Tell your Supervisor: Approve NextMuni 2.0!

Muni switches back to buses

Add your group's name: Demand transit recovery

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Tell Your Supervisor: Approve NextMuni 2.0

Over 100 of us wrote in last fall urging new two-sided signs in the new NextMuni 2.0 contract. SFMTA listened, and at least 1/3 of the proposed new signs will be visible from both sides. We called and wrote in to the SFMTA Board in June supporting the new NextMuni 2.0 contract, and it was approved.

Now, because of the size of the contract, the Board of Supervisors needs to approve it. We can't leave this to chance.

In light of the budget crunch and all the uncertainty we face, many will wonder if this is where we should be spending our money. But a robust customer information system, with better real-time information, crowding information, and information on alternative routes is what will make Muni usable in an uncertain future. Our current system is out of date and can't keep up.

Having clear, accessible information we've been wanting for years is crucial for resilience and sustainability of the system, the service, and the ridership.

Muni back to buses only after two days of trains

Muni trains were expected to return to service on Saturday, August 22, but twin disasters struck: A technician was diagnosed with COVID-19 and two wire splices, which had been recently installed, failed. 

SFMTA has spent the past few months doing repairs and maintenance, so this failure was a surprise. According to a Twitter thread from SFMTA director Jeff Tumlin, they have identified and ordered replacement parts. 

Please join us in holding a thought for the train control staff who tested positive, and their co-workers. We will continue to fight for a transit system that is reliable and resilient to stressors and failures.

Add your organization's name: Demand Transit Recovery

We need to continue to grow and broaden the coalition of organizations who understand the crucial role public transit plays in accessibility, mobility, and economic recovery for San Franciscans. The reversal on re-launching Muni's light rail and subway service shows just how precarious the situation is.

We're calling for every employer, improvement district, neighborhood organization, community organization to sign on to our call for a strong transit recovery.

• transit priority lanes
• more funding for transit
• safety & cleanliness for riders and operators

Are you associated with a local San Francisco community organization? Would your employer, neighborhood group, improvement district support robust public transit? Join us - alongside the Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club, Friends of Caltrain, San Francisco League of Conservation Voters, myriad neighborhood associations and arts organizations, and so many more - to support transit recovery for all. 

Transit News

• How San Francisco's Public Transit System Is Weathering The Pandemic (WBUR)
• Bay Area Transit Plan: Reduce passenger distancing (MassTransit)
• Transit Operator Unions blast looser safety guidelines (Mercury News)
• Transit safety protocols in the time of COVID (SF Streetsblog)
• How risky is riding BART during the pandemic? (Berkeleyside)
• Muni closes light rail following coronavirus case and equipment failure (SF Chronicle)
• Podcast: Why the SFMTA head says riding Muni is the 'right thing to do' (Muni diaries)
• The real reason buses were losing riders even before covid (SF Streetsblog)