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The Time for Justice By Lori Phelan D uring the week of Jan. 13 to 20, residents of the Bay Area will come together to honor the legacy of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a week of community and service. The weeklong celebration will culminate with a march and faith lectures Monday, Jan. 20. For a complete listing of free activities and programs taking place at venues throughout San Francisco, please visit MLK2020 Schedule . This year’s 1.5-mile march begins at 11 a.m. and crosses the Lefty O'Doul Bridge, stopping at the Willie Mays Plaza at Oracle Arena to commemorate the crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma – a symbol of the civil rights movement. SFMTA participants are encouraged to walk together as a team and arrive early at the Caltrain Station, 700 4th Street. At the conclusion of the march, the San Francisco Interfaith Council will bring together the region’s faith leaders to commemorate Dr. King and to lead a spiritual reflection

Director of Transportation Report: January 7, 2020 By In this week’s Director’s Report from the SFMTA Board of Directors meeting, Jeffrey Tumlin gave updates on the following topics: Vision Zero It was a challenging year, with an increase in fatalities as compared to the two previous years. 29 fatalities were accounted for on city streets in 2019, with pedestrians and seniors disproportionately represented. In 2020, the SFMTA will continue our commitment to quick-build projects, including the upcoming Market Street vehicle prohibitions in January. Transit Update Muni experienced major subway disruptions Dec. 7 as a result of surface street flooding from intense rainfall which in turn caused significant subway flooding. During this time there was only J and N line service between the Church/Duboce and Embarcadero Station with trains bypassing the Van Ness Station due to standing water on the platforms. Bus shuttles were employed while stationary engineers cleared standing

Kick-Off Muni Art 2020 By On Thursday, January 9, at City Hall, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) and San Francisco Beautiful (SFB), will announce the kick-off of the 2020 Muni Art Project . Now in its fifth year, Muni Art is the only public art project that exclusively features San Francisco artists and poets. The program brings together the artists’ original work along with five poems under a theme.  The poems were selected by the Poetry Society of America and will be presented on 100 Muni buses throughout San Francisco from January through April 2020. Over 750,000 Muni riders will experience Muni Art 2020. “Muni is the one place in the City where everyone comes together, so our buses are also the best possible art gallery,” said SFMTA Director of Transportation, Jeffrey Tumlin. “Art elevates people and changes their perspective. Transit connects people. Art and transit are perfect partners.” The 2020 theme, “Hidden Gems of San Francisco” is a collaborati

This Weekend: Garden Party and Hot Chocolate Run By Schad Dalton Get in a good run then fill up on delicious hot chocolate at the finish line during Sunday's Hot Chocolate 5k/15k Run. Photo: Nicki Dugan Pogue/Flickr Garden Party Saturday, 12 to 5 p.m. Hunters Point Enjoy live music, free locally sourced food and drink and even a free plant during this month's Garden Party event in Hunters Point. This event, hosted by Bay Natives Nursery, happens every second Saturday of the month and is open to the public.  How to Get There on Muni:  The 19 Polk and 44 O'Shaughnessy routes will take riders to within a short walk of the event. Muni Service Notes:  There are no planned service changes for this event. Hot Chocolate Run Sunday, 5k at 7:20 a.m. and 15k at 8:10 a.m. Golden Gate Park Dubbed “America’s Sweetest Race,” the  Hot Chocolate 15k/5k  is the country’s fastest-growing race with more than 200,000 participants since its first race in 2008. The event features tw

Vision Zero: Monthly Highlights By Vision Zero SF is the City’s road safety policy that will build safety and livability into our streets, protecting the one million people who move about the City every day. From education to traffic engineering, from enforcing traffic laws to changing public policy, Vision Zero SF is driving an agenda to change the way we think and act on San Francisco streets. This month, we’re featuring some improvements to benefit motorcyclists, bicyclists and pedestrians. Here is a list of what we’ve been working on this past month: Better Market Street Project Brannan Street Safety Project 5th Street bike lanes and painted safety zones World Day of Remembrance for Traffic Victims Published January 08, 2020 at 02:52AM https://ift.tt/305kQCL

SFMTA Public Meetings January 6 - January 20 By Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday, January 7, 1 p.m. City Hall, Room 400 Nearby Muni Routes: 5, 19, 21, 47, 49, F Market, Civic Center Station The SFMTA Board of Directors provides policy oversight for the safe and efficient transportation of goods and services in San Francisco. This includes the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), automobiles and trucks, taxis, bicycling and walking. The SFMTA Board of Directors also serves as members of the San Francisco Parking Authority. Our board of directors meetings are usually held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. The  agenda  for Tuesday's meeting includes presentations regarding the Municipal Transportation Quality Review of transit operations and performance for Fiscal Years 2017 and 2018 and approving parking time limits and transit improvements, including bus stop consolidation and the extension of tow-away zone hours associated with the Inner Sunset Curb Manage

New Leadership For the CTA By Kate Breen, who has served the SFMTA in a Government Affairs role since 2001, was recently elected to serve a two-year term (2019-2021) as Chair of the California Transit Association (CTA) Executive Committee. As a member of the SFMTA executive leadership team, Breen oversees government and regulatory affairs at the local, state and federal levels. Before joining the agency, Breen honed her skills in the legislative affairs department at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Many members of the SFMTA staff serve in leadership roles with other organizations in the transportation industry. This is a central component of our strategy to advance the state of practice for planning, engineering and operations as well as influence public policy efforts related to safety and sustainable transportation across the state and both nationally and internationally.  A longtime, active member of the CTA Executive Committee, Breen served as Vice Chair from 2017-