26 posts tagged SFMTA

Wall-E on the N! So according to my RSS reader of MUNI alerts, it seems the folks over at MUNI wanna know: what do you think of those lovely "wraps" they're putting on the MUNI trains to raise a few ad dollars. They've posted a sort of convenient PDF file which you can print out and send via US Mail to the MTA.

"I just want the Board of Supervisors to be more intimately involved in how Muni runs. It's all about accountability" - Sup. Jake McGoldrick, SF Chronicle, 5/14/08 Some more things to consider as we discuss Supervisor McG's plans for his ballot initiative on electing the MTA board.

That sound you're hearing from Sacramento is the sound of "green" PR from our Climate Change Governor colliding with reality. Remember those bonds you voted for to build mass transit infrastructure that got looted by the Governor and the Legislature for general funds use?

Downtown SF Stations: Frustratingly Amateur 14 May 2008 – 6:08 pm I generally try to keep the posts here above the realm of merely whining, but every once in awhile, a little whining is in order. You may have caught the recent SFist article about the broken change machine at Church Station — and

Pushing the TEP Envelope 14 May 2008 – 5:58 pm Courtesy SFMTA. A couple weeks ago, Fran Taylor, who writes for the Mission Dispatch, posted commentary about the SFMTA’s Transit Effectiveness Project.

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." -K, Men in Black Well, here we go: Everybody's Favorite Supervisor, Jake McGoldrick is proposing some sort of ballot measure to give the Board of Supervisors, now and forevermore, more direct appointments to the MTA Board.

Reader Donald made an observation on a post from March regarding the new signal upgrades for the Irving/9th and Judah/9th intersections that made an interesting point, so I decided to make a few calls to find out what the situation was, and got a mixed bag of answers.

Reading CW Nevius's column today in the Chronicle regarding MUNI fare collections and budget woes today is kind of like reading the N Judah Chronicles or SFist.com two years ago. To which I'd simply say, welcome to the party, Chronicle, even if you're a bit late!

By now, most people have heard something about the Transit Effectiveness Project, a project of the SFMTA to try and make things run more efficiently. The braniacs at City Hall have been touting the process as an example of their commitment to A Better MUNI, and clearly the top brass at MUNI and the SFMTA have bet most of their chips on this thing to try and make things better.

Reader Michael wrote in inquiring about a comment I made to the Examiner that appeared in this morning's paper: I'm not sure if the Examiner quoted you correctly when they wrote: "'If you board the N-Judah on 48th [Avenue] and get off before downtown, there is no one checking your ticket,' said Greg