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Trump won. Prop L lost. Now what?

By Dylan Fabris, SFTR Community and Policy Manager By now, we’ve all seen the outcome of the election last month. Donald Trump is once again our...

How to make the SFMTA more efficient — Muni Funding Working Group reflections

By Dylan Fabris, SFTR Community and Policy Manager This is Part One in a series of posts reflecting on the San Francisco Controller’s Office’s Muni...

Ride the Vote: San Francisco Transit Riders’ November 2024 Endorsements

By Dylan Fabris, SFTR Community and Policy Manager San Francisco Transit Riders (SFTR) is excited to share our November 2024 ballot measure...

Celebrating the SFMTA (even when others won’t)

By Dylan Fabris, SFTR Community and Policy Manager For better or worse, 2024 is an election year, and as we get closer to November a few powerful...

Updates on the West Portal Station Safety and Community Space Improvements

By Janelle Wong, SFTR Interim Director The Welcoming West Portal Committee has had 2 of 3 scheduled meetings, with its final meeting scheduled for...

A Message from our Community Organizer, Nick Levi

Hi SFTR Members & the Transit Community, It’s with a mix of emotions that I’ll be stepping down as SF Transit Riders’ Community Organizer. It’s...

It’s time to improve West Portal Station

By Dylan Fabris, SFTR Community and Policy Manager On March 18th, San Franciscans came together to mourn the loss of a family in West Portal, where...

Transition Message from our Executive Director, Vinita Goyal

Dear SFTR Community, I am writing to share with you that after two and a half years of serving as Executive Director at San Francisco Transit...

SFTR’s letter to SFMTA: Prioritize Public Transit in the Upcoming Budget

The following message was sent from San Francisco Transit Riders (SFTR) to the SFMTA Board of Directors on Monday, January 15, 2024 ahead of the...

A message from Cyrus Hall: Recent Transit Updates

*Below is an update of recent transit news from Cyrus Hall, who leads SFTR’s Local Funding Working Group, sent in early December. First, the...
How we’re approaching SFMTA’s 2022 service plans

How we’re approaching SFMTA’s 2022 service plans

Later this month, SFMTA will present three scenarios for 2022 Muni service: a return to the Familiar Network that would restore suspended routes but reduce frequency on core routes, a Frequent Network that would increase frequency along major corridors but leave many...

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The Service Transit Riders Need

The Service Transit Riders Need

As we fight for the return of Muni service, we are checking in with riders to hear directly about their needs. And as Muni ridership approaches 50% of pre-pandemic levels, understanding what routes people have relied on this past year and which ones they need back is...

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Our First Member Summit

Our First Member Summit

Members are the lifeblood of San Francisco Transit Riders. They give us the political power to make change at city hall, they help us educate and engage other riders, and they help shape and lead our transit-first agenda. While we’ve grown a lot since our...

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30×30: A Rider’s Network

30×30: A Rider’s Network

30x30: A Rider’s Network   Vaccinations are rolling out and President Biden has signed a massive relief bill that includes $30B to save public transit from disappearing. After a long and difficult year we can start to see the outlines of the future we want to build —...

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