San Francisco Transit Riders

Speak Up at MTC to Support a Regional Transit Measure!
2024-04-12 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Transit providers in the Bay Area have been hit hard by the pandemic and current funding levels are not sufficient, so the Voices for Public Transportation Coalition has been working tirelessly to pass a funding measure that would transform the Bay Area transportation system into one that is more stable, equitable, and user-friendly. SB 1031 (Wahab, Wiener) the authorizing legislation for this measure is going through the legislature this year with a focus on sustaining and improving transit service, advancing transit transformation through customer and service improvements, and with a minimum set-aside of $750 million a year. Now is the time to act, on April 12th The Metropolitan Transportation Commission will be having a legislative committee meeting on SB 1031, show your support by making a comment at this meeting.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Legislative Committee will discuss SB 1031 on Friday, April 12th. This MTC sponsored bill in its current form is great but we need it to go further. We must limit the expansion of highways, set aside a minimum of $750 million or 70 percent of revenues, and ensure that it is funded through progressive revenue mechanisms.
Can you give a brief public comment at the meeting to voice your support for SB 1031 and tell the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to prioritize transit!
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Sweet Treats with the 38
2024-04-07 13:00 - 16:00 | Happy Lemon, Salesforce Park and Transit Center, 425 Mission St Ste 105, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Join our FIRST event for Membership Month 2024! For this event, we’re hopping on the 38 Geary, and enjoying all the sweet treats along this Muni route. We’ll be treating ourselves to boba, mochi, ice cream, pastries, and other sweet treats as we celebrate our awesome members. SFTR will be providing light snacks at Uji Time Desserts and Cherry Blossom Bakery to members. Members are encouraged to purchase drinks and additional snacks at all locations.
Can’t make it for the whole route? Don’t worry, meet us at any of the following locations:

1:00 pm: Happy Lemon at the Salesforce Park and Transit Center
1:45 pm: Uji Time Dessert and other treats at the Japantown Peace Plaza
3:00 pm: Cherry Blossom Bakery in the Inner Richmond
3:45 pm: Joe’s Ice Cream in the Outer Richmond

*Please note that the following times are estimates only, please follow us on social media to see our real-time updates.
If you’re not a member yet, it’s not too late to join the festivities! Become a member at sftransitriders.org/donate, and join us for Membership Month!

SFMTA Board of Directors: Hearing on Operating Revenue Proposals
2024-03-05 13:00 - 17:00 | City Hall, 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
This will be one of the final opportunities to provide public comment on the state of the budget. Join at the following location:
City Hall, Floor 4, Room 400
(Note as of the start of this year, SFMTA no longer accepts remote public comment except for people with disabilities that prevent them from attending in person)

SFMTA’s FY 2024-2025 and FY 2025-2026 Budget Listening Session (In-person Open House)
2024-03-02 11:30 - 13:30 | Richmond/Senator Milton Marks Branch Library, 350 9th Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94118, United States
Learn about the SFMTA’s budget plans. Ask questions, make suggestions.
The SFMTA provides San Francisco with Muni (public transit) and paratransit service, creates safe transportation options for people walking, biking and scooting, oversees taxis and parking, and ensures the smooth flow of traffic. We connect people with their community to enhance the economy, environment and quality of life.
Over the next few months, we will be developing our fiscal year 2024-2025 and 2025–2026 budget. We’ll need to make important decisions about the programs and services we offer as well as what we charge for them.
Please join this listening session on Saturday, March 2, from 11:30 pm – 1:30 pm at the San Francisco Public Library’s Richmond Meeting Room (350 9th Avenue) to learn about the SFMTA’s financial situation. This includes our draft budget proposal to consider new revenue options and potential fare increases that would help avoid service changes and cuts to programs and services. We’d like to hear your questions, concerns and suggestions.
If you cannot join this in-person meeting, we will also be hosting a virtual Budget Listening Session on Zoom on February 22, from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Both the in-person and virtual sessions are fully open to the public.
If you are unable to attend any of our meetings, we still encourage you to reach out to us at Budget@SFMTA.com or (415) 646-2299 to voice your questions and suggestions.

SFMTA’s FY 2024-2025 and FY 2025-2026 Budget Listening Session (Virtual Meeting via Zoom)
2024-02-22 17:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Learn about the SFMTA’s budget plans. Ask questions, make suggestions.
The SFMTA provides San Francisco with Muni (public transit) and paratransit service, creates safe transportation options for people walking, biking and scooting, oversees taxis and parking, and ensures the smooth flow of traffic. We connect people with their community to enhance the economy, environment and quality of life.
Over the next few months, we will be developing our fiscal year 2024-2025 and 2025–2026 budget. We’ll need to make important decisions about the programs and services we offer as well as what we charge for them.
Please join this virtual Budget Listening Session on Zoom on February 22, from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm to learn about the SFMTA’s financial situation. This includes our draft budget proposal to consider new revenue options and potential fare increases that would help avoid service changes and cuts to programs and services. We’d like to hear your questions, concerns and suggestions.
If you cannot join the virtual meeting, we will also be hosting an in-person listening session on Saturday, March 2, from 11:30 pm – 1:30 pm at the San Francisco Public Library’s Richmond Meeting Room (350 9th Avenue). Both the in-person and virtual sessions are fully open to the public.
If you are unable to attend any of our meetings, we still encourage you to reach out to us at Budget@SFMTA.com or (415) 646-2299 to voice your questions and suggestions.

Release of Transit Justice Coalition Policy Report
2024-02-04
Let’s get on board for Transit Equity Day! This national day of organizing and mobilization brings together unions, transit rider organizers, and climate and environmental justice groups to act as one voice around February 4, Rosa Park’s birthday, and to declare transit equity as a civil right.
This year, we are joining the Labor Network for Sustainability and the National Campaign for Transit Justice to drive an urgent narrative: Our public transportation systems should be measured by how well they service riders.

Over the course of 2023, San Francisco Transit Riders (SFTR) has worked with partners and advocates all across the city to create a report highlighting the changes needed to transform San Francisco’s transit network into the equitable and rider-focused system that San Franciscans want and deserve.
Through the SFTR-led Transit Justice Coalition, we conducted months of outreach and collaboration with organizations comprising a vast array of expertise, including transportation, housing, labor, climate, affordability, accessibility, and neighborhood needs. Through that outreach we identified several of the changes needed to transform our transit network into a more equitable and rider-focused system. The report will lift some of those necessary changes, as well as present solutions as a vision for what a fully-funded and equity-focused transit system could look like.
Sign up to receive updates on the report, which we plan to release on February 4th in honor of Transit Equity Day.
[UPDATE] Click here to read the full report: https://sftransitriders.org/transit-justice-coalition/

General Membership Meeting
2024-01-24 18:00 - 20:00 | LGBT Center, 1800 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Do you have ideas for transit advocacy in 2024? Well, we want to hear them! Join your fellow San Francisco Transit Riders members, staff, and our Board of Directors in our first General Membership Meeting of the new year. Here, you’ll be able to participate in strategic updates, brainstorming, and learn about more opportunities to get involved.

Meet the SFMTA Board Member: Janet Tarlov
2024-01-18 17:30 - 19:00 | Zoom

SFTR Holiday Social
2024-01-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Toy Soldier
Celebrate a great year with SFTR! Join us for this members-only event, where you’ll be able to meet new friends, catch up with old ones, and talk to other public transit advocates like you! This is a great opportunity to mix and mingle with other SFTR members, through some fun games and trivia.

End-of-the-Year Giving Campaign
2023-12-04 - 2024-01-15
Supporting SFTR ensures that riders, particularly those living in neighborhoods that have often been excluded from transit planning and investment, will be front and center in the fight to fund Muni, restore service and create a more equitable, sustainable San Francisco.
Give today to make sure all riders are heard, and crucial transit funding is won, in 2024.
SFTR will continue to engage with riders across the city to ensure riders are front and center when it comes to transit decision-making in a way that builds trust and accountability for SFMTA and other government entities. In addition, our transit planning, funding and regional policy working groups ensure our actions center the needs of riders. This year, we released our Strategic Plan, setting the path and direction for our work through 2025.

Show your support for the J Church Safety and Accessibility Project
2023-10-17 13:00 - 17:00 | City Hall, 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
At the SFMTA Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday, October 17, the SFMTA will present a proposal that aims to help improve safety for people walking and driving, and increase accessibility at Muni stops along the J Church on San Jose Avenue from Ocean Avenue to Cotter Street in the Mission Terrace neighborhood.
This proposal includes improvements such as transit lanes, widening boarding islands, daylighting, wheelchair-accessible transit stops, rapid flashing beacons, and pedestrian bulbs to shorten crossing distances. All of which will help improve transit and safety for people walking in the neighborhood.
To voice your support, attend the meeting at City Hall, call in, or email your comments to MTABoard@SFMTA.com.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rider Recharge Station
2023-09-28 07:00 - 17:00, 2023-09-25 07:00 - 17:00 | 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.

San Jose Transit Happy Hour: Transit Stops Drunk Driving
2023-09-28 05:30 - 19:30 | 87 N San Pedro St, San Jose, CA 95110
Come join fellow transit supporters in Santa Clara county for a drink and discussion of how transit can reduce drunk driving, save lives, and allow people to get out into their communities to more safely enjoy themselves.
Each year, tens of thousands of people across Santa Clara County drive drunk, risking their lives and posing a major risk to everyone in the community. Nearly 100,000 Californians are arrested each year for drunk driving, others are hit with massive fines. Drunk driving persists, but elected officials have another tool they can use to stop drunk driving: better transit service.
Come join fellow transit supporters to raise a glass together at one of the most transit-accessible places in San Jose, San Pedro Square.

SJSU Transit Ride-Along
2023-09-27 16:00 - 19:00 | Start at San Jose City Hall- End at Overfelt Gardens, 200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA, 95113, United States
Route:

Meet outside Student Union near TS office
Board bus 22 at 7th & Santa Clara (9 min walk)
Deboard at King & Chaucer (17 min ride)
Walk to Emma Prusch Park (1 min walk)

Activities:

Transit Trivia- giveaways for winner
Raffle giveaway- for event attendance
Lunch
Talk/tour from Veggielution

Transit Tabling at the Salesforce Transit Park
2023-09-27 11:30 - 14:00 | Salesforce Transit Park, 425 Mission St., San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Join current and future operators, and other public transportation orgs for a tabling event. Enjoy Salesforce Transit Park’s Mid-Day Music free park programming, and drinks from rooftop park tenant Barebottle Brewing Co.

Invest in Transit Accessibility
2023-09-27 10:00 - 11:00 | Market & 5th, CA, United States
Underinvestment in transit too often leaves people with disabilities and seniors out in the cold. Access to transit is a fundamental human right, but when our transit agencies are starved by lack of local, state and federal investments they too often are forced to cut back on vital services. California needs to support transit so that our transit systems work for everyone, every single day. Join us at Powell BART/Muni station for a series of talks from community leaders about the importance of investing in transit accessibility so that our elevators and escalators work and so everyone can get where they are going.

Freedom to Ride: Transit and the Justice System
2023-09-26 10:00 - 11:00 | 1324 Adeline St, Oakland, CA 94607
Join community groups, elected officials, and transit experts as they discuss the impact of the car-centric system on marginalized communities, the connection between reliable transit and reducing incarceration rates. Come learn how increasing government support for comprehensive transit options can make our community safe for all.

Speakers include:
Jovanka Beckles, AC Transit
George Galvis, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ)
McArthur Hoang, Asian Prisoner Support Committee
Carter Lavin, Transbay Coalition
James Burch, Anti Police-Terror Project

Transit Month Labor Tour
2023-09-25 18:00 | San Francisco Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Join the Democratic Socialists of America – San Francisco Chapter on a waterfront San Francisco labor tour! We will learn about the history of the labor movement in San Francisco and the connections between labor and transit. The tour should last about an hour, and we’ll see several historic sites along the SF waterfront area related to labor history.

Transit Month Hike: Joaquin Miller Park
2023-09-24 11:00 - 17:00 | 13th Street & Broadway – AC Transit 33 stop 1325 Broadway Oakland, CA 94612
Come join for a hike in Joaquin Miller Park! This moderate hike (87 on the Shenandoah Hiking Difficulty index) takes us into the valley of Joaquin Miller Park deep in its redwoods. All of this is a short walk from Montclair, Oakland’s streetcar neighborhood of the hills.
Meet at the 13th & Broadway bus shelter for the AC Transit 33 bus at 11:00am. We’ll catch the bus that leaves at 11:17am.
Special guest: Oakland Councilmember Carroll Fife
4.5mi total:

0.7mi to the trail
3.1mi on trail
0.7mi from the trail

860 ft cumulative elevation gain.
RSVPs not required, but greatly appreciated

Bus/Bike to Pacific Coast Fog Fest
2023-09-24 10:00 - 18:00, 2023-09-23 10:00 - 18:00 | Palmetto Avenue Pacifica
Ride Public Transit on BART|Muni->SamTrans. Take your bike and secure it at Pacifica Park, Beach & Rec Bike Corral. Visit the Public Transit Booth at the Fog Fest to learn how to be involved in Improving Bay Area Public Transit (promoting support for transit non-profits: Seamless, SF Transit Riders) and become a transit activist for the coastside. Or just take a short stroll to the beach to look for whales or watch the great seabirds migrating south against an autumn dappled sky.

ECR Bus and Bike Priority
2023-09-24 10:00 - 15:00
Tour of Sites on El Camino Real with plans for bike and bus treatments concluding at a poster session with corridor overview.

Muni Heritage Weekend 2023
2023-09-23 10:00 - 2023-09-24 16:00 | San Francisco Railway Museum, 77 Steuart Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Step into the past for free rides aboard unique vintage transit vehicles rarely seen on the modern streets of San Francisco. The festivities will unfold near the San Francisco Railway Museum, conveniently located near the Ferry Building and Embarcadero Plaza. All vintage buses and special excursion streetcars depart for round trip rides from the plaza directly across from the museum.

All Aboard, Peninsula!
2023-09-23 10:00 - 14:00 | Menlo Park / San Mateo / San Francisco
Join us on Saturday, September 23rd for All Aboard, Peninsula! and experience how riding climate-friendly transit can be sustainable and fun. We’ll start in Menlo Park on the Library Lawn with storytime, before riding Caltrain up to San Mateo, where attendees can disembark for activities and refreshments on B Street, the vibrant pedestrian mall in downtown. The adventure ends in San Francisco, where attendees can tour Caltrain’s electric trains that are planned to be in operation next year; for more info on Caltrain’s Electric Train Tour, visit the Caltrain event page. Organized by 350 Silicon Valley and other community partners.
