Comments on: More big cuts coming to Muni, including $5 F line fare? http://www.rescuemuni.org/2010/01/15/more-big-cuts-coming-to-muni-including-5-f-line-fare/ A transit riders' association for San Francisco Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: david vartanoff http://www.rescuemuni.org/2010/01/15/more-big-cuts-coming-to-muni-including-5-f-line-fare/#comment-5261 david vartanoff Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:09:46 +0000 http://www.rescuemuni.org/2010/01/15/more-big-cuts-coming-to-muni-including-5-f-line-fare/#comment-5261 CCo SF should seize the gas tax /sales tax collected with the County and keep the voter msndated percentage. Let the Governator and legislaors try suing to get it back. As t o punishing riders for choosing the most efficient bus this is insane. It costs fewer $$ to transport a rider on an Express or Limited than a local going the same distance. CCo SF should seize the gas tax /sales tax collected with the County and keep the voter msndated percentage. Let the Governator and legislaors try suing to get it back.
As t o punishing riders for choosing the most efficient bus this is insane. It costs fewer $$ to transport a rider on an Express or Limited than a local going the same distance.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.rescuemuni.org/2010/01/15/more-big-cuts-coming-to-muni-including-5-f-line-fare/#comment-5260 Andrew Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:17:05 +0000 http://www.rescuemuni.org/2010/01/15/more-big-cuts-coming-to-muni-including-5-f-line-fare/#comment-5260 The problem with charging extra for express and limited service is that it provides a disincentive to using faster service - when we want as many riders as possible on the faster buses, to make service faster for everyone. And it's completely unfair to charge extra for the F line when so many riders use it as their main commuting method. MTA really needs to look again at extended meter hours before doing any of these. And they should hold off reappointing Ford until all of the budget issues are resolved. The problem with charging extra for express and limited service is that it provides a disincentive to using faster service – when we want as many riders as possible on the faster buses, to make service faster for everyone. And it’s completely unfair to charge extra for the F line when so many riders use it as their main commuting method.

MTA really needs to look again at extended meter hours before doing any of these. And they should hold off reappointing Ford until all of the budget issues are resolved.

]]> By: Don http://www.rescuemuni.org/2010/01/15/more-big-cuts-coming-to-muni-including-5-f-line-fare/#comment-5257 Don Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:11:32 +0000 http://www.rescuemuni.org/2010/01/15/more-big-cuts-coming-to-muni-including-5-f-line-fare/#comment-5257 Muni fares are not high relative to income and many employers hand out transit checks so the fast pass is free to many employees. As a senior, my fast pass is almost free. I have paid that much for one lunch. Charging more for premium service such as express buses makes sense. Maybe Muni should also consider higher fares for limited stop buses with fewer stops. I agree with the sentiment about a system that pays people to sit on their ass. Perhaps the system needs competition. That could be the answer to better service. Muni fares are not high relative to income and many employers hand out transit checks so the fast pass is free to many employees. As a senior, my fast pass is almost free. I have paid that much for one lunch.

Charging more for premium service such as express buses makes sense. Maybe Muni should also consider higher fares for limited stop buses with fewer stops.

I agree with the sentiment about a system that pays people to sit on their ass. Perhaps the system needs competition. That could be the answer to better service.

]]> By: njudah http://www.rescuemuni.org/2010/01/15/more-big-cuts-coming-to-muni-including-5-f-line-fare/#comment-5216 njudah Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:59:21 +0000 http://www.rescuemuni.org/2010/01/15/more-big-cuts-coming-to-muni-including-5-f-line-fare/#comment-5216 This is going too far, and is proof how cynical the Mayor and his new entourage of cynical political hacks around him at City Hall are. They barely mentioned Muni in the State of the City address citing the "political problem" then push this out on a Friday afternoon. This is proof that his rhetoric about "green city" and all that is crap, and it's time to stop kissing up to the powerful at city hall and demand a better solution. At the rate we are going we are going to have a system that pays people well to sit on their ass, pays big executive pay and pensions, and does not serve the citizens of SF it is supposed to do. This is going too far, and is proof how cynical the Mayor and his new entourage of cynical political hacks around him at City Hall are. They barely mentioned Muni in the State of the City address citing the “political problem” then push this out on a Friday afternoon.

This is proof that his rhetoric about “green city” and all that is crap, and it’s time to stop kissing up to the powerful at city hall and demand a better solution. At the rate we are going we are going to have a system that pays people well to sit on their ass, pays big executive pay and pensions, and does not serve the citizens of SF it is supposed to do.

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