| San Francisco Municipal Railway | |
|---|---|
 | |
     Five Muni-operated types of service, clockwise from top left: trolleybus, bus, light rail, cable car and streetcar | |
| Overview | |
| Owner | San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency |
| Locale | San Francisco |
| Transit type | Bus, trolleybus, light rail, streetcar, cable car |
| Number of lines | 83 |
| Daily ridership | 487,300 (weekdays, Q3 2024)[1] |
| Annual ridership | 142,168,200 (2023)[2] |
| Chief executive | Jeffrey Tumlin (Director of Transportation, SFMTA)[3] |
| Website | sfmta |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | December 28, 1912[4] |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge (light rail, streetcars) 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) (cable cars) |
| Electrification | Overhead line, 600 V DC |
| Average speed | 8.1 mph (13.0 km/h)[5] |
The San Francisco Municipal Railway (/ˈmjuːni/ MEW-nee; SF Muni or Muni), is the primary public transit system within San Francisco, California. It operates a system of bus routes (including trolleybuses), the Muni Metro light rail system, three historic cable car lines, and two historic streetcar lines. Previously an independent agency, the San Francisco Municipal Railway merged with two other agencies in 1999 to become the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). In 2018, Muni served 46.7 square miles (121 km2) with an operating budget of about $1.2 billion.[6] Muni is the seventh-highest-ridership transit system in the United States, with 142,168,200 rides in 2023, and the second-highest in California after the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Third Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. November 20, 2024. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
new-chiefwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Muni's History". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Archived from the original on July 1, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
- ^ Eskenazi, Joe. "The Muni Death Spiral". San Francisco Weekly.
- ^ "A Year of Movement: Fiscal Year 2017–2018 Annual Report" (PDF). SFMTA. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Retrieved September 1, 2019.