San Francisco Transit Riders

SFMTA Budget Workshop
2025-04-22 09:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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

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.

Membership Month Happy Hour
2025-04-29 17:00 - 19:00 | 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!

Sunday Streets: Mission
2025-07-20 11:00 - 16:00 | Valencia Street & Duboce Avenue

Muni Forever Summit
2025-08-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Main Library – San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
​We invite San Franciscans to join us for the Muni Forever Summit and help shape a citywide vision for Muni
The summit aims to create the building blocks to build that vision and begin a movement to achieve it.
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At the summit, expect to:
Learn about the need to better fund Muni

​SFMTA is facing a $322 million deficit starting in summer 2026. An operational deficit existing prior to the pandemic but exacerbated by it.
​An opportunity to change how we fundamentally fund transit to have room for expansion of services.

​Build a citywide vision for Muni

​If we fund Muni, what services and programs should it provide at a minimum?
​What expansion is needed?
​What is achievable and by when?

​Build the movement

​We need you to go back to your community and/or expand to other communities to inform and get input to build a citywide vision for transit that is beneficial for everyone. To help fund transit, we need a vision on what to fund that we can all get behind

​This event is hosted by the Muni Now, Muni Forever Campaign. For more info go to muniforever.org.
There will be light food and refreshments on site. Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions.
A zoom link will be provided on the day of the summit for people participating remotely.
See you there!

Special All Members' Meeting
2025-08-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
​This is a virtual meeting and is only for SF Transit Riders Members.
We will be providing updates regarding transit services, funding advocacy, and the upcoming Transit Month in September!
We will also introduce the new way we’ll be engaging with members replacing the current SFTR Working Groups: Transit Planning and Transit Funding.
For more details please see the agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nIdMyv0VNOst3RCfLrDb40UdhfwLsVyo1-xGdtH-2Fw/edit?usp=sharing

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.

Sunday Streets: Western Addition
2025-09-21 12:00 - 16:00 | Western Addition

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.

Quarterly All Members Assembly
2025-10-29 17:30 - 19:30 | Park Branch Library, 1833 Page St, San Francisco, CA, 94117, United States
This will be the first of our quarterly members-only in-person meetings, where we’ll provide updates on transit planning, transit funding, and SFTR organizational updates.

Giving Tuesday
2025-12-02 00:00 - 23:30 | CA
Giving Tuesday starts with U! SFTR is funded by a combination of private grants, corporate sponsorships, and most importantly: our members! In addition to giving us the political clout we need to make a difference, members provide over 25% of our budget. Those are funds we can use immediately, where they’re most needed, like to develop campaigns and fight for the funding Muni needs.
Please consider donating to SFTR and joining our growing membership. Learn more at sftransitriders.org/2026-giving/.

2026 Giving Campaign
2025-12-02 00:00 - 2026-01-09 23:30 | CA
Let’s stand UNITED for public transit!

SFTR needs U. For the past 15 years, our organization has worked to unite riders across San Francisco, building the city’s only member-led, grassroots advocate for safe, equitable, and growing transportation. And our work isn’t slowing down anytime soon.
In 2026, we will provide our members with up-to-date news and advocacy opportunities surrounding transit funding, services, and voting, all while assembling a community with the shared goal of making public transportation even better than it is now.
Let’s stand united, build people power, and fight for public transit that serves ALL riders in San Francisco.
Please consider donating to San Francisco Transit Riders for our End-of-Year campaign from now until January 9, 2026, so that we can continue to advocate for the needs of transit riders in local and regional investments.

Halfway to the stars: SFTR’s 15th Anniversary Gala
2025-12-12 17:30 - 20:00 | Salesforce Tower, 415 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Join us for a night among the stars for our 15th Anniversary Gala. We’ll have guest speakers, raffles, food, drinks, and a fun night celebrating 15 years of San Francisco Transit Riders.

This event, and our subsequent giving campaign, will be raising funds for our work in 2026 to continue our work to secure equitable, permanent funding for Bay Area transit agencies, so that no San Franciscan is left behind due to budget and service cuts. By investing in public transit, we invest in our communities, the economy, and a clean environment.

*DEADLINE TO PURCHASE TICKETS: MONDAY, DEC 8, 2025*

Ride Muni to School Week
2026-02-02 - 2026-02-06 | CA
As part of Ride Muni to School Week (February 2 – 6, 2026), we will be setting up outreach tables near Muni bus stops near schools to engage students, promote Muni usage, and celebrate the students who ride the bus to school.
These events aim to foster excitement about sustainable transportation while sharing important safety and transit information.

Transit Equity Day
2026-02-04 08:00 - 17:00 | CA
On the week of Wednesday, February 4th, 2026, join the Labor Network for Sustainability & Transit Equity Network for Transit Equity Day 2026: Transit Moves Democracy–a national day of action and storytelling that lifts up workers, riders, and communities fighting for just, accessible, and fully funded public transit.
For this year’s Transit Equity Day, our theme is: Transit Moves Democracy. Join the Labor Network for Sustainability as we center worker and community voices as leaders in the fight for just and equitable transit–highlighting the shared interests of riders, communities, workers, and the planet for fully-funded, robust, accessible, and electrified transit systems.
With increased violence and threats to our public life at the federal level, public transportation does not stand solely as a service. Public transit resists authoritarian strategies that cut routes, privatize systems, and bust unions as a way of weakening workers and disenfranchising communities. Transit connects communities when fascists want us to be increasingly more disconnected. Every bus line defended is a vote defended. Every contract fought is for democracy protection. Transit Equity is climate justice in practice, and public transit is frontline climate infrastructure.

Bayview Community Meeting - Better And Safer Streets (BASS) Collaborative
2026-02-19 18:00 - 19:30 | Gratta Wines and Market, 2022 Lane ST, 5273 3rd St, San Francisco, CA, 94124, United States
Learn about the Better And Safer Street (BASS) Collaborative – a collaboration with Walk SF, SF Bike, and SF Transit Riders working together to understand and advocate for community needs on:
– pedestrian & street safety
– public transportation
– Bike & rolling
In this Bayview community meeting, we will present and discuss:

​BASS Collaborative Transportation Survey results

​Islais Creek Bridge Replacement Project

​Bayview Community Pathway

​29-Sunset Improvement Project

​Unincorporated Streets in the Bayview

​Info on 2026 Transit Funding Measures

​Closest Muni routes: T-Third Street, 54-Felton
​Food and Beverages will be served!
Learn more about the BASS Collaborative on this blog post.

Signature Gathering at Crane Cove Park in San Francisco
2026-02-28 11:00 - 13:00 | Crane Cove Park, 18th Street & Illinois Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
​Join us to start gathering signatures for Connect Bay Area, the five-county regional transit funding measure!
We will meet at 11am in front of Crane Cove Park at the intersection of 18th St & Illinois for a quick training and to hand out petition supplies. Everyone is welcome to reconvene near the end of the event to share learnings, or you can head out and return your completed petitions another day!
To see the most friendly faces and to join the group training session, plan to meet at the event start time. But if you’ve already attended a training (or if you complete online training in advance by reading our training guide then completing this form), you can stop by anytime before the end of the event to drop off completed petitions and/or pick up new ones. If you are coming only for petition exchange, please plan to exchange at 11:30am or later. Your RSVP is helpful either way.
No experience necessary. You just need to be 18 years old to gather signatures. If you’re under 18, let us know at connectbayarea26@gmail.com as there are many other ways to be involved and help!
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To avoid devastating Bay Area transit service cuts, we need to gather over 200,000 signatures to get Connect Bay Area Transit, the five-county regional transit funding measure, on the ballot. Learn more at https://connectbayarea.com/.

Stronger Muni for All - Kickoff
2026-03-03 12:00 - 12:30 | Mission Dolores Park, Dolores St &, 19th St, San Francisco, CA, 94114, United States
​The Stronger Muni for All measure will prevent catastrophic Muni service cuts, reduce traffic congestion, and help secure the city’s economic recovery while investing in a safer, more reliable, and more affordable transit system for San Francisco.
​Please join the Stronger Muni for All campaign for a kickoff event.
​11:45pm: Gather
​12:00pm: Speakers
​12:20pm: Petition-signing
​After our speakers, stick around for a brief signature gathering training. You’ll be offered your own clipboard and petitions to help get this critical measure on the ballot.
​Note: San Francisco needs to pass both the Stronger Muni for All and Connect Bay Area transit measures in November to prevent service cuts, and you can gather signatures for both at the same time! We will have both petitions available at this event.

Signature Gathering at Alemany Farmers Market in San Francisco
2026-03-07 11:00 - 13:00 | CA
​Join the San Francisco Transit Riders to start gathering signatures for Connect Bay Area, the five-county regional transit funding measure!
We will meet at 11am at the rear entrance to Alemany Farmers Market at Peralta Ave & Tompkins Ave (easy access from the 9!) for a quick training and to hand out petition supplies. Everyone is welcome to reconvene near the end of the event to share learnings, or you can head out and return your completed petitions another day!
To see the most friendly faces and to join the group training session, plan to meet at the event start time. But if you’ve already attended a training (or if you complete online training in advance by reading the campaign’s training guide then completing this form), you can stop by anytime before the end of the event to drop off completed petitions and/or pick up new ones. If you are coming only for petition exchange, please plan to exchange at 11:30am or later. Your RSVP is helpful either way.
No experience necessary. You just need to be 18 years old to gather signatures. If you’re under 18, let the campaign know at connectbayarea26@gmail.com as there are many other ways to be involved and help!
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To avoid devastating Bay Area transit service cuts, we need to pass both a regional transit funding measure and a local transit funding measure at the ballot this November. First, the regional measure campaign needs to collect over 200,000 signatures to get on the ballot. Learn more about the regional measure at https://connectbayarea.com/.

All Members' Assembly
2026-03-11 17:30 - 19:30 | Presidio Branch Library, 3150 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA, 94115, United States
Join us for this quarter’s All Members Assembly. We’ll be discussing local and regional transit news, organizational updates, and our member-led projects.
Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
The agenda will be posted at a later date.

Signature Gathering at Stern Grove in San Francisco
2026-03-14 11:00 - 13:00 | CA
​​Join the San Francisco Transit Riders to start gathering signatures for Connect Bay Area, the five-county regional transit funding measure!
We will meet at 11 am at the southeast entrance to Stern Grove Park at Sloat Blvd & 19th Ave (easy access from the K, the M, or the 28) for a quick training and to hand out petition supplies. Everyone is welcome to reconvene near the end of the event to share learnings, or you can head out and return your completed petitions another day!
To see the most friendly faces and to join the group training session, plan to meet at the event start time. But if you’ve already attended a training (or if you complete online training in advance by reading the campaign’s training guide then completing this form), you can stop by anytime before the end of the event to drop off completed petitions and/or pick up new ones. If you are coming only for petition exchange, please plan to exchange at 11:30am or later. Your RSVP is helpful either way.
No experience necessary. You just need to be 18 years old to gather signatures. If you’re under 18, let the campaign know at connectbayarea26@gmail.com as there are many other ways to be involved and help!
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To avoid devastating Bay Area transit service cuts, we need to pass both a regional transit funding measure and a local transit funding measure at the ballot this November. First, the regional measure campaign needs to collect over 200,000 signatures to get on the ballot. Learn more about the regional measure at https://connectbayarea.com/.

Accessible Transit Happy Hour
2026-03-19 17:00 - 18:30 | San Francisco Disability Cultural Center, 165 Grove St, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
​Join San Francisco Transit Riders and Senior Disability Action for a joint social. Have some light snacks and beverages in the outdoor courtyard, decorate some signs for future actions, and share conversations about how we can collectively make transit more accessible!

Signature Gathering at Ferry Building Farmers Market in San Francisco
2026-03-21 12:00 - 14:00 | San Francisco Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Join San Francisco Transit Riders and the Muni Now Muni Forever coalition to gather signatures for both Connect Bay Area and Stronger Muni for All, funding public transit in San Francisco and throughout the five counties of the inner Bay Area!
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We will meet at noon at the Gandhi statue behind the Ferry Building for a quick training and to hand out petition supplies. After that, we’ll head out to start collecting signatures in the area.
To see the most friendly faces and to join the group training session, plan to meet at the event start time. But if you’ve already attended a training (or if you complete online training in advance by reading our training guide then completing this form), you can stop by anytime before the end of the event to drop off completed petitions and/or pick up new ones. (We’ll be able to do packet exchanges quicker after the first half-hour of the event.) Your RSVP is helpful either way.
No experience necessary. You just need to be 18 years old to gather signatures. If you’re under 18, let us know at info@muniforever.org as there are many other ways to be involved and help!
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​Muni Now Muni Forever is a grassroots coalition co-led by San Francisco Transit Riders and Senior and Disability Action, which are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
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San Francisco needs to pass both the Stronger Muni for All (San Francisco parcel tax) and Connect Bay Area (five-county sales tax) transit measures in November to prevent service cuts, and you can gather signatures for both at the same time! We will have both petitions available at this event.
​Learn more at connectbayarea.com and strongermuniforall.com.
Paid for by Connect Bay Area Transit. Committee’s Top Funders: Salesforce, Chris Larsen, Meta Platforms.
Paid for by Stronger Muni for All, Mayor Lurie’s Ballot Measure Committee. Ad Committee’s Top Funders: 1. Ripple Labs ($500,000); 2. Committee to Expand the Middle Class Candidate Committee Sponsored by Airbnb ($500,000)—contributors include Airbnb ($15,040,000); 3. Visa ($250,000). Financial disclosures are available at sfethics.org.
