Rider Recharge Station
2023-09-28 07:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Santa Rosa Transit Mall
We invite transit riders to beat the summer heat with our Rider Recharge Station! Community leaders from NBOP’s Climate Justice Task Force will be tabling at the Santa Rosa Transit Mall to provide riders with drinks, snacks, and mini popsicles provided by local gourmet ice cream shop Frozen Art. In addition to the treats, folks will have an opportunity to connect with leaders from the CJTF to discuss current issues impacting transit riders, and provide feedback about what improvements/changes they hope to see within our local transit system.

All Aboard with Transit CEOs Ride-a-Long and Happy Hour
2023-09-29 | A ride along the peninsula.
In celebration of Transit Month 2023, the Bay Area transit agencies and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) are hosting a third “All Aboard with Transit CEOs,” a multi-modal ride-along and social event giving the public a chance to ride with and meet regional transit leaders. The event is also an opportunity for transit leaders to call for on-going financial support for transit operations and to showcase the coordination happening among agencies to improve the rider experience in the Bay Area.
The event is Friday, September 29, 2023, starting in the late afternoon.
Full trip details will be released soon, but the trip will focus on riding Caltrain, SamTrans and VTA along the peninsula. An onboard happy hour will take place on Caltrain on the trip back. CEOs from transit systems all over the Bay Area will join.
Members of the public and the media are invited to ride for the full or partial journey. This event is a great opportunity for the public to chat with CEOs about transit service and transit career opportunities.

Full Moon Hike in Celebration of Transit Month!
2023-09-29 18:15 - 19:45 | Spreckels Hill: At the corner of Santa Teresa Blvd and Bailey Ave
Our public transit deserves to be celebrated and what better way to do that than with a hike! Take the 68 bus to the Santa Teresa and Bailey bus stop to join us for a 1-mile hike to the top of Spreckels Hill. On this hike we will learn about how this land has changed over time and how important it is to the native plants and animals that live here. Parking is not available for this event. Instead, please check out VTA.org for bus tickets and information about transit month!
For this hike please bring plenty of water, snacks, comfortable hiking shoes, and warm layers. Red light flashlights will be provided.

Downtown Berkeley Transit Month Rally
2023-09-30 12:00 - 14:00 | Downtown Berkeley Bart Plaza
A rally in support of Transit Month. We plan on hosting a variety of transit speakers, and hosting booths for transit organizations so people can come and learn about different transit organizations in the Bay Area.

Discover Geology via Transit: Earthquake Hazards in Downtown San Francisco
2023-09-30 14:00 - 17:00 | Salesforce Transit Center
Tour some of the finest and most interesting geological features of the Bay Area without getting in a car. Join Seamless Bay Area and Dr Austin Elliott of the USGS for a car-free tour of earthquake geology and hazard mitigation along Market Street in San Francisco. Learn how planning for transit and other infrastructure has been influenced by geological hazards, and tap into a wealth of resources to continue exploring on your own. This is the second of two tours of regional geology by transit: be sure to also check out the Hayward Fault tour earlier in the month.
Meet at Salesforce Transit Center. Tour route is mostly accessible except for the last stop at Corona Heights.

Rider First Awards
2023-10-13 16:30 - 19:30 | Bay Area Metro Center, Temescal Room, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Join San Francisco Transit Riders and Seamless Bay Area to close out Transit Month by celebrating some of the people who have gone above and beyond to improve transit in the past year. We’ll honor bus operators, transit planners, and advocates alike who help us build a more equitable, growing and accessible public transit system and culture for all. Join us at 5:00 pm, for mingling over food and drinks, followed by speeches from our invited guest speakers, encompassing the perspectives of advocates and elected officials.
The Rider First Awards cap off a month of events, rallies, and our Ride Contest. It’s also where we’ll be announcing our various Ride Contest winners and handing out prizes – our award ceremony will begin promptly at 6:00pm and you don’t want to miss it!

Ride Contest: Weekly Challenge #1
2024-09-01 - 2024-09-05 | CA
Ride Contest Challenge #1: Take a photo of you and a friend or family member taking transit.
​Post your entry for each of our Weekly AND Bonus Challenges to Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, using the hashtags #RideContest and #TransitMonth2024. Each post will enter you into a raffle for some extraordinary prizes!
​If you’re not already signed up for our month-long Ride Contest, register at ridecontest.com.

Transit Month Kickoff Celebration
2024-09-05 08:00 - 22:00 | City Hall, 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
​September is Transit Month! It all begins on Thursday, September 5 at San Francisco Transit Riders’ Transit Month Kickoff Celebration! You’ll meet up with other riders, city leaders, SFTR members, and more at locations across the city to ride Muni together to City Hall, where speakers will share their hopes for the future of public transit and set the stage for our engagement on all things transit for the rest of September.
​You don’t want to miss this exciting event to connect with other riders and launch Transit Month!
​If you’re interested in volunteering with SFTR for this monuments event, fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbgRIdqF7Q_BMGNcvGx3uy5G2xewy38EqJafXZm5wRbSVx2A/viewform

Ride Contest: Bonus Challenge #1
2024-09-06 - 2024-09-08 | CA
Ride Contest Bonus Challenge #1: What’s your favorite transit-related movie?
​Post your entry for each of our Weekly AND Bonus Challenges to Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, using the hashtags #RideContest and #TransitMonth2024. Each post will enter you into a raffle for some extraordinary prizes!
​If you’re not already signed up for our month-long Ride Contest, register at ridecontest.com.

Ride Contest: Weekly Challenge #2
2024-09-09 - 2024-09-12 | CA
​Ride Contest Challenge #2: Show off the best view from transit.
​Post your entry for each of our Weekly AND Bonus Challenges to Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, using the hashtags #RideContest and #TransitMonth2024. Each post will enter you into a raffle for some extraordinary prizes!
​If you’re not already signed up for our month-long Ride Contest, register at ridecontest.com.

Ride Contest: Bonus Challenge #2
2024-09-13 - 2024-09-15 | CA
​Ride Contest Bonus Challenge #2: Who is a transit hero in your community? This could include an amazing bus driver, train operator, station attendant, or ambassador. Or people who have spoken up effectively for transit or helped other riders. You can post about any people or improvements that have made transit better in some way.
​Take this a step further by nominating your hero for a Rider First Award at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfy3-GgKOZ7vX42FKnriX4-4mYEePHciSRRObuqsO6YXJYqQ/viewform
​Post your entry for each of our Weekly AND Bonus Challenges to Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, using the hashtags #RideContest and #TransitMonth2024. Each post will enter you into a raffle for some extraordinary prizes!
​If you’re not already signed up for our month-long Ride Contest, register at ridecontest.com.

Ride Contest: Weekly Challenge #3
2024-09-16 - 2024-09-19 | CA
​Ride Contest Challenge #3: Share your best transit story.
​Post your entry for each of our Weekly AND Bonus Challenges to Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, using the hashtags #RideContest and #TransitMonth2024. Each post will enter you into a raffle for some extraordinary prizes!
​If you’re not already signed up for our month-long Ride Contest, register at ridecontest.com.

Transit Forward: Moving San Francisco to a Transit-First Future
2024-09-19 18:00 - 20:30 | Google Community Space, 188 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
San Francisco Transit Riders will be hosting a panel of transit advocates and city officials to discuss the past, present, and future of public transit.
​Stay tuned for a full list of panelists.

Ride Contest: Bonus Challenge #3
2024-09-20 - 2024-09-22 | CA
​Ride Contest Bonus Challenge #3: Where’s your favorite transit-accessible public park or space?
​Post your entry for each of our Weekly AND Bonus Challenges to Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, using the hashtags #RideContest and #TransitMonth2024. Each post will enter you into a raffle for some extraordinary prizes!
​If you’re not already signed up for our month-long Ride Contest, register at ridecontest.com.

Ride Contest: Weekly Challenge #4
2024-09-23 - 2024-09-26 | CA
​Ride Contest Challenge #4: Show off your transit-inspired art.
​Post your entry for each of our Weekly AND Bonus Challenges to Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, using the hashtags #RideContest and #TransitMonth2024. Each post will enter you into a raffle for some extraordinary prizes!
​If you’re not already signed up for our month-long Ride Contest, register at ridecontest.com.

Gendered Perspectives of Bay Area Transit Event Series: Panel 3-- Transit Advocacy & Activism
2024-09-24 17:30 - 19:00 | Zoom
Join Transbay Coalition this Bay Area Transit Month for a deep dive into the intersections of gender and transit with this series of events featuring leaders in the field of transit. From governance of transit agencies; to the day-to-day operations of buses, trains, and ferries; to advocacy & activism — the way we all get around the Bay Area is not gender-neutral. Tune in to learn how transit shapes people’s experience in a gendered way and how by incorporating different gender backgrounds into transit work, we can make a transportation system that works better for everyone.
The third panel in the series is a moderated discussion between transit advocates & activists. The panel is co-hosted by SF Transit Riders and Transbay Coalition; moderated by Thea Selby, Co-founder of the San Francisco Transit Riders and Voices for Public Transportation. The panelists are Haleema Bharoocha (MPP) who helped lead Phase One of BART’s “Not One More Girl” campaign; Lian Chang is a proponent of Prop L: Fund the Bus and has previously supported transit lanes through Faster Safer Geary; and Abibat Rahman-Davies, Transform’s Transportation Policy Advocate.

Register today to tune in to this unique Transit Month event!

Sunset in the Sunset: SFTR Member Social
2024-09-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Celia’s by the Beach, 4019 Judah St, San Francisco, CA, 94122, United States
Our wonderful SFTR Board of Directors will be hosting a social event for SFTR members to come together to celebrate Transit Month! Join us at Celia’s by the Beach, in the Outer Sunset off the J Church metro, for tacos and drinks. This is a great opportunity to connect with SFTR members, our Board of Directors, our staff, and other transit advocates like yourself!

If you’re not a member yet, it’s not too late to join the festivities! All new members are encouraged to select “Ticket AND One-Year Membership with SFTR” at check-out to receive their ticket to this event PLUS a one-year membership with SFTR!

Ride Contest: Bonus Challenge #4
2024-09-27 - 2024-09-30 | CA
​Ride Contest Bonus Challenge #4: What’s your favorite transit-accessible small business?
​Post your entry for each of our Weekly AND Bonus Challenges to Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, using the hashtags #RideContest and #TransitMonth2024. Each post will enter you into a raffle for some extraordinary prizes!
​If you’re not already signed up for our month-long Ride Contest, register at ridecontest.com.

Ride, Walk, & Discover Small Businesses on Union St.
2024-09-28 13:00 - 16:00 | Nikoniko Gifts, 2181 Union St, San Francisco, CA, 94123, United States
San Francisco Transit Riders (SFTR) and Nikoniko Gifts will be hosting a scavenger hunt to discover transit-accessible small businesses along Union Street. Each participating business will be providing discounts during this event, including 15% off for folks wearing SFTR Merch at Nikoniko Gifts!
​The first THREE rides to complete the scavenger hunt will receive an exclusive prize from Nikoniko Gifts. All riders who complete this scavenger hunt will be able to present their completed map to Nikoniko Gifts and trade it for yummy drinks and additional refreshments.
​Hop aboard Muni and visit various small businesses to obtain answers to each of the scavenger hunt questions!

Rider First Awards
2024-10-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Bay Area Metro Center, Temescal Room, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Join San Francisco Transit Riders and Seamless Bay Area on October 18th to close out Transit Month by celebrating some of the people who have gone above and beyond to improve transit in the past year. We’ll honor bus operators, transit planners, and advocates alike who help us build a more equitable, growing and accessible public transit system and culture for all.
​The Rider First Awards cap off a month of events, rallies, and our Ride Contest. It’s also where we’ll be announcing our various Ride Contest winners and handing out prizes.

Transit Month
2025-09-01 - 2025-09-30 | San Francisco and Bay Area!
Start your next adventure on transit!

Public transportation is more than just a means of transportation. Transit connects communities, increases mobility, maintains our healthy environment, and opens opportunities to discover something new.
For this year’s Transit Month, San Francisco Transit Riders (SFTR) and Seamless Bay Area (SBA) are challenging everyone to hop on board to discover new adventures they can access through transit.
We’re continuing our annual tradition of celebrating the buses, trains, operators, and riders that make the wonderful Bay Area transit system we all know and ride. Public transit is essential to thriving cities and the people who make those cities special. It is more important than ever before that we show our elected leaders how important transit is to our riders and that we need to continue funding it. Let’s prove that to them this Transit Month by getting out and taking transit!
And don’t forget to join our Ride Contest! Each ride you log will enter you into a raffle for some amazing transit-themed prizes provided by our wonderful Bay Area Transit Agencies.

Ride Contest
2025-09-01 - 2025-09-30 | Online
Ride transit and win prizes!
Every ride you take on public transit run by a Bay Area transit agency is another entry into our Transit Month raffle. Track your rides to earn badges, win prizes, compete against friends, and show your love for transit!
This year there are more ways to win prizes. Some prizes require taking the most rides, but for others, each logged ride will enter your name into a raffle.

Have questions about the Ride Contest? Want to get started but don’t know how? See all FAQs here!

Transit Month Kickoff Rally
2025-09-04 08:00 - 10:00 | City Hall, 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
September is Transit Month! It all begins on Thursday, September 4th, at the San Francisco Transit Riders’ Transit Month Kickoff Rally! You’ll meet up with other riders, city leaders, SFTR members, and more at locations across the city to ride Muni together to City Hall, where speakers will share their hopes for the future of public transit and set the stage for our engagement on all things transit for the rest of September.
​​You don’t want to miss this exciting event to connect with other riders and launch Transit Month!
​​This year, SFTR members have a chance to connect with their Supervisors in a one-on-one interview. Submit a question here for your chance to get chosen for this special opportunity: https://forms.gle/uzhpYAb5DuoYtch8A
​Stay tuned for more information on our city-wide ride-alongs.

Pop-Up Transit Gallery
2025-09-05 16:00 - 20:00 | San Francisco Railway Museum, 77 Steuart Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
​Market Street Railway and Castro Art Walk are collaborating to honor the connection between art and transit. For one night only, the San Francisco Railway Museum will be transforming into a pop-up gallery featuring art from the transit community!
​Ride the F-Line to the Castro for the remainder of the Art Walk locations, celebrating the vibrant public art along Market Street.
​Don’t miss this unique night of art, history, and community – see you there!

Ride & Zine with ComMUNIty Magazine
2025-09-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Standard Deviant Brewing, 280 14th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Hop on Muni to get the first copy of ComMUNIty – a magazine celebrating Muni. Grab a beer, meet your neighbors, + share your Muni stories

Muni Heritage Weekend - Saturday
2025-09-20 10:00 - 16:00 | San Francisco Railway Museum, 77 Steuart Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
​Our annual tradition is back! This year’s Heritage Weekend gives you the chance to ride vintage transit vehicles that rarely make an appearance on San Francisco’s streets. Look out for classics like the Boat Tram, the Milan and Melbourne streetcars, and the 1896 “Dinky.”
​All rides begin at the plaza across from the San Francisco Railway Museum, just steps from the Ferry Building and Embarcadero Plaza. From there, vintage buses and special excursion cars will head out for round-trip journeys.
​Be sure to stop by the museum during your visit. Inside you’ll find exhibits on transit history along with our gift shop, and the Muni Store will be setting up a special pop-up with even more transit-themed gear.

Muni Heritage Weekend - Sunday
2025-09-21 10:00 - 16:00 | San Francisco Railway Museum, 77 Steuart Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Our annual tradition is back! This year’s Heritage Weekend gives you the chance to ride vintage transit vehicles that rarely make an appearance on San Francisco’s streets. Look out for classics like the Boat Tram, the Milan and Melbourne streetcars, and the 1896 “Dinky.”
​​All rides begin at the plaza across from the San Francisco Railway Museum, just steps from the Ferry Building and Embarcadero Plaza. From there, vintage buses and special excursion cars will head out for round-trip journeys.
​​Be sure to stop by the museum during your visit. Inside you’ll find exhibits on transit history along with our gift shop, and the Muni Store will be setting up a special pop-up with even more transit-themed gear.

Pop-up Transit Art Fair
2025-09-24 15:00 - 18:00 | Salesforce Transit Center
​What do art and transit have in common? It moves us.
​Celebrate Bay Area Transit month by shopping and supporting local artists at TJPA’s Salesforce Transit Center, where the Bay Area’s transportation future is taking shape.
​Learn about the rail modernization projects, including The Portal and California High-Speed Rail, interact with #ThePortalSFtoHSR art installation, and buy transit merch from MUNI and BART.
​Raffle prizes will be sponsored by SF Transit Riders, BART, and SFMTA.
​Featuring artists including: Bionyo Illustrations, Shane Donahue, Lily Poppy Art, Miriam Sweeney, Alvar Jacomet, Gibby.SF, Rondo Fish, Christine Innes, Shrey Purohit, and more!

Rider First Awards
2025-10-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Bay Area Metro Center, Temescal Room, 375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Join San Francisco Transit Riders and Seamless Bay Area on October 10th to close out Transit Month by celebrating some of the people who have gone above and beyond to improve transit in the past year. We’ll honor bus operators, transit planners, and advocates alike who help us build a more equitable, growing, and accessible public transit system and culture for all.
​​The Rider First Awards cap off a month of events, rallies, and our Ride Contest. It’s also where we’ll be announcing our various Ride Contest winners and handing out prizes.
