Tag: muni
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Protesters Disrupt MUNI On One-Year Anniversary Death of Kenneth Harding
Demonstrators disrupted San Francisco Municipal Railway service Monday morning to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of 19-year-old Kenneth Harding Jr.
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Transit Reshaping Bill Stalled in Congress for 1,000th Day This Week
With public transit showing ridership at an all-time high, a transportation bill that could help to fund new projects for transit hit its 1,000 day in congress this week, where the house and senate continue to debate its merits.
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Probe Continues Into Muni Train Collision
By Ari Burack June 16, 2008 San Francisco Municipal Railway officials have yet to determine the cause of Saturday’s collision of two Muni trains near AT&T Park that sent a dozen people to area hospitals. “We are committed to conducting a thorough and comprehensive investigation as quickly as possible, and we continue to put the…
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Vandalism prompts officials to pull hybrid buses
from Bayview-Hunters Point linesBy Ashley Wright and Jesse Dungan March 8, 2008 Hybrid buses running through San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point District were removed Thursday to preserve driver and passenger safety, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency officials said Friday. FCJ EditorMore Posts
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MUNI’s proposed route realignment
may sink SoMa’s housing boomJim Meko By Jim Meko March 3, 2008 Last week, the Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) announced the first major realignment of MUNI routes in 25 years. The multimillion dollar Transportation Effectiveness Program (TEP) has proposed the elimination of a half dozens lines, service cuts on more than a dozen others and increasing the frequency of…
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Newsom moves to implement Muni study recommendations
By Stephen Dorian Miner February 27, 2008 Muni got a potential shot in the arm Tuesday with Mayor Gavin Newsom’s announcement of plans to implement recommendations from a San Francisco Transit Effectiveness Project (SFTEP) study. SFTEP commissioned a $2 million study recommending sweeping changes to the beleaguered transit system that carries as many as 700,000…