San Francisco transit officials are increasing fare enforcement efforts across the Muni system as the SFMTA faces a significant budget shortfall and seeks to boost fare compliance.
Bay Area transit agencies are seeing ridership climb, with some systems now getting close to pre-pandemic levels. But is it sustainable?
What was supposed to make paying for transit easier is instead causing headaches for some Bay Area riders. Now, the company behind the issues has given itself a May 30 deadline to fix them.
Victor Sevillano couldn't help but think of his cousin on his special day. His cousin Adrian Balleza was one of nine VTA employees killed in a workplace mass shooting in 2021. "If he was still around, he'd be the first one here, he'd be wanting to jump my arms," Sevillano said.
With ridership rebounding, Caltrain had previously planned to free up space on trains by banning certain kinds of bikes. Now, they're hitting the brakes on enforcing the regulations after cycling advocates and community groups have come out against them.
BART service has been restored after a brief shutdown through the Transbay Tube and downtown San Francisco on Thursday morning. The agency says there was a computer network hardware failure.