Muni Diaries

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• Sunday parking meter enforcement among proposals to trim Muni budget deficit (SF Examiner)
• Linton Johnson, BART Spokesman, Reassigned to New Job (SF Weekly) || (BART.gov)
• Muni chief optimistic despite projected budget shortfall (SF Public Press)
• “Smart” card for SF parking, taxis and maybe Muni in the works (City Insider)
• Muni seeks to cut down on ‘bunches and gaps’ on transit lines (SF Examiner)
• SFMTA Audit Spotlights Poor Project Management, Cost Overruns (Streetsblog SF)
• Muni spending extra $90M due to project delays (SF Examiner)

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Put those quarters back in your pocket, Muni riders. The SFMTA has scrapped a proposal to begin charging $0.25 for transfers. ABC 7 has the deets:

The agency’s commissioners said on Monday that all revenue options must be explored to help close a projected $34 million deficit. But they took the 25-cent transfer fee off the table, saying that would go against the way Muni is setup.

After our initial post about paid transfers and an overall rate-hike, one commenter pointed out something obvious that no one had touched on up to that point: “aren’t people required to have a transfer as proof of payment, even if they aren’t getting on another bus. In that case, everyOne will have to pay the fee.” Good point. And a moot one now.

Whew!

Read the rest of the ABC 7 story.