San Francisco Muni
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Owner | City and County of San Francisco |
| Locale | San Francisco |
| Transit type | Bus, trolleybus, light rail, streetcar, cable cars |
| Number of lines | 82 |
| Daily ridership | 658,500 (Q4 2015) |
| Chief executive | Edward D. Reiskin, Director of Transportation, SFMTA |
| Headquarters | One South Van Ness Avenue, Seventh Floor |
| Website | http://www.sfmta.com/ |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | December 28, 1912 |
| Operator(s) | San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge |
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge (light rail) 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) (cable cars) |
| Minimum radius of curvature | 43 ft (13.106 m) |
| Electrification | Overhead lines, 600 V DC |
| Average speed | 8.1 mph (13.0 km/h) |
| Top speed | varies |
The San Francisco Municipal Railway (SF Muni or Muni) is the public transit system for the city and county of San Francisco, California. In 2006, it served 46.7 square miles (121 km2) with an operating budget of about $700 million. In ridership Muni is the seventh largest transit system in the United States, with 210,848,310 rides in 2006 and the second largest in California behind Metro in Los Angeles. With a fleet average speed of 8.1 mph (13.0 km/h), it is the slowest major urban transit system in America and one of the most expensive to operate, costing $19.21 per mile per bus and $24.37 per mile per train. However, it has more boardings per mile and more vehicles in operation than similar transit agencies.
Muni is an integral part of public transit in the city of San Francisco, operating 365 days a year and connecting with regional transportation services, such as Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), Caltrain, SamTrans, Golden Gate Transit, and AC Transit. Its network consists of 54 bus lines, 17 trolley bus lines, 7 light rail lines that operate above ground and in the city's lone subway tube (called Muni Metro), 3 cable car lines, and 2 heritage streetcar lines, the E Embarcadero and F Market. Many weekday riders are commuters, as the daytime weekday population in San Francisco exceeds its normal residential population. Muni shares four metro stations with BART.
Most bus lines are scheduled to operate every five to fifteen minutes during peak hours, every five to twenty minutes middays, about every ten to twenty minutes from 9 pm to midnight, and roughly every half-hour for the late night "owl" routes. On weekends, most Muni bus lines are scheduled to run every ten to twenty minutes. However, complaints of unreliability, especially on less-often-served lines and older (pre-battery backup) trolleybus lines, are a system-wide problem. Muni has had some difficulty meeting a stated goal of 85% voter-demanded on-time service.
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