Today’s Mission 07.06.09
Catch up with ML and more on Mission St. UPDATE: 7:58 p.m.
Tag Archives: transit
Riding Muni’s 14 Mission — For 24 Hours
Fares jumped by 50 cents a week ago. Who minds? By ARMAND EMAMDJOMEH
Sunday Streets “A Feeling of Openness & Freedom”
"Listen to the sound, it's very different from cars," said one resident who enjoyed Sunday Streets in the Mission District. By ARMAND EMAMDJOMEH AND ANTHONY RAMIREZ
Board of Supes LIVE at City Hall 8/4
Happy Birthday to you and it's not Obama. By ARMAND EMAMDJOMEH
Fare Beaters Remorse?
SFMTA's recent sting operation is making money. But is it effective? BY HEATHER DUTHIE and JUSTIN JUUL
Bike to Work Day: In Pictures
Bike repair, coffee, fashion shows... En Español
Sunday Streets
As Muni Declines, Private Shuttles on the Rise
As Muni has steadily cut back the number of private shuttles — always a part of the city — has grown.
On the Horizon: A Slower City?
We've got the highest rate of pedestrian fatalities in the country. Starting this year, the goal is to change that.
With July 1, Another Muni Hike
Transit riders in the Mission are about as thrilled as people usually are about Muni fare hikes.
SF Time Lapse Fun
Watch one day of transit activity in San Francisco to the warm, smooth jazz tunes heard in this video: Video brought to you by Sumus, a data visualization firm from Canada. (One weekday (from 4am to 4am) of transit activity in San Francisco, based on the General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data made available by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation...
Harassment on Muni and BART? Oh Yes
BART and Muni records of catcalling, groping, rape and other types of sexual harassment on stations and vehicles indicate that this public nuisance is rare. Only 12 incidents have been recorded in the past two years. BART’s numbers are even more impressive, with no incidents whatsoever in the Mission since 2012, and only 20 incidents in all of San Francisco....
Extra 25 Cents Irks Muni Riders Unhappy With Service
Muni’s 25 cent fare increase rolled out this week, leaving riders on Tuesday fumbling for an extra quarter as they boarded. And while for some the extra quarter was a nuisance, some were mad as hell. “F*** them. I’m on a low income. I’m stretched at $2 already,” said Keisha Jackson as she waited for her bus at 16th street....
New Bus Proposed To UCSF Mission Bay Center
The Board of Directors of SFMTA will vote today on a new bus line running from the 16th Street BART plaza to the new UCSF Mission Bay medical center, which opens Febuary 1. Buses will run every 15 minutes, reduced to every 20 minutes during evening and weekend hours. Bus service is expected to begin by the medical center’s opening day. The...
Late Night Bus, Early Morning Politics
A group of transit enthusiasts, some police officers, and a handful of activists and journalists walk onto a bus. I don’t know the punchline, but when I joined them last Friday night, it certainly seemed like some kind of joke. But it was in fact an event meant to draw attention to an important addition to the public transit system: The bus...