Muni Link-o-Rama
- Saturday, Sept 2nd: N Judah – Documentary filmmaker Sam Green’s meditation on the N Judah line, showing at the Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
- SF Railway Museum to open Labor Day Weekend. They have video of Market St. from 1905!
- The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition “has completely free rein at City Hall. No one challenges them”
- 15 pedestrians and 1 bicyclist killed in SF auto accidents this year, and it’s only August :(
- How to improve MUNI? Make it free? Or privatize? Did I really just post three Chron links in a row?
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hmm. I’m not so sure about “free rein at City Hall” but hooray for the bicycle coalition!!
i wonder if it’s possible to make Muni private and free? or at least, not expensive. i guess that would be the *most* far-fetched.
I guess since only 1/4 of the MUNI budget comes from fares, it isn’t as far-feteched as it might seem.
There is free shuttle that runs from downtown to the Presidio. I’ve taken it once and it wasn’t overrun by sleepy homeless people, which seems to be peoples’ biggest fear.
My solution to increase ridership would be to double the frequency of the buses.The extra buses would be air-conditioned, clean, have limited stops, a coffee bar in the back, and cost $3/ride.
With daily ridership up 15% during the Bay Area’s recent free transit experiment, some officials are calling for the policy to be made permanent.
Wikipedia link to free public transit systems
$3/per ride! that’s almost as much as caltrain! how about more buses and $1/ride? (or a free ride!) The revenue for the extra buses and reduced fare could come from location based marketing – while you’re on the bus, a video screen could describe some of the commercial establisments you’re passing en route to your destination…restaurants, shops, local businesses etc. (as a bonus, you’d be given the option to text in a special code for a discount at any of these places).
This might drive me crazy on a daily commute ride…but if it were only once in a while, it might be useful. I’d be sure to take the bus that passes by Tartines to get a discount on their chocolate croissants :-)
The buses in LA, in addition to being cleaner than ours and air-conditioned, have TVs with local ads and ridiculous public service announcements.
I can’t believe that LA, a city which seems to fiercely hate non-drivers, has such a nice bus system.