San Francisco Transit Riders

2022 Muni Service Plan
2021-09-14 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
SFMTA has a structural deficit, which grows year after year as revenue sources just don’t keep up with expenses (like cost-of-living for bus operators and maintenance workers). Before the pandemic, Muni was only delivering about 92% of promised service hours – which riders experience as missing busses, unreliable transfers, crowded vehicles, and ever longer travel times.
As SFMTA absorbs federal relief funding to keep operating and roll out more coverage around the city, the agency is figuring out how to allocate resources that continue to be insufficient as revenue (from rider fares, sales taxes, and parking) stays low. The agency is looking at three possible paths forward: a high-frequency network that would sacrifice some parallel service; a return to the pre-pandemic map; or a hybrid of the two.
Come hear directly from Director of Transportation Jeff Tumlin and his planning staff about these scenarios in depth, what the trade-offs are, and what future each might build for Muni service. Bring your questions!

Turn Up For Transit
2021-09-13 18:00 - 19:00
Come learn about the importance of transit in our community and the state of transit in the pandemic at this online workshop hosted by Voices for Public Transportation.

Turn Up for Transit with VPT

East Bay Transit Month Kickoff Rally
2021-09-10 09:00 - 22:00
Join other transit riders, advocates, and elected officials for an East Bay kick-off event to celebrate Transit Month 2021!

Transit supporters will be coming together in Latham Square in Oakland at 9am to:

Show our support for public transit for its vital role for our communities
Thank operators and employees for their tireless work
Call everyone to use transit more
Support the post-pandemic restoration and further expansion of transit, including redesigning our streets to prioritize transit.

Riders, advocates and elected officials will be speaking about the importance of service restoration and transit priority. Masks will be required for this event in Latham Square, Oakland, one block from 12th St. Oakland City Center BART Station (14th St. exit).
Hosted by East Bay Transit Riders Union with Seamless Bay Area, Genesis, and SPUR Oakland.

East Bay Transit Month Kickoff Rally

Ride-Along and Rally for Transit at City Hall!
2021-09-08 08:00 - 10:00
Meet up with us and your district supervisor and ride Muni to City Hall together! This is a great opportunity to meet your supervisor and let them know how important public transit is to you. We have the locations below, all meeting at 8:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Please sign up so we know to expect you!
Geary/Masonic (38R Geary)Mason/Greenwich (Cable Car)9th Ave/Irving (N Judah)Divisadero / Eddy (31 Balboa – 8:15 a.m.)West Portal Station (Muni Metro)24th Street / Church (J Church to Muni Metro)30th Street / Mission (49 Van Ness)3rd Street / Palou (15 Express)

Let Us Know You'll Be There

Can’t make the ride-along? Be at City Hall by 8:30 a.m. to rally with us for the public transit future we need!
Let’s come together as a city to put transit first. We need transit priority on our streets, we need transit service that connects us all, and we need to build support to fund the future of transit!

Speed up the T Third: Permanent Transit-Only Lane on 4th Street Bridge
2021-09-07 14:00 - 16:00
The SFMTA Board of Directors will vote to approve or reject permanent transit-only lanes on the 4th Street Bridge, a major bottleneck for the T Third light rail.
Currently, Muni tracks share the northbound lane and one of the southbound lanes with all other vehicles, meaning the T Third often gets stuck in traffic, causing delays and bunching throughout the entire line. This legislation would add transit-only lanes and remove a left turn for cars going northbound.

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Transit Month Kick-Off!
2021-09-01
Let’s launch our 2021 Transit Month with a blast!
We’ll be celebrating the start of Transit Month at five transit stops across San Francisco. Come say hi to SF Transit Riders staff and volunteers and pick up free Transit Month swag.
Share pictures of your transit rides – use hashtags #TransitMonth, #RebuildMuni, and tag @SFTRU to let folks know you think transit is important.
Help us tell the story of all the people who love transit, who depend on transit, and who want to see San Francisco and the Bay Area build the transit future we need!

Geary Transit Lanes
2021-07-20 14:00 - 16:00
The SFMTA Board of Directors will vote on whether to make transit-only lanes on Geary Boulevard permanent. These temporary lanes were put in as a response to the pandemic, to protect people making essential trips on Muni from being stuck in traffic. We need these transit-only lanes to be permanent, to continue to make Muni service faster and more reliable for all riders!
You can call in and make your voice heard:SFMTA Board Meeting – Geary Transit-only LanesTuesday 7/20 – Meeting starts at 1pmCall in number: (888) 808-6929Enter the code 9961164# to give public comment
Note: The SFMTA Board of Directors Meeting starts at 1pm. We expect this item to be discussed closer to 2pm. For live updates, please sign up & we will notify you when to call in.

Community Meeting: 4th Street Bridge Transit Lanes
2021-07-15 17:00 - 18:00
SFMTA installed temporary emergency transit lanes on the 4th Street bridge in February this year to assist the T Third. Results showed that the project improved travel times on the T Third, without slowing down traffic.
Now SFMTA is considering making these changes permanent, based on both community input and our technical evaluation. Join SFTR to speak up in support of making these improvements permanent! Talking points.
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Weigh In On Congestion Pricing
2021-07-14 17:30 - 18:30
Congestion pricing involves charging drivers a fee to drive into congested areas of northeast San Francisco during peak hours.
Public input is a crucial part of the study process. The Transportation Authority has updated the study’s policy proposals based on technical analysis and public feedback. Join project staff to learn more and share feedback on these updated proposals, including: boundaries for congestion pricing; price, discounts, and exemptions; implementation timing, and more.
This presentation is part of SFCTA’s ongoing public outreach, and will feature new information not covered in past presentations to SFTR or other stakeholders.
This event is free and open to all SFTR members. Want to participate? Join San Francisco Transit Riders today by selecting ‘become a member’ during checkout.

Speak Up: Make Mission St. Transit Lanes Permanent From 3rd-11th Streets
2021-06-15 13:00 - 15:00

San Francisco and the Future of Regional Transit
2021-06-10 17:30 - 18:30
Join us for a conversation with MTC Commissioner Nick Josefowitz and SFCTA Executive Director Tilly Chang on the future of regional transit in the Bay Area.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission is responsible for planning, financing and coordinating transportation for 27 different transit agencies around the Bay Area, including Muni and BART here in San Francisco. Come learn from two experts on how regional transit decisions are made and how San Franciscans can make sure their voices are heard.
About the panelists:
Tilly Chang serves as Executive Director of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority. The Transportation Authority’s mission is to make travel safer, healthier, and easier for all. Ms. Chang was named 2019 Woman of the Year by the San Francisco chapter of WTS and in 2015 the San Francisco Business Times named her one of the Bay Area’s Most Influential Women.
Nick Josefowitz is currently the Chief Policy Officer at SPUR. Nick manages SPUR’s policy team, responsible for developing and advancing powerful policy ideas across sustainability, resilience, housing and transportation in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and across the Bay Area.

Speak Up For Transit Recovery at MTC
2021-06-09 14:30 - 16:00

SFTR Member and Board Happy Hour
2021-04-28 17:30 - 18:30
Join us for this *virtual* happy hour to meet other SFTR members and our Board of Directors.
Learn more about our mission, and get to know the passionate, fun folks behind the scene who volunteer their time to keep us going and growing.
This event is open to all current SFTR members. To become a member or renew your membership, select ‘become a member’ at checkout.

Telling the Story of Self, Us and Now
2021-04-22 17:30 - 19:00
Storytelling is one of the most powerful tools we can use to grow our movements. Based on the Public Narrative concept created by Marshall Ganz, this training will help you motivate others to join you in action by communicating your values, goals and actions through a framework of self, us, and now. While it will focus on transit advocacy, it is applicable to all organizing endeavors.
This training is open to the public and free for San Francisco Transit Riders’ members. If you are not a member or need to renew your membership, select ‘become a member’ below.

Members’ Regional Policy Working Group
2021-04-20 18:00 - 19:00

Transit Priority Lanes Public Hearing (1 California, 28 19th Ave)
2021-04-20 13:00 - 15:00
On April 20th, the SFMTA Board of Directors is voting on two Temporary Emergency Transit Lanes projects.

Temporary high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes on Park Presidio and Lombard along the 28 route. This is an innovative partnership with Caltrans to provide transit priority on our city streets that also happen to be state highways. The current proposal allows private vehicles with two or more occupants to use these lanes, which will likely help but doesn’t go far enough. Given that will allow ride hails (which cause much of our traffic) to use them, we are asking for a minimum of 3 occupants in private vehicles.
Temporary Emergency Transit Lanes on the 1 California. Based on community outreach, these lanes have been adjusted in terms of what hours they’re enforced. We think this is an important start but want to see a fuller project as downtown traffic returns.

We need your support for these transit priority projects!
Sign up below so we can coordinate with full instructions, talking points, and timing. The meeting begins at 1:00pm. We don’t know what time these items will come up, but will be watching and can let you know.

Can’t make the meeting? Send your comments to TellMuni@SFMTA.com and cc: zack@sftransitriders.org.

SFTR Membership Summit
2021-04-14 17:30 - 19:30
Join us for our first ever Membership Summit. We’ll provide an overview of what we’re working on – what’s happening with federal transit funding and infrastructure, what are our local transit funding opportunities, what’s happening with Temporary Emergency Transit Lanes and our 30×30 vision, how we’re targeting our community organizing efforts, and how it all fits together for making the change we need
This is a chance to ask all your questions, give our team your suggestions and feedback, and see how else you might get involved. This a great chance to meet other transit advocates and check in about our goals and efforts.
This meeting is for current San Francisco Transit Riders members only.
If you are not a member or need to renew your membership, select ‘become a member’ at checkout. Questions? Email membership@sftransitriders.org

Members’ Regional Working Group
2021-04-06 18:00 - 19:00
Help define San Francisco Transit Riders’ regional agenda. The goal of this group is to raise the voice of riders in San Francisco at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission: How can we allocate regional funds to best serve riders? What are our priorities around regional fare and service integration? How do we address uneven ridership and representation across the region?

30 x 30 in the Post-COVID World
2021-03-31 17:30 - 19:00

Members' Local Funding Working Group
2021-03-25 18:30 - 19:30
By 2025 SFMTA will be almost half a billion dollars in debt. Over 40 lines have been indefinitely suspended and there is no budget to bring them back. It looks increasingly likely that San Francisco will move forward with a major transportation funding measure in 2022. This working group will be examining potential funding sources and building the political will to win at the ballot.

Members' Regional Policy Working Group
2021-03-23 18:00 - 19:00
