San Francisco Municipal Railway

San Francisco Municipal Railway
Five Muni-operated types of service, clockwise from top left: trolleybus, bus, light rail, cable car and streetcar
Overview
OwnerSan Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
LocaleSan Francisco
Transit typeBus, trolleybus, light rail, streetcar, cable car
Number of lines83
Daily ridership480,000 (weekdays, Q2 2024)[1]
Annual ridership142,168,200 (2023)[2]
Chief executiveJeffrey Tumlin (Director of Transportation, SFMTA)[3]
Websitesfmta.com
Operation
Began operationDecember 28, 1912; 111 years ago (1912-12-28)[4]
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge (light rail, streetcars)
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
(cable cars)
ElectrificationOverhead line600 V DC
Average speed8.1 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.

  1. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Second Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  2. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference new-chief was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Muni's History". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Archived from the original on July 1, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  5. ^ Eskenazi, Joe. "The Muni Death Spiral". San Francisco Weekly.
  6. ^ "A Year of Movement: Fiscal Year 2017–2018 Annual Report" (PDF). SFMTA. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Retrieved September 1, 2019.