – no matter how you get around. The Panhandle is set to receive significant upgrades that aim to make trips safer and more efficient for people walking, biking and driving. Our Board of Directors has approved the Oak Street Quick-Build Project. The Oak Street Quick-Build Project is another example of how we are taking a community-wide approach to improve safety for people walking, biking or driving when they visit or travel through the Panhandle. We’re making this possible by improving crosswalks, adding a separated bike lane and... Published April 02, 2025 at 05:30AM https://ift.tt/YUki0Zy