by Reanne Lacosta | Jan 17, 2024 | Updates
The following message was sent from San Francisco Transit Riders (SFTR) to the SFMTA Board of Directors on Monday, January 15, 2024 ahead of the start of the agency’s budget process. The SFMTA faces severe budget deficits in the coming years, and it is crucial that...
by Reanne Lacosta | Dec 19, 2023 | Updates
*Below is an update of recent transit news from Cyrus Hall, who leads SFTR’s Local Funding Working Group, sent in early December. First, the proposed Charter Amendment that would have given the Mayor the ability to veto parking or fare increases was withdrawn by the...
by Reanne Lacosta | Dec 18, 2023 | Updates
Dear SFTR Members, We started the new year with a bold intention: It would be ideal if we could unite the fronts of residents and transit agencies alike and if, as (writer) Anand Giridharadas so eloquently puts it in ‘The Persuaders,’ our movement could have a savvier...
by Reanne Lacosta | Oct 25, 2023 | Updates
This letter was submitted to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in response to the proposed City Charter amendment relating to the SFMTA budget, introduced by Supervisor Safaí on September 19th, 2023. October 25, 2023 To the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, San...
by Reanne Lacosta | Sep 19, 2023 | Updates
We are at the cusp of two years of my tenure at San Francisco Transit Riders and throughout that time our staff and board have been occupied with the big fights and the everyday pursuits to further our mission. Almost organically, that work and our agency have also...
by Rebecca Gibian | Aug 18, 2023 | Updates
San Francisco Transit Riders (SFTR) is a proud member of the coalition of advocates that rallied to prevent billions of dollars in cuts to transit funding in the state budget earlier this year. Leading with the riders’ voices, SFTR members joined transit advocates...
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