SFTR has been busy fighting for transit that is affordable, accessible, and reliable for us all. But we need your help! Here's what we've been doing and how you can raise your voice:

We're raising our voice and telling Assemblymember Ting and other state elected officials: "Fund public transit!"

The California Senate has proposed $5.5 billion in statewide funding for public transit, enough to sustain transportation agencies for several years until more sustainable funding sources are secured, but the Assembly has not made such a proposal.

Meanwhile, Assemblymember Phil Ting, Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, has not supported the Senate’s proposal, and has instead suggested funding transit through a regional ballot measure, which likely wouldn’t go to the voters until 2026. This just won't do. We are asking our supporters to send Assemblymember Ting, as well as other elected officials, a personalized email to tell them to fund transit today! 

Join us next week to learn more about the importance of SFMTA's planned parking meter changes!

The SFMTA has introduced a plan to modernize San Francisco's parking meter hours, which have remained unchanged in most neighborhoods since meters were first introduced in 1947. The plan would extend meter hours to 10pm Monday through Saturday, and add Sunday metering between noon and 6pm.

These changes would generate $20 million dollars in annual revenue for the SFMTA, enough to fund three Muni lines. At a moment when the SFMTA may need to cut 20 Muni lines if state funding doesn’t come through, the revenue generated by extending meter hours is crucial for public transit. 

If you’re interested in learning more about SFMTA’s plan to extend parking meter hours, join us at our Transit Planning Working Group meeting next Wednesday, May 31, from 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Kenya Wheeler, a Principal Transportation Planner for SFMTA, will join us to discuss the project and answer any questions you may have.

We support the Geary Boulevard Improvement Project and urge SFMTA to approve the project!

The Geary Boulevard Improvement Project provides much-needed transit and street safety improvements to the western part of the corridor. Each day, 36,000 riders commute on the 38 and 38R – that’s over twice the number of riders on the entire Caltrain system, all taking Muni along Geary Boulevard each day. The SFMTA Board should hold these riders top-of-mind as they make a decision on this project. To the east, 2021’s Geary Rapid Project significantly improved transit and safety, improving bus travel times by 18% and transit reliability by 37%. Improvements to transit are necessary to win over new transit riders and increase safety – increased frequency is the single most effective change to incentivize new riders to take Muni.

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We lobbied last week in Sacramento for transit funding!

Last week we took the train up to Sacramento to ask state legislators to fund public transit in next year’s budget. Right now, public transit agencies up and down the state are facing fiscal cliffs as ridership fails to recover from the pandemic and federal pandemic aid runs out. Together with our partners from the Survive and Thrive coalition, we lifted the voices of riders like you and asked lawmakers to support temporary “gap” funding for transportation over the next five years to give transit agencies time to identify more sustainable funding methods.

We tabled at Sunday Streets in Bayview!

SFTR was thrilled to table at this year's first Sunday Streets! We are happy to celebrate the 15th year anniversary in the streets with Sunday Streets, riders across the city, and our community! 

Outside of Sunday Streets, SFTR is dedicating a lot of our time to working in the Bayview and hearing directly from residents about what they need and want from transit.