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The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency ( SFMTA or San Francisco MTA) is an agency created by consolidation of the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), the Department of Parking and Traffic (DPT), and the Taxicab Commission. The agency oversees public transport, taxis, bicycle infrastructure, pedestrian infrastructure, and ...
Mayor Swears In New Member Of SFMTA Board Of Directors - San Francisco, CA - Lydia So was sworn in as the newest member of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors.
Born. 1959 or 1960 (age 63–64) Political party. Democratic. Education. Georgetown University ( BA) University of Chicago ( MA) Steve Heminger served as the former executive director of the San Francisco Bay Area 's Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) from 2001 until his retirement in 2019. Since then, he has been serving as a ...
Dean E. Preston (born 1969) [1] is an American attorney and member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. In November 2019, Preston won a special election to finish Mayor London Breed 's term on the Board of Supervisors. He was re-elected in the November 2020 election. Born and having grown up in New York City, Preston graduated from ...
With five different modes of transport, the San Francisco Municipal Railway runs one of the most diverse fleets of vehicles in the United States. Roughly 550 diesel-electric hybrid buses, 300 electric trolleybuses, 250 modern light rail vehicles, 50 historic streetcars and 40 cable cars see active duty. Muni's cable cars are the oldest and ...
A crossover just east of West Portal station, installed during the shutdown, was named the Malcolm Heinicke Crossover after a former SFMTA board member in July 2020. West Portal is a bottleneck for Muni Metro trains in all directions, as automobiles blocking train traffic momentarily can cause cascading delays.
The agency, into which Muni, the Department of Parking and Traffic, and the Taxicab Commission were merged, is governed by a seven-member Board of Directors appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Board of Supervisors. The acting Director of Transportation of the SFMTA since August 15, 2019 has been Thomas Maguire, appointed by the SFMTA ...
The Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution on September 20, 2016, urging SFMTA to "make all efforts to preserve the historic character of the Van Ness Corridor". As a result, SFMTA approved the installation of 350 vintage-style light fixtures at a cost of $18,500 each, adding $6.5 million to the project cost.