Bussing downtown? Good luck. Muni to snip routes to save money

If you’re a Muni rider heading downtown, you may have to hoof it — or hop another bus — to get to your final destination.



In lieu of cutting bus lines across the city, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors directed staff in a 3-2 vote to shorten routes for buses headed downtown.



From the Western Addition to the Mission, the Tenderloin to the Richmond, bus lines all over San Francisco were previously on the table for service cuts this summer.



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Under the modified plan greenlit by the board, a bevy of bus lines that previously took riders from the west and south sides into downtown will now terminate at Market Street. The buses will turn around instead of carrying commuters deep into the city’s business and civic centers. Impacted buses include the 6-Haight/Parnassus, the 5-Fulton, the 9-San Bruno, and the 31-Balboa.



While seemingly minor, the redirects could be significant. Transit officials noted riders tend to stop taking Muni when they have to take more than one bus.



SFMTA Board of Directors Chair Janet Tarlov warned her colleagues that slashing Muni comes with consequences.



“If we cut service it makes our job harder,” said Tarlov, who voted in favor of the modified plan. “The popularity of the agency takes a hit. Trust is eroded. These are real concerns that don’t go unnoticed.”



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The board technically didn’t vote on any budget plans, rather it merely directed staff on how to prepare the budget for future approval. Still, the vote was consequential. Ahead of the board’s meeting, more than a hundred people rallied to protect Muni service on the steps of City Hall. 



People of all ages, from children to seniors, chanted “Fund the bus!” One protester, Luca Despota, a 13-year-old, said he worried his grades would be negatively impacted if service cuts slowed his commute to school across the Mission.



“I’d have to get up earlier, walk, or somehow find another way to get there,” Despota told The Standard.



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The funding shortfall doesn’t just impact people who ride the bus. Muni’s fiscal cliff threatens San Francisco’s downtown recovery, too. Empty office buildings and subsequent shrinking tax revenue have spurred an $840 million budget deficit in the city’s coffers.&nbsp;



San Francisco needs a functioning Muni system to make downtown thrive, Supervisor Bilal Mahmood said at the rally. Terminating some bus lines at Market could “cut vital direct links” between his district and the downtown, Mahmood said.



The city’s transit funding woes are twofold: in the short term SFMTA needs $50 million for the summer, and looking ahead two years, it’s facing a roughly $320 million shortfall. The agency’s Chief Financial Officer Bree Mawhorter said the deficit is partly due to the agency spending big in 2023 based on expected revenue growth from a downtown revival that hasn’t yet materialized.



“We built a hot girl summer budget,” she said. “That hot girl summer prediction didn’t come out quite as we hoped it would.”



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SFMTA’s financial woes come as city and state officials scramble to save public transit both in San Francisco and across the region.&nbsp;



Earlier this month, state Sen. Jesse Arreguín and Assemblymember Mark González made a $2 billion state budget request to support transit shortfalls across California. State Sen. Scott Wiener has said he’s in favor of the measure. Gov. Gavin Newsom has not yet commented on the proposal.



San Francisco meanwhile is rallying behind the idea: Supervisor Jackie Fielder authored a statement that, if passed, would record the city&#8217;s support for that budget request. Mayor Daniel Lurie has also written a letter in favor of it.&nbsp;



But he’s going to seek funds specifically for San Francisco, too.



On Tuesday, Lurie revealed he’s working on a ballot measure to help shore up SFMTA’s budget shortfall. But in his statement on the measure, he also hinted at a need to right-size the agency’s spending.



“The pandemic and challenges downtown hit Muni particularly hard, but the funding crisis we face today had been anticipated for years and necessary changes were not made. That ends now,” Lurie said. “We are actively identifying the necessary reforms to bring a new era of accountability and reliability to Muni.”



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The structural changes needed may be murky.&nbsp;



Transit use is down compared to pre-pandemic levels but rising. Ridership now sits at 74% of pre-pandemic levels. Perhaps counter-intuitively, a lack of bus ridership isn’t the only factor in Muni’s budget woes. There&#8217;s also a lack of drivers.&nbsp;



SFMTA’s budget relies heavily on parking garage revenue. Work-from-home policies have reduced the number of people parking in city garages, and it isn’t clear if that revenue will ever return.



It isn’t for a lack of trying — the board is even kicking around the idea of developing pickleball courts on top of the lesser-used garages.&nbsp;



SFMTA has scraped together most of the immediate $50 million shortfall by skipping some bus maintenance, reassigning some staffers who make street signs to other departments, increasing meter and garage rates, and spending less on certain contracts.&nbsp;



Board director Steve Heminger told his colleagues they may have dealt with the short-term deficit, but the $320 million shortfall still looms. If Muni sees massive cuts, it could run downtown’s revival down under its wheels.&nbsp;



“This is a small problem,&#8221; Heminger said. &#8220;The one behind it is killer.&#8221;

‘Least bad option’: SFMTA greenlights West Portal compromise street safety plan

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors voted unanimously Tuesday to greenlight a series of controversial street-safety changes in the West Portal neighborhood. The plan is a compromise reached by city officials and community groups after a series of contentious disagreements about how — or if — to make neighborhood streets safer after a horrific <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/2024/03/20/west-portal-crash-baby-dies/">four-fatality traffic crash in March</a>.



Deidre Von Rock, president of the West Portal Merchants Association, said she “begrudgingly” accepts the latest street plan, which was reshaped after the initial SFMTA proposal sparked outrage from Von Rock and others in the neighborhood.



“As presented it is the least-bad of the options we were given,” Von Rock said.



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Supervisor Myrna Melgar and Mayor London Breed developed the latest proposal with SFMTA officials.



Melgar addressed the SFMTA board ahead of the vote, urging them to approve the changes. She described it as a compromise that most people in the middle should be able to “live with,” while acknowledging that the issue remained deeply divisive. 



“We still have folks who oppose it on both sides,” Melgar said. “Folks who think that it doesn&#8217;t go far enough in addressing the risks, and then folks who think nothing should happen at this intersection, ever.”



In mid-March, an SUV speeding on the wrong side of Ulloa Street struck a family of four who were waiting at a bus stop. All four members of the family died, <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/2024/03/18/crowd-mourns-family-members-killed-west-portal-crash/">including two young children</a>. The crash galvanized city leaders to address traffic safety, with Breed <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/2024/03/28/san-francisco-street-safety-mayor-vision-zero/">calling for</a> a “complete overhaul” of city streets. About a month after the crash, officials <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/2024/04/18/san-francisco-west-portal-safety-changes/">announced their intention</a> to reshape the West Portal streetscape, giving a 10-day window for feedback before pushing a plan forward.&nbsp;



Local merchants and neighborhood leaders balked at the proposal, criticizing what they saw as a knee-jerk reaction to a tragedy that could have far-reaching impacts on businesses in the area. After the SFMTA concluded that the infrastructure of the street did not cause the crash, critics said the streetscape proposal was using the deaths in service of a larger transportation agenda: to deprioritize cars. (The driver in the crash has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/2024/07/05/mary-fong-lau-west-portal-crash-pleads-not-guilty/">her attorney said</a> her car “just took off” before the crash.)



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“The way in which the initial plan was dropped on us in April was appalling,” Von Rock said. “It was clearly politically motivated and everyone knows it.”



The backlash <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/2024/04/29/west-portal-safety-improvements-delayed-san-francisco/">successfully slowed the plan</a>, sending SFMTA back to the drawing board to hear more community feedback. The proposal the agency approved Tuesday incorporates the input from that process.&nbsp;



The approved streetscape changes will affect a 10-block area, about double the original size, in an effort to take a more holistic approach to neighborhood safety instead of focusing narrowly on the area near the crash.



Those <a href="https://www.sfmta.com/reports/west-portal-station-safety-and-community-space-improvements-final-proposal?utm_source=MarketingCloud&amp;utm_medium=email">changes</a> will include speed bumps and concrete islands to slow traffic in the neighborhood, as well as a rerouting of traffic patterns.&nbsp;



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1041" height="870" src="https://content-develop.sfstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/proposal-summary-final2.jpg?w=1041" alt="The image is a map showing West Portal Station and nearby streets with traffic symbols indicating no turns, right turns, pedestrian areas, bus stops, and speed elements." class="wp-image-291540" srcset="https://content-develop.sfstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/proposal-summary-final2.jpg 1041w, https://content-develop.sfstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/proposal-summary-final2.jpg?resize=300,251 300w, https://content-develop.sfstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/proposal-summary-final2.jpg?resize=768,642 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The final proposal for streetscape changes in the West Portal neighborhood cover nearly 10 blocks.</figcaption></figure>



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While some transportation advocates said during public comment that the approved plan is too watered-down to be effective, Will Baumgardner, a West Portal resident who served on the community committee that worked with the SFMTA on the latest proposal, sees the drawn-out process in a different light.



“There’s a lot of good, meaningful improvements in this plan,” he said. “Not everybody’s happy on both sides, and that’s the sign of a good compromise.”

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The Bayview Hunters Point Citizens Advisory Committee provides policy advice on planning and land use matters in Zone 2 of Bayview Hunter's Point. It offers expertise in land use policies, zoning issues, and urban development. The committee advises the Board of Supervisors, City Boards, and commissions on relevant projects and initiatives.

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The Behavioral Health Commission advises on mental health policy implementation and quality service delivery. It reviews and advocates for effective mental health services, ensuring policies meet community needs. It educates stakeholders to integrate mental health considerations into broader health strategies.

Behavioral Health Commission

The Bicycle Advisory Committee advises on making bicycling safer and more accessible in San Francisco. It provides recommendations to city agencies to address traffic violence and climate change. The committee advocates for cyclists and addresses biking-related complaints.

Bicycle Advisory Committee

The Board of Appeals provides final review for a wide range of City permitting decisions. It ensures an efficient and fair permit issuance process through an impartial panel. The Board exercises authority to make binding decisions on appeals.

Jefferson Robert Eppler