Muni begins release of new trains

Cece Giarman, Web Editor

March 22, 2018

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has started its largest renovation in over 30 years as it begins to gradually introduce a new fleet of low-maintenance trains to the public. The local community contributed ideas for the new vehicle developments in rider safety including improved brak...

Muni plans to improve service

Kendra Harvey, Managing Editor

November 5, 2015

Despite the potential benefit of faster public transportation, Muni Forward plans to decrease 47 parking spaces on Lombard Street in the Marina to give riders more direct access buses with routes that avoid traffic, sacrificing more of the scarce parking spaces around school. “It’s already pretty awful,” s...

Muni to implement phone app

Lisabelle Panossian and Claire Kosewic

February 2, 2015

The San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency plans to launch an app this summer that will allow Muni riders to pay fares with iPhone and Android smartphones. “We’re always looking for ways to increase service and the level of convenience for our riders,” Paul Rose, spokesman and media relation...

The 3 Jackson bus line faces possible discontinuation due to a lack of riders

January 9, 2014

The 3 Jackson bus line is facing potential discontinuation by the San Francisco Municipal Transit Association due to a lack of riders. A hearing room in City Hall overflowed, on Dec. 3 with the 3 Jackson riders who sported pins with the slogans “Don’t Murder the 3” and “Save the 3,” expressing...

Smartphones targeted by thieves

February 7, 2012

Isabelle Pinard & Rebecca Lee Dozens of passengers travel by Muni or BART with earbuds in and smartphones out, but in a matter of seconds their cell phones could be whisked out of their grips and into a thief’s hands. San Francisco is one of the top 20 cities for cell phone loss or theft, with...

Central Subway Project alters downtown traffic

November 10, 2011

Rebecca Lee Editor-in-Chief Construction surrounding Union Square and throughout downtown San Francisco could pose a problem to shoppers during the upcoming holiday season due to the $1.5 billion Central Subway Project, a light-rail connection of Chinatown to central Market Street and onto the 4th ...

Transbay Terminal reconstruction underway

February 17, 2011

Ava Martinez & TaLynn Mitchell Reporters Construction on a $4 million project to rebuild the Transbay Terminal and update Bay Area public transportation is projected to be completed in 2018 — extending Caltrain and California high-speed rail underground and revitalizing the area downtown bo...

New passes complicate Muni system

December 14, 2010

Sara Kloepfer Managing Editor When I learned that the colorful Muni Youth passes were being replaced by the new blue Clipper card, I tried to purchase one as soon as possible. “Tried” being the operative word. I attempted to purchase a Clipper card from Walgreens, only to be told that mon...

Recent Muni incidents raise commuters’ safety concerns

December 16, 2009

Zoe Newcomb News Editor Recent stabbings on San Francisco Muni buses has left much of the student body uneasy and unsure how to protect themselves on public transportation. The unprovoked stabbings of a 24-year-old woman on Muni and an 11-year-old boy, who was riding the bus for the first time, are just...