Share Your Love for Potrero Yard This Valentine’s Day
Share Your Love for Potrero Yard This Valentine’s Day By Caroline Cabral Muni's beloved Potrero Yard is closing after 111 years so that we can prepare for what comes next. This Valentine’s Day, we are saying a sweet goodbye as the final buses pull in to the yard. We hope you’ll join us! Learn the details of our lovely send-off – and which routes have called Potrero home for decades. Potrero Yard before sunrise – a beautiful sight! Cheer on Potrero buses at their final “pull-ins” Kick off your Valentine's Day by welcoming our buses ho…
Calling All Artists! Join Our Ride Muni to School Art Contest
Calling All Artists! Join Our Ride Muni to School Art Contest By Lauren Hiller We’re hosting fun programming all week to help students get around on Muni. From Feb. 2-6, 2026, we’re celebrating Ride Muni to School Week, our annual citywide event that promotes Muni as a safe, fun and accessible way for students to get to school. Every year, we host fun and engaging programming to celebrate and encourage students to take Muni to school, extracurriculars or to just get around. This year, we’ll be popping up at schools across San Francisco with …
Keeping Muni Rides Reliable: Celebrating Our Fix It! Programs
Keeping Muni Rides Reliable: Celebrating Our Fix It! Programs By Sevilla Mann SFMTA rail crew working on Muni Metro tracks during Fix It! Week. Our maintenance teams work hard all year long to make Muni safer and more reliable for our more than 500,000 daily riders. We are proud to look back on the projects they completed through 2025 Fix It! Week and Fix It! Weekend programs. During these events, Muni Metro shuts down early so crews can complete work that isn’t possible during regular service. This makes it safe for crews to access tunnels,…
Keeping San Francisco Moving in Challenging Times
Keeping San Francisco Moving in Challenging Times By Glennis Markison Our teams worked around the clock to keep San Francisco moving during the widespread power outage. When a third of the city lost power this weekend, teams across the SFMTA moved quickly and decisively to support local communities. We are really proud of the work they did to keep Muni running and city streets safe. Together, our staff made it possible for people to get food, batteries and other critical supplies. They helped residents reach family and friends in need. We ar…
Supporting Entertainment Venues with New Self-Post Sign Program
Supporting Entertainment Venues with New Self-Post Sign Program By Pamela Johnson Learn how a new sign program gives local venues more flexibility for every event they run. We are thrilled to support local arts and culture venues with our new citywide Entertainment Venue Self-Post Program. This program makes it easier for venues to reserve curb space so they can quickly load and unload equipment for events. Now, entertainment venues can print and post their own official “Temporary Tow-Away No Stopping” signs. This will help music venues that…
Thank You, Operator! Muni’s Operator of the Month Award Turns 75
Thank You, Operator! Muni’s Operator of the Month Award Turns 75 By Jeremy Menzies As we approach Thanksgiving and reflect on things to be thankful for, SFMTA employees rise high on that list. Seventy-five years ago, Muni launched the “Operator of the Month” Award to honor excellent drivers. This recognition continues today as one way of saying “Thank You” to those who keep our city moving. A long tradition Recognizing employee excellence predates the Operator of the Month award. One of the earliest printed records showing commendations for …
Join Us for Merry Muni Skate Night and More This Season
Join Us for Merry Muni Skate Night and More This Season By Danbee Song Union Square Holiday Ice Rink during a winter community event. We hope you’ll join us for our Merry Muni Skate Night on Dec. 3 and other festive events this holiday season. These special events are part of our Merry Days of Muni campaign, designed to bring our riders a little extra joy over the holidays. The campaign highlights the many ways Muni connects people to the places and traditions they love during the holidays. Riders will see festive bus wraps across the city, …
We Want to Hear Your Transportation Priorities: New Survey and Budget Planning Update
We Want to Hear Your Transportation Priorities: New Survey and Budget Planning Update By Caroline Cabral Our budget planning process is underway, and Muni is approaching the largest budget crisis transit has ever faced. We’re not alone – transit systems across the country are grappling with impending fiscal cliffs. As we work to make our services and spending more efficient, and identify funding to bridge Muni’s budget gap, we want to hear from local communities about their transportation priorities. This will help us understand which servic…
Happy Birthday, Bayview Shuttle: Join Us to Celebrate!
Happy Birthday, Bayview Shuttle: Join Us to Celebrate! By Javaun Garcia The Bayview Shuttle has helped people get around their neighborhood and beyond since last year. On November 12, the Bayview Shuttle will celebrate its first birthday, and we invite you to join us in marking the occasion! This milestone would not have been possible without the collaboration of Bayview-Hunter's Point organizations and residents. The Bayview Shuttle helps people in the neighborhood get around more easily by connecting with Muni and BART. It strengthens …
Parking Management Meets Breast Cancer Awareness
Parking Management Meets Breast Cancer Awareness By Melissa Culross Parking Control Supervisors Natalie Laval and Jonathan Yu. Sometimes colors are personal. The color pink is very personal at this time of year for Parking Control Supervisor Natalie Laval. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And Laval is one of dozens of our parking control officers, or PCOs, and supervisors who are sporting specially designed patches to support breast cancer prevention and research. Laval was a child when her mother died of breast cancer in 1989. And …
Hop On Muni and Get to Free Halloween Fun Across the City
Hop On Muni and Get to Free Halloween Fun Across the City By Danbee Song We’re here for all your Halloween fun, and we love it when our buses and trains serve as inspiration! Halloween weekend is upon us, and San Francisco is brimming with free, family-friendly celebrations. That means night markets, festivals and trick-or-treat possibilities in every corner of the city. This is the perfect time to explore your neighborhood – or a new one – with costumes, community and a little candy. And we’re here to help! Hop on Muni for affordable rides …
Keeping Muni Reliable for the Long Haul: Tough Choices as We Transform Potrero Yard
Keeping Muni Reliable for the Long Haul: Tough Choices as We Transform Potrero Yard By Caroline Cabral The Potrero Yard Modernization Project would make it easier for our teams to clean and maintain trolley buses that communities across the city rely on. As one-time pandemic relief funds run out, Muni faces a budget deficit of about $307 million. We are making cost saving reductions across the SFMTA to avoid devastating cuts to Muni service. That means making hard choices to be able to move essential Muni infrastructure projects forward. The…
Transit Spotlight: Speeding Up Your Rides at Muni’s Top Ten Delay Hot Spots
Transit Spotlight: Speeding Up Your Rides at Muni’s Top Ten Delay Hot Spots By Julia Flessel, Glennis Markison Every Muni ride you take matters to us! Learn how we’ve been giving some love to routes across our system that saw the biggest delays. This Transit Month, we are going behind the scenes of our work to improve Muni rides citywide. Today, we showcase our Transit Delay Hot Spots Program. We launched it in 2020 to speed up your rides on the 10 slowest short segments of the entire Muni network. At these delay “hot spots,” Muni crawled fr…
Taken with Transportation Podcast: Hop on Board for Transit Month
Taken with Transportation Podcast: Hop on Board for Transit Month By Melissa Culross Muni riders board a J Church train near the intersection of Church and Market streets. We’re celebrating Transit Month on the Taken with Transportation podcast! The love San Francisco has for Muni is on full display in the new episode, “Hop on Board for Transit Month.” “I meet people on the train,” one rider tells us in the episode. “You see all your friends and neighbors out there on Muni.” Lunch with a side of Muni All the sandwiches at the M-Stop Deli are…
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the F Market Line at Muni Heritage Weekend
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the F Market Line at Muni Heritage Weekend By Jeremy Menzies The F Market & Wharves historic streetcar line turns 30 years old this month! You can celebrate the anniversary at this year’s Muni Heritage Weekend on Sept. 20 and 21. Today, we’ll share the history of Muni’s iconic heritage rail service. Two F Market & Wharves streetcars pass each on the Steuart Street curve. On the left is Streetcar 1056 , painted for Kansas City. On the right is Car 1010, painted in Muni’s 1939 “Blue & Gold” livery.…
Don’t Be a Dodger: A Playful Campaign to Keep Muni Moving
Don’t Be a Dodger: A Playful Campaign to Keep Muni Moving By The “Don’t be a Dodger” signs are now on Muni buses. In honor of the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers, we are launching a "Don’t be a Dodger" campaign. This playful pun will remind riders, whether they are baseball fans or not, that paying fares for every Muni trip is important. Fares help us provide the fast, frequent and reliable service communities across the city rely on. And riders are giving Muni their highest marks on service in 20 years. To earn their trust and keep M…
Prioritizing Safety at Schools Citywide: An Update on Our Crossing Guard Program
Prioritizing Safety at Schools Citywide: An Update on Our Crossing Guard Program By Our teams work year-round to improve safety at San Francisco schools. That includes crossing guards who support more than 90 campuses citywide. As students across the city head back to class, our teams have been working hard to make sure their trips are safe and reliable. Our Crossing Guard Program is a service we provide to schools and an important part of our work to help students get to and from school safely. Crossing guards are beloved by students, paren…
Taken with Transportation Podcast: Class Is Back in Session
Taken with Transportation Podcast: Class Is Back in Session By Melissa Culross San Francisco school kids catch a 49 Van Ness-Mission bus home in the afternoon. San Francisco students headed back to school this week. Thousands of those kids and teens depend on Muni to get to class, while others bike, roll, walk or carpool. The latest episode of our Taken with Transportation podcast showcases how the work we do supports students and their families. Getting Muni back-to-school ready In “Class Is Back in Session,” we speak with SFMTA Transit Pla…
Four Fun Ways to Get to Class: Travel Tips for the New School Year
Four Fun Ways to Get to Class: Travel Tips for the New School Year By Students boarding a 22 Fillmore bus. We know families are gearing up for the start of school next week, and we’re here to help. We promote “Four Fun Ways” to get to class through our Safe Routes to Schools program. They are: Walking Biking Carpooling Taking Muni or the yellow school bus Walking Students cross Broadway towards Jean Parker Elementary. Walking to school isn’t just about getting from point A to point B. It’s a chance to connect with your kids and let them hang…
Shorter, Smoother Rides on Muni Metro: How a Milestone Grant Will Help Us Improve Your Trips
Shorter, Smoother Rides on Muni Metro: How a Milestone Grant Will Help Us Improve Your Trips By Mariana Maguire Learn how new funding for our Train Control Upgrade Project will help make your Muni Metro trips more reliable and faster overall. We are working hard to improve your trips on Muni Metro, and a milestone grant will help us make even more progress. We recently won a $41 million state grant from the California Transportation Commission. Its highly competitive Solutions for Congested Corridors Program funds capital infrastructure proj…
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