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    April 30, 2012

    Bruce Oka off Muni Board -- Just Five Commissioners Left to Vote on Central Subway Bond

    "You never call, you never write" isn't just the lament of parents and grandparents everywhere. It's come to be the gripe of several former city commissioners. Bruce Oka's four-year term as a Municipal Transportation Agency board member expired on April 29, and he says neither Mayor Ed Lee nor anyon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Obama Budget Proposes $200 Million for S.F. Central Subway

    Nat "Pro Shop" Ford​Muni boss Nat Ford on Monday praised Barack Obama for including $200 million in spending for the controversial Central Subway rail project as part of the president's federal budget proposal."The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency applauds President Barack Obama's pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    City Audit Slams Muni Labor, Management

    N-Judah Chronicles/Lauren Oliver -- Used with PermissionPlenty of fail to go around...​City's Budget Analyst Harvey Rose released "part one" of a performance audit of Muni today. And, guess what? Muni drivers' self-serving work rules cost the city millions. The agency is drowning in overtime, acco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Supes Spurn Appeal; Muni Service Cuts Coming May 1

    Bryan DemplerTen percent service cuts are the one Muni-related item that's not delayed​A transit activist claiming that Muni and the planning department violated state laws by approving service cuts without an environmental review was given the "nice argument, but you lose" treatment moments ago b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Muni Budget Still Has Millions of Uncertainties

    Jim Herd​As others have noted, the budget projections over at Muni have gone from abysmal to merely terrible. This, surely, is a sign of progress. And, make no mistake, the agency is breathing quite a bit easier in the wake of some unexpected cash infusions than it was even a month or so ago. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    Will Influx of State Money Prevent Muni Service Cuts?

    Woosh! Are service cuts soaring away?​When it comes to funding, Muni has been down so long, everything looks like up to them at this point. So the surprise news earlier this week that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a pair of bills that'll send roughly $36 million Muni's way -- after he'd earlie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Marching Muni Drivers Overwhelm 'March Against Muni'

    All Photos | Joe EskenaziMarch Against Muni organizer Jared Roussel looks on as Muni Drivers' union boss Irwin Lum snatches away his bullhorn and addresses the crowd​"March Against Muni," the odd amalgam of largely young, hip people deeply incensed at rude Muni drivers, paper Fast Passes, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Muni May Lay Off 170 Operators on Friday

    Jim Herd​Muni spokesman Judson True has confirmed a rumor disseminated by the Muni Drivers' union: 170 operators -- and 230 Muni employees -- will be facing layoffs after Friday's Municipal Transportation Agency Board meeting. "At the Friday meeting, service reductions will be voted on. If the boa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Supe Hints at Ballot Measure to Wrest Muni Board Appointments From Mayor

    Jim Herd​Mayor Gavin Newsom has never been particularly subtle about attempting to dictate marching orders to the Municipal Transportation Authority Board. Now, the mayor's progressive critics, particularly members of the Board of Supervisors, are being equally unsubtle in their criticism. Last mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Transit Advocates Wait For MTA Board to Knuckle Under to Mayor

    Jim Herd​When you're watching Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, there's always a fleeting thought, part-way through, that this time Shylock is going to prevail and humble those feckless, bigoted aristocrats who consider him a subhuman. Never happens. Can't happen. It's not in the script. In a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    MTA Board Member Emerges as Riders' Advocate -- and Mayor's Critic

    MTA board members disdained the notion of $5 F-Line rides, among other objections to proposed Muni revenue-generating measures​SF Weekly wrote earlier this week about how transit advocates were dismayed by the Municipal Transportation Agency's efforts to make up the $17 million hole in Muni's budg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    S.F. Streetcar Maven Mystified By Muni's Attempt to Charge $5 For F-Line

    When will I be a real rail line?​Today, Muni's staff will try to sell the agency's board on a handful of eye-opening measures meant to make up the latest budget shortfall. Among other controversial measures, Muni proposes to jack the price of a ride on an F-Market line up to $5. Deprived of state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    The Meter Is Running: Municipal Transportation Agency Outlines Plan to Extend Parking Meter Hours -- Which Could Raise $9M for City

    ​Earlier today, the Municipal Transportation Agency unveiled the results of a study regarding its tentative plan to extend parking meter hours to weekday evenings and on Sunday. There's no shortage of details -- reporters were even handed a city map with "pink" and "teal" parking zones -- but whet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Bicyclists Pack City Hall -- No Spandex in Sight

    Anna McCarthyValet?Bike parking was scarce at a City Hall hearing this morning as bike advocates arrived downtown in droves donning helmets and fluorescent pink identification stickers reading, "Double the number of bike lanes." Although helmets, U-locks, and other bicycling accessories abounded, ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2008

    Trans-Fats, Chain Menus on SF Government's Tongue This Week

    Anna McCarthyValet?Bike parking was scarce at a City Hall hearing this morning as bike advocates arrived downtown in droves donning helmets and fluorescent pink identification stickers reading, "Double the number of bike lanes." Although helmets, U-locks, and other bicycling accessories abounded, ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2008

    MTA War Is Brewing on MLK Day as Archduke Gavin Newsom Inspects His Troops. It's ...

    Anna McCarthyValet?Bike parking was scarce at a City Hall hearing this morning as bike advocates arrived downtown in droves donning helmets and fluorescent pink identification stickers reading, "Double the number of bike lanes." Although helmets, U-locks, and other bicycling accessories abounded, ma ... More >>

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