What is Transit Month?
Over the years through Transit Month (and formerly Transit Day and Transit Week), SFTR, Seamless, and other transit-focused agencies and organizations have reached hundreds of riders through events held across the city. SFTR has spoken directly to those who need and take the train at our Transit Hubs, and there have been in-depth panel discussions around safety on transit and the role of public transit in addressing climate change. Riders logged almost 3,000 transit trips in our Ride Contest in 2022, covering every transit agency in the Bay Area. Over the years during Transit Month, we’ve boarded and chatted with CEOs of agencies, we’ve ridden the train with Supervisors, we’ve seen new parts of town from the bus window and explored the Bay Area, and we’ve raised awareness about the importance of keeping our city moving through transit.
It is more important than ever before that we show our elected leaders how important transit is to our city, and that we need to continue funding it. Let’s prove that to them this Transit Month by getting out and taking transit!
Events for Transit Month 2024:
Register for this year’s events by clicking below or visiting lu.ma/transitmonth2024
Ride Transit! Win Prizes! The Ride Contest is part of Transit Month!
Every ride you take on public transit run by a Bay Area transit agency is another entry into our Transit Month raffle. Track your rides to earn badges, win prizes, compete against friends, and show your love for transit!
This year there are more ways to win prizes. Some prizes require taking the most rides, but for others, each logged ride will enter your name into a raffle.
Have questions about the Ride Contest? Want to get started but don’t know how? See all FAQs here!
Sign up and log rides at ridecontest.com
Transit Month is proudly hosted by
Our Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor:
MTC helps the Bay Area’s nearly eight million residents — and countless visitors — get around.
Hosting Sponsors:
Premier Sponsors:
Transit Sponsors:
Transit Allies:
Transit Month is generously sponsored by our partners: Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Chase Center/Golden State Warriors, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA), Nikoniko Gifts.
What the press said:
Media inquiries and interview requests can be sent to both info@sftransitriders.org and info@seamlessbayarea.org.
2023 Coverage
- BART looks to regain some of its ridership as Transit Month kicks off (CBS Bay Area)
- Transit Month Event: Disability Access is for Everyone (Streetsblog)
- Celebrating Transit Month (SFCTA)
2022 Coverage
- Transit Advocates Celebrate Muni, Flaws and All (Public Press)
- SF Leaders Mark Transit Month by Riding Muni (SF Chronicle)
- Transit Month Begins (Streetsblog)
- East Bay’s Transit Month (Streetsblog)
- Rider First Awards (Streetsblog)
- Transit Month celebration doubles as call for better service, funding (SF Bay)
- Transit Month Set for September (Streetsblog)
Contact us
San Francisco Transit Riders
P.O. Box 193341, San Francisco, CA 94119
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