Twin Peaks tunnel contractor’s safety record comes into spotlight after worker’s death

Posted by Joe Eskenazi | Aug 15, 2018 | Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Shimmick Construction answered “no” on Muni questionnaire regarding past...

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Muni’s apology for crashing its own system arrives late, fittingly enough

Posted by Joe Eskenazi | Aug 13, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Also: Construction company employing man killed in Twin Peaks tunnel has contractual clause...

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Muni failed to warn mayor’s office of induced service meltdown, sources say

Posted by Joe Eskenazi | Aug 9, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Transportation, Trouble

On Monday, Mission Local published an article with documentation revealing that Muni has inflicted...

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Muni meltdown 2018: Our transit service failed to plan — and, thereby, planned to fail

Posted by Joe Eskenazi | Aug 6, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Documents obtained by Mission Local reveal shunting drivers and buses off their runs to serve as...

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Trees on Valencia Street slated to be axed — is it tech buses’ fault, or their own?

Posted by Julian Mark | Jul 23, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Just as quickly as the city posted notifications that a trio of ficus trees at the bus stop on...

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Pollution-control program not upgraded on scores of SF’s Muni buses

Posted by Joe Eskenazi | Mar 28, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Reporting from Mission Local last year spurred Muni to upgrade hundreds of new buses which were...

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With ad ban, Muni finds another way to siphon money from transit

Posted by Joe Eskenazi | Nov 27, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Transportation

For sure, Muni’s not keeping pot off the buses SanFrancisco’s misbegotten attempts to...

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Crash on freeway kills one, injures six

Posted by Laura Wenus | Nov 17, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

A collision between a dump truck and a muni bus killed one and injured six others on the...

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SF pivots: Costly, time-consuming Muni fix is now being done free

Posted by Joe Eskenazi | Nov 9, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Valencia Street

Shift astounds city supervisor: “They don’t know what the fuck is going on with their...

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Scissor-wielding SF robber snatches bus transfers

Posted by Laura Wenus | Oct 3, 2017 | Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Trouble

Police report a man tried to steal bus transfers and threatened someone with scissors Tuesday...

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SF’s Muni was fined $220K by state for blowing off emissions requirements

Posted by Joe Eskenazi | Aug 25, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Transportation

It feels like Muni is under a cloud of late. One of its own making. This week, Mission Local...

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Exclusive: Key pollution control program is disabled in SF Muni’s newest, costliest, ‘greenest’ hybrid buses

Posted by Joe Eskenazi | Aug 22, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

In 1987, the Board of Supervisors passed legislation urging Muni “to take certain steps to...

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Car Collides with Bus at 16th and Folsom St. Intersection

Posted by Laura Wenus | Nov 3, 2016 | Front Page, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Transportation, Trouble

A Muni bus heading east on 16th Street was struck by another vehicle at the Folsom Street...

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Can New Shuttle Service Curb San Francisco’s Transportation Trouble?

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Feb 22, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Tech-based micro transit is trying to innovate solutions to San Francisco’s crowded public...

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SF Muni Goes Mobile With First Ticketing App

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Nov 23, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Technology, Today's Mission, Topics

Christina Ochoa uses her smartphone to order take-out, pay bills, and for commuting to her job in...

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SFMTA Puts Bus Reroute On Hold to Weigh Concerns

Posted by Laura Wenus | Nov 2, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Transportation

The city’s transit authority has put a contentious reroute of the 33-Ashbury on hold after...

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