On Mayor Lurie’s plan to allow Waymo on Market Street

by Reanne Lacosta | Apr 14, 2025 | Uncategorized

Read our initial joint statement with other mobility advocates here. Mayor Daniel Lurie’s unilateral decision today to allow Waymo free rein on Market Street is dangerous, undemocratic, inequitable, and un-San Franciscan. This plan unfairly benefits Waymo — an...

Trump won. Prop L lost. Now what?

by Reanne Lacosta | Dec 9, 2024 | Updates

By Dylan Fabris, SFTR Community and Policy Manager By now, we’ve all seen the outcome of the election last month. Donald Trump is once again our president-elect, Muni funding failed at the ballot, and Daniel Lurie will be our new mayor. What does this all mean for...

How to make the SFMTA more efficient — Muni Funding Working Group reflections

by Reanne Lacosta | Nov 20, 2024 | Updates

By Dylan Fabris, SFTR Community and Policy Manager This is Part One in a series of posts reflecting on the San Francisco Controller’s Office’s Muni Funding Working Group. For more context, follow our blog, where we will be writing a post-election overview of Muni’s...

Ride the Vote: San Francisco Transit Riders’ November 2024 Endorsements

by Reanne Lacosta | Oct 15, 2024 | Updates

By Dylan Fabris, SFTR Community and Policy Manager San Francisco Transit Riders (SFTR) is excited to share our November 2024 ballot measure endorsements, which were announced earlier this month alongside our Ride the Vote candidate questionnaires. In a rush? Here’s an...

Celebrating the SFMTA (even when others won’t)

by Reanne Lacosta | Jun 13, 2024 | Updates

By Dylan Fabris, SFTR Community and Policy Manager For better or worse, 2024 is an election year, and as we get closer to November a few powerful people seem eager to use the SFMTA as a political football to advance their own agendas. From mayoral candidates, to...