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SF mayor appoints new transit agency director to tackle Muni challenges
Mayor London Breed announced Wednesday morning that Jeffrey Tumlin has been selected to lead the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency after a months-long search for a new director of...Read More
Updated SF proposition results show potential for shift on two measures
San Francisco voters were asked to consider six propositions Tuesday. How ballots were cast have a direct impact on The City’s affordable housing, services for disabled and aging residents,...Read More
Transit agency approves pilot contracts to test electric buses
Electric buses will soon be put to the test on San Francisco city streets as part of an effort to implement an all-electric fleet by 2035. The San Francisco...Read More
SF district attorney, District 5 supe races neck and neck
Chesa Boudin looks like he’s celebrating Tuesday. Although San Francisco’s progressive candidate for district attorney is leading with less than 2,000 votes, he is so far beating out mayor-appointed...Read More
Transit board chair wants to speed up Better Market Street Project
San Francisco’s Market Street is about to undergo dramatic changes. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors Tuesday unanimously approved the Better Market Street Project that will...Read More
Veteran cable car operator wins eighth bell ringing championship
San Francisco cable car operator Byron Cobb still has the magic hands. As tourists passed through Union Square and in front of past champions, Cobb won his eighth championship...Read More
Operator killed in line of duty to be remembered with cable car dedication
A Muni cable car operator who died in the line of duty in 2016 will be honored with a cable car dedicated to his memory. Reynaldo V. Morante was...Read More
Agency approves one-block extension of 4th Street transit-only lane
Muni’s trip down 4th Street will soon take less time with a one-block extension of a transit-only lane between Market and Mission streets. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency...Read More
Update: Construction crew causes power outage affecting 22,000 in SF
A large power outage in San Francisco on Friday morning, affecting more than 22,000 customers, was triggered when a construction crew hit an underground power line. The construction company,...Read More
Major medical emergency shuts down BART Powell Street station
A “major medical emergency” has been reported Thursday afternoon at BART’s Powell Street station in San Francisco, according to the transit agency. Around 2 p.m., a person was reported...Read More
Inner Sunset project completion increases safety above and underground
As N-Judah trains zoomed by Irving Street at 8th Avenue Wednesday morning, San Francisco city officials celebrated completion of nearby pedestrian and Muni improvements two years in the making....Read More
Central Subway three years behind, budget runs over by $55 million
The completion timeline for the $1.6 billion Central Subway Project has been pushed out yet again.Read More
City offers multiple ways to Chase Center without a car
With less than 24 hours to go before the Chase Center’s debut concert, San Francisco transit officials want to remind event-goers that public transit is the best way to...Read More
BART continues paper ticket phaseout at Powell Street station
Starting Tuesday, BART’s Powell Street station in San Francisco became the latest site in the transit system to phase out the sale of paper tickets. Clipper cards are the...Read More
Officials advise public to avoid Market Street fire area
A fire was reported Tuesday morning at a building along San Francisco’s Market Street, fire officials said. The fire was reported at 9:17 a.m. at 1019 Market St., the...Read More
Rose Pak Chinatown station wins the naming fight, for now
“I don’t think divisiveness is disqualifying from civic recognition. If that were the standard, we’d have to tear down half of the street signs in San Francisco.”Read More
Muni resumes regular service after mechanical issue delay
A mechanical issue at Civic Center station caused delays Monday morning along several San Francisco Municipal Railway lines. Muni officials initially reported a mechanical problem with an outbound light-rail...Read More
Folsom Street partially closes, transit routes detour for Sunday Streets
A reminder that a portion of Folsom Street will be closed to motor traffic for a Sunday Streets SoMa event from 10 a.m. to 4:30 Sunday has been issued...Read More
City adds crossing guards, urges driver safety as school year begins
San Francisco welcomes the beginning of the new school year with 15 additional crossing guards. Mayor London Breed and city transit officials announced the new hires at Marina Middle...Read More
People protest Rose Pak station name ahead of next vote
San Francisco transit officials will meet again Tuesday to debate and vote on what to call the new Central Subway station currently being built in Chinatown. Board members and...Read More