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08 May 2025

Riding Muni is an Adventure. Here’s How to Make it More Fun.

We checked in with experts and consulted the research on what can make riding public transit more fun. Over the last few months as the clay of the transit budget crisis takes form we’ve shared solutions and critiques. Although there’s still a lot of advocacy work ahead, we’re pulling back

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24 Mar 2025

Five Muni Lines Could Get The Snip

SFMTA is considering service rollbacks on five Muni bus lines, citing a drop in profits, which would affect thousands of riders and exacerbate downtown’s ghost-town reputation.

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10 Apr 2025

Eat, Game, & Sing in San Francisco This Spring!

It’s Springtime in San Francisco, which means it’s time to put your phone on silent for a while and step out into our fair city to sing, eat, and play with the wonderful people and programming on offer. Whether in the flesh or on a live stream, the journalists and

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10 Feb 2025

Is SFMTA Holding Muni Hostage?

Thinning, truncating, or outright suspending service on certain Muni lines has been in talks for a few months now. As cuts go into effect, their repercussions offer a bleak insight into the future of our reportedly struggling transportation division. Stops trimmed of several lines or reduced to an inconvenient stump.

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11 Jan 2025

What Outgoing Muni Chief Jeffrey Tumlin Really Thinks of Autonomous Vehicles

Outgoing SFMTA Director Jeffrey Tumlin expressed concerns about the autonomous vehicle industry’s impact on San Francisco, citing its negative effect on public transit and the lack of transparency from AV companies.

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27 Nov 2024

SFMTA’s Budget Crisis: What You Need to Know

SFMTA is struggling to balance its budget, which includes capital and operational costs, and is facing potential cuts to both, as well as a poison pill from Prop M, which could lead to a tough financial situation for the local economy.

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03 Sep 2024

Why I Wish Oakland Had MUNI.

San Francisco does a lot of things wrong, but one thing it fundamentally does better than anywhere else in California is public transportation. Not trying to sound like Scott Wiener, but MUNI is the shit. I’m not referring to the buses, which are also great, but to the city’s rail

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04 Aug 2024

5 BART Basics for Newbies and Locals Alike

BART is a core Bay Area experience. It unites all corners of the Bay except Marin (who needs Marin County anyway?). BART was built for the people and it belongs to the people, young and old, visitors and locals. The first time I rode by myself, I got lost. The

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18 May 2024

Should the Elderly Retest to Hold a Driver’s License?

On March 16th in West Portal, 78-year-old Mary Fong Lau sped east up Ulloa Street.  Her SUV barrelled past Wawona towards Lenox Way, where a family of four stood waiting for a bus to the zoo. She crossed the painted yellow lines and train tracks embedded in the road and

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