San Francisco Transit Riders

Membership Month Happy Hour
2025-04-29 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Barebottle Brewing, Salesforce Park
Wrap up San Francisco Transit Riders’ 15th Anniversary Membership Month with a community happy hour! Connect with SFTR staff and other SFTR members, like you! Enjoy the sights and sounds of Salesforce Park, right above the Salesforce Transit Center. The first round of drinks is on us! Let’s celebrate!

State Transit Transformation Task Force meeting in San Francisco
2025-04-25 10:00 - 16:00 | Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale St., San Francisco, CA, Temezcal Room
​The Transit Transformation Task Force (Task Force), created by CalSTA, is required to solicit and develop a structured, coordinated process for engagement of all parties to develop policy recommendations to grow transit ridership and improve the transit experience for all users of those services.
​This upcoming meeting will be hosted in San Francisco and is open to the public.
​Find more information and the full agenda here.
​Watch online here.

SFMTA Budget Workshop
2025-04-22 09:00 - 18:00 | San Francisco County Fair Building, 1199 9th Ave, San Francisco,, CA, 94122, United States
Join in an all-day workshop to talk about the SFMTA budget.
​Our Demands:

​Do not support any budget options with Muni or street safety cuts
​SFMTA direct staff are to work with the community to create an aspirational vision for Muni service restoration/expansion that can be passed along with the budget

​Find more information and watch online here: https://www.sfmta.com/calendar/board-directors-special-meeting-april-22-2025

SFTR 15th Anniversary Celebration
2025-04-13 12:00 - 14:00 | SOMArts, 934 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Celebrate 15 years of San Francisco Transit Riders! Join us at the beautiful SOMArts, where we’ll have guest speakers, like SFTR’s founder Dave Snyder, fun raffles, and delicious refreshments. Enjoy a special look at Muni Raised Me, an exhibit created by San Francisco-born and raised artists, housed within a decommissioned Muni bus!

SFTR General Membership Meeting 2025
2025-04-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Google Community Space, 188 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Kick-off San Francisco Transit Riders’ 15th Anniversary Membership Month! For our General Membership Meeting, join SFTR staff, board of directors, and members to collaborate on the organization’s upcoming goals, mission, and values.

Protect Muni Now Keep Muni Forever Rally
2025-03-18 11:00 - 12:00 | City Hall, 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
​Come rally with the Muni Now Muni Forever Campaign on March 18th before the SFMTA board makes their final decision on Muni’s summer service cuts.
​Afterward, join the campaign for public comment urging the board to not cut service or programs and instead use the agency’s reserve or the city’s general fund.
​The meeting is in Room 400. More details here.

End-of-Year Giving Campaign
2024-12-03 - 2025-01-10
Thank you to everyone who has made this year special for SFTR. We are appreciative of everyone who has attended one of our events, stopped at our table during community gatherings, volunteered, and most importantly, became a member and joined our community.
Despite the impending challenges, in 2025, we will continue our fight to find a permanent and equitable funding solution to our current transit deficit, spread transit joy, and show Bay Area riders why public transportation is foundational to a thriving city. But we only win with your support. Please consider donating to San Francisco Transit Riders for our End-of-Year campaign from now until January 10, 2025, so that we can continue to advocate for the needs of transit riders in local and regional investments.

Thrive with Bay Area Transportation Summit
2024-10-30 08:30 - 11:00 | San José State University, 1 Washington Sq, San Jose, CA, 95192, United States
Step into the future of transportation at this Bay Area in-person summit to consider how abundant, affordable, accessible, and safe transportation transforms the ways we move and live. Connect and collaborate with industry leaders, elected officials, disability & environmental justice advocates, and more in a discussion moderated by Mineta Transportation Institute’s Executive Director Dr. Karen Philbrick. Don’t miss this opportunity to be at the forefront of change and discover how we can thrive as a region!

Sunday Streets: 4th Annual Phoenix Day
2024-10-20 12:00 - 17:00
Celebrate 16 years of Sunday Streets SF transforming San Francisco streets into car-free community spaces for all to enjoy at events across the City in 2024.
Sunday Streets SF empowers local communities to transform miles of streets into car-free spaces filled with cultural programming, health resources, local vendors, and recreational opportunities for all ages. The Sunday Streets SF program is generously supported by the City family, with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) serving as the presenting agency sponsor.

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.

Sunday Streets: SoMa
2024-10-13 12:00 - 17:00

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!

Ride Contest: Bonus Challenge #4
2024-09-27 - 2024-09-30
​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.

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!

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!

Ride Contest: Weekly Challenge #4
2024-09-23 - 2024-09-26
​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.

Sunday Streets: Western Addition
2024-09-22 12:00 - 17:00

Ride Contest: Bonus Challenge #3
2024-09-20 - 2024-09-22
​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.

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: Weekly Challenge #3
2024-09-16 - 2024-09-19
​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.

Ride Contest: Bonus Challenge #2
2024-09-13 - 2024-09-15
​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 #2
2024-09-09 - 2024-09-12
​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.

Ribbon Cutting Celebration: Extending the Muni 30 with a new Presidio Terminus
2024-09-06 10:00 - 11:00 | Crissy Field, 1199 E Beach, San Francisco, CA, 94129, United States
Join Us to Celebrate the Muni 30 Stockton Extension & New Presidio Terminus

The SF Municipal Transportation Agency and Presidio Trust have extended Muni 30 Stockton further into Crissy Field and added a new turnaround with public restrooms. Come celebrate a new way to access and enjoy your national park site!

Ride Contest: Bonus Challenge #1
2024-09-06 - 2024-09-08
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.

Downtown First Thursdays
2024-09-05 17:00 - 22:00 | 2nd Street
San Francisco– It’s time to get moving at DFT! The September 5th edition of Downtown San Francisco’s already-beloved street party will feature a 60+ person orchestra, ballet, breakdance, whirling dervishes, a second line brass band, live jazz on an open air F-Train, and DJs (including San Francisco’s own, the legendary Spencer Brown) that will keep attendees of all ages dancing in the streets.
A new, expanded outdoor drinking area at DFT means drinks are on the move, too! Take your beer or cocktails purchased at outdoor bars (at 2nd and Stevenson Street and 2nd and Natoma Street) roaming throughout the DFT footprint.
Plus, a transformed F-Train will get attendees moving between DFT’s street party on 2nd Street and UNSTAGED. Live on Mid-Market—a new, free, interactive, live performance experience on Market Street between 5th and 6th Street produced by Market Street Arts featuring a vertical dance performance by Bandaloop and dozens of other activations. Celebrate Transit Month in style and travel between UNSTAGED. and DFT on the F-Train as it becomes a mobile jazz venue, the Hotsy Totsy Club, created by Building 180 in collaboration with Mystic Midway. (UNSTAGED. Live on Mid-Market is an official partner event of DFT).
The September 5 edition of DFT will feature a DJ set by Special Guest Performer Spencer Brown, presented by The Midway, from 7-9pm on Howard and 2nd Street.
DFT is FREE with RSVP. Attendees can register for September 5th DFT for a chance to win a FREE pair of two-day GA passes to Fresh Start, The Midway’s New Year Block Party!
The creative partners transforming 2nd Street every month include a lineup of San Francisco’s most renowned and prolific music and culture producers: The Midway, Another Planet Entertainment, Noise Pop, KALW , Grace Towers, A LITTLE x, and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival.

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: Weekly Challenge #1
2024-09-01 - 2024-09-05
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.

MTC Select Committee: Constructing the Path Forward
2024-08-26 09:30 - 17:00 | Bay Area Metro Center, 375 Beale St., San Francisco, CA, Temezcal Room
Some Select Committee members see a sales tax as the path of least resistance, so we need to show up and show them that while we might not be well-funded, we are organized and opposed to regressive taxes that will harm working families!
At this meeting, the Select Committee will be weighing in on various regional measure scenarios to study. Please join your fellow VPT members at the meeting to advocate for a scenario that is progressively funded and covers all nine Bay Area Counties. We know that being timid will only be harmful — that what Bay Area voters actually want is a measure that will transform public transit into a system that actually works! Now we just need to convince the Select Committee and we are going to need all hands on deck to do that.

Sunday Streets: Mission/Valencia
2024-08-25 11:00 - 16:00

Sunday Streets — Mission Ciclovía
2024-08-25 11:00 - 15:00 | Valencia Street & Duboce Avenue
​We’ll be tabling at Sunday Streets — Mission! Come help us operate our button maker, register voters, hand out flyers, and generally spread the word about the ComMUNIty Transit Act and Muni funding.
​Sunday Streets is a program of the non-profit Livable City. They’ve endorsed the ComMUNIty Transit Act from the start! Check out the Mission details here: https://www.sundaystreetssf.com/mission/
