ComMUNIty Transit Act: Signature gathering at Divisadero Farmers' Market
2024-06-09 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-06-16 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-06-23 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-06-30 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Divisadero Farmers’ Market
Sign up for a volunteer signature gathering event or deep-dive training to help get the ComMUNIty Transit Act on the ballot.

You can join any signature gathering event without prior training, though an RSVP via the Google form is appreciated. Deep-dive trainings are a way to start leading your own signature gathering shifts, learn more about the ballot measure, and get to know other volunteer organizers!

Sunday Streets: Tenderloin
2024-06-23 12:00 - 17:00 | CA
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.

Meet the SFMTA Board Candidate: Mike Chen
2024-07-02 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
San Francisco Transit Riders, Walk San Francisco, and the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition are proud to host a member event with Mike Chen, Mayor Breed’s latest nominee to the SFMTA Board. If you are a member of any of these organizations, come join us on Tuesday, July 2nd, from 6:00-7:30pm, over Zoom!
Mike is a data engineer with a history of working in the internet industry in marketing and product analytics. Mike joined the SFMTA Citizens’ Advisory Council in January 2020 and served as its Chair from July 2021 through July 2023. Mike is a frequent rider of Muni lines 1, 38 and 49, and uses both his own e-bike and bikeshare to get around the city. An advocate for housing, transportation, and urbanist causes, Mike has been an organizer in his neighborhood and a volunteer lead for YIMBY Action.
Have questions for Board Nominee Chen? Questions will be taken both before and during the event, and asked by a moderator. Sign-up here, and start thinking about what you’d like to learn!

Downtown First Thursdays
2024-07-04 17:00 - 22:00 | 1324 Adeline St, Oakland, CA 94607
A FREE street party bringing live music, all-ages activities, DJs, drag, outdoor bars, food trucks, and the biggest disco ball west of the Mississippi to 2nd Street is back on July 4. Tens of thousands of people attended the first two DFTs, and this holiday weekend is set to see big crowds fill the streets again.
The July 4 edition of DFT will feature Special Guest Performers Coco and Breezy, a Glow in the Dark Parade at 9:00pm, and a hot dog eating contest hosted by local drag legend Peaches Christ.

SFMTA Board of Directors Meeting
2024-07-16 13:00 - 16:00 | City Hall, 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
For this meeting, Board Members will vote on the West Portal Station Safety and Community Space Improvements Proposal. We’re encouraging our members and other street safety advocates to provide public comments urging the SFMTA board to approve staff’s initial proposals and more to support public transit speed, reliability, and safety. Read SFTR’s blog posts on the West Portal Station Safety and Community Space Improvements:

It’s time to improve West Portal Station by Dylan Fabris, SFTR Community and Policy Manager
Updates on the West Portal Station Safety and Community Space Improvements by Janelle Wong, Interim Executive Director

Sunday Streets: Excelsior
2024-07-21 11:00 - 16:00 | CA

Downtown First Thursdays
2024-08-01 17:00 - 22:00 | 2nd Street
A FREE street party bringing live music, all-ages activities, DJs, drag, outdoor bars, food trucks, and the biggest disco ball west of the Mississippi to 2nd Street is back on August 1. This past month saw unprecedented crowds pour into San Francisco’s Downtown for July 4, and August’s Downtown First Thursday is set to continue to grow the event into a must-attend celebration.
The August 1st edition of DFT will feature a DJ set by Special Guest Performer Vandelux as part of an Outside Lands Warm-Up presented by Another Planet Entertainment from 7-9pm on Howard and 2nd Street.
DFT is FREE with RSVP: Free tickets for August 1 available here.

Sunday Streets: Bayview
2024-08-04 12:00 - 17:00 | CA

ComMUNIty Transit Act Kickoff!
2024-08-22 18:30 - 20:30 | El Rio, 3158 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Let’s win in November! Come celebrate our qualification for the ballot at El Rio‘s back patio.
​More details to come. RSVP for updates!

Door Knocking for Prop L (Community Transit Act)
2024-08-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Duboce Avenue & Steiner Street
​Let’s canvass for Prop L! No experience or knowledge about the measure required. You’ll be trained at the start of the event, you’ll get a buddy to knock doors with, and you’ll have a script.
​This is the most important work to reach voters and win funding for Muni service in November. We need all the canvassers we can get!
​What to Bring

​Sunscreen
​Water
​Snack
​Comfortable clothes and shoes to walk in
​Your smartphone

​MiniVAN
​We’ll be using MiniVAN to see which doors to knock on and note whether we have their YES vote on Prop L. Download MiniVAN for iOS or Android now to save some time at the event.

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/

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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: 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.

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

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!
