Regarding the list of demands, why “no more paper fast passes”? I’m certainly not going with the Transit Link–I see someone tell the driver they’ve been overcharged near daily.

To add to the list of demands, add accurate NextMUNI arrival times. Over the past three days, three out of four buses due to arrive have completely “disappeared” off of the arrival times: two 21-Hayes, and one 22-Fillmore. The count-down to the arrival time would get as low as 7, 5 minutes, and then it’d never show. The one that was listed 25 minutes behind that would continue to count down as usual.

I don’t want to see MUNI fall apart any further, but I need a reliable way to get around, and MUNI is becoming even less and less reliable. I can’t afford 40, 60, 80 minute wait times, each way. If management won’t cut its bloated executive budget, then we will, one Fast Pass at a time.

the problem though is that if we shifted more resources to muni, they would mismanage it (even though, all things considered it is not a horrible bus system, just not a good one either).

so between muni and its unions, and the fare evaders, and the people who want the bus to wait for them, but not others, need to figure this shit out. like the rest of CA our problems are basically our own fault.

Pretty please boycott the 14 Mission and the 38 Geary. I will finally be able to get a seat.

i truly wish the city/state would send someone in to clean up the management, for such a terribly organized unit, MUNI has waaaay too many managers warming chairs for huge salaries. gauging seniors and the disabled is despicable, and MUNI should cost $1; people should have an incentive to take public transportation rather than use private vehicles, public transportation should NEVER be a luxury.

but at the end of the day, this is a city/state government issue. Arnie seems determined to keep cutting things like education and public transportation in a recession (even many right-wing economists will tell you this is a bad idea) until California turns into some kind of third-world country of a state.

As MrEricSir said, the real problem is that despite it being obligated under the City Charter to ‘diligently seek new revenue sources for Muni,’ the SFMTA Board of Directors has ignored opportunities to balance the budget in any way other than raising fares and cutting service.

Seriously though, we just need to amend the MTA charter to say the following:

“If Muni can’t get the funding it needs without cutting service or raising fares, then all the management gets fired.”

We shouldn’t even need to say this. It’s the management’s JOB to get funding for Muni, and if they can’t do it then just what the hell are they getting paid for?