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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...
Muni services for recovery

Muni services for recovery

Muni Service for the Recovery We’re very excited to see so much good progress made in dealing with COVID. Infection rates are down. The rate of vaccination is up. As of this writing, 27% of San Francisco’s population has gotten the first dose of the vaccination — keep...

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Regional Transit and Equity in the Bay Area

Regional Transit and Equity in the Bay Area

Regional Transit and Equity in the Bay Area There is a scene in the movie John Wick where the gangster kingpin explains to his son who John Wick is and says, “The bodies he buried that day laid the foundation of what we are now.” As we think about the history of...

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Bringing Back Muni in 2021

Bringing Back Muni in 2021

Bringing Back Muni in 2021 The historic funding crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, on top of an ongoing structural deficit, means a tough route aheadPlanning for the Unplannable How do we plan for the unplannable future of public transit? We don’t know what...

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