Could there be a more selfish neighborhood in SF (maybe all of the country)?  No yogurt!  No late night pizza!  No new housing!  No!!! No!!! No more alcohol!!!!  No street fair!!! What a joke.  There is a crime, murder, homeless, trash, MUNI, housing, etc. problem in town.  If these spoiled and selfish clowns looked around for once and focused even a quarter of that energy they waste on killing businesses and entertainment in this TOWN maybe we would actually be progressing and solving some problems here in SF. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

I am incredibly disappointed that Gavin came out publicly AGAINST Prop H! We need more parking and the transit first policy is not realistic for a really livable city. As a homeowner with a family and no garage it is incredibly difficult - try going shopping for the week with 5 bags of groceries a stroller w/ 2 year old on muni. There is a lot of talk about trying to keep families from moving out of the City ... further restricting parking doesn't help. Craig Read This Posty »

Problem: The delivery trucks are constantly blocking the roads, and if not the trucks then the boxes and food shipments are on the roads and sidewalks, which means that pedestrians must walk on the roads to catch the buses. This is not only dangerous, it is against the law. Why are you not doing anything about this? Name Withheld Read This Posty »

My pet peeves with SF are the unreliability of Muni (why does it take me 1 hour to travel 5 miles!)  and also the trash/graffiti/crime problem, especially in the southeast side of the City. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

MUNI - usually, things are running pretty well; however two days running, Friday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Oct. 27, I experienced major delays on the 38 and 5 lines. On 10/26 around 12:30 pm, I was returning to the Outer Richmond District from downtown, at Geary and Taylor; I waited 45 minutes for a bus.  There were 10 of us waiting, two people had to flag down cabs, because they didn't want to be late for work.  And, on Saturday, Oct. 27th I waited for a 5 Fulton bus for 35 minutes at 9:15am at 30th Ave and Fulton, heading for Read This Posty »

MUNI! Most recently (within the past month) I have boarded the inbound N or T Metro at approx. 5:40 PM @ Harrison/Embarcadero when the fare box has been out of order and the driver has refused to issue a transfer so that I could transfer to the J. Since I use the $15 Muni coupon book - this causes two problems: (1) Non payment of fares and loss of revenue (2) Exposing passengers to the risk of being ticketed by an inspector on arrival at the next station before transferring to the next train, assuming the fare box is in Read This Posty »

My pet peeve is MUNI. There are still NO MUNI SCHEDULES PRINTED & WIDELY DISTRIBUTED. I called 311 three times yesterday while waiting for the #12 bus. Each time they flat out lied to me. I was told they were using GPS to track the bus but they had no clue. One of the operators said they don't print bus schedules because of budget cuts and I can get "accurate" information about arrival times by using up my mobile minutes to keep calling her. She was also the same lady who assured me the bus was five blocks away even Read This Posty »

Between 8-9am, often 4 over-crowded buses pass before 1 stops to pick up passengers. The supply does not meet demand. If you want your citizens to drive less you need to provide adequate public transit. And there aren't Nearly enough cabs in this city. Name Withheld Read This Posty »

I work at City Hall on a volunteer basis and I see the inner workings of that place up close and personal.  The Supervisors are the enemy of the Mayor's office and vice versa.  Those two political camps will do anything to embarrass each other with little concern for the consequences to the city's residents.  A case in point being our parking shortfall versus the condition of Muni.  The Board ceaselessly pushes their transit first policy in the face of our dysfunctional public transit system precisely because it highlights the managerial incompetence of the administrative arm of City government. There is Read This Posty »

There are only three streets on which to drive downtown and the bus lanes take a significant percentage of those lanes away.  Why?  Driving in San Francisco is tough enough.   Why take a lane out of use that is only used by a few vehicles a few times an hour. William Levlin Read This Posty »

Professionals living in such a great city as San Francisco have the right to be able to commute to and from work in a dignified manner using public transportation!  Instead, as a rule (not exception), we are sandwiched in on the bus, often with drunks, drug addicts and REEKING homeless people.  We need more frequent buses (I ride the 38 line), we need drivers to be accountable for not showing up to work, and please tell the drivers not to let stinky homeless people on.  Forget fairness and treating everyone with respect - it is utterly unfair to force everyone Read This Posty »

We moved out of San Francisco last month because we could not get to/from our daily activities without stepping over the homeless, stepping in dog feces, stepping around garbage, or being stuck on the N-Judah.  It's a shame that San Francisco has deteriorated to the point that we felt we had no choice but to move to a city that respects it's citizen's efforts to make the simplest of activities be just that.   William Read This Posty »

It is after all, just garbage.  Seeing more and more of it on the #1 California - on crowded buses. Jane Read This Posty »

I ride this line for the last leg of my commute to work and on a given day, it has about a 50-50 chance of being on time. And when it's late, it is really late. Up to 15 minute delays! Furthermore, there aren't nearly enough of them during rush hour to counter their tendencies to being late. That is simply unacceptable! Especially for a city that prides itself on environmental friendliness that goes with public transit! This line isn't just for tourists. People like myself have to rely on it every day for our commutes. Because of where my Read This Posty »

I have lived in the city for 26 years always relying on Muni for transportation. Until a few years ago it was a fantastic, efficient service at a very reasonable fee. It has become a very poor transit system if you ask me. Our city officials want less cars on the streets and more people to ride Muni but have not put more trains or buses in service and have not shortened the time you have to wait for one. You can't have more demand without more supply. With the exception of the 38 Geary which seems to run fairly frequently still Read This Posty »

A crack, hole, or rise in the surface of our streets of less than an inch or greater may sound like small potatoes to you, but try traveling between California and Market streets (including the sidewalks) in a standard or power wheelchair. It can be a jarring experience, not to mention the wear and tear on the chair. If you think I'm kidding, you are welcome to try the trip yourself. Just borrow a chair and do it. As a matter of fact, I am more than willing to let you borrow my powerchair.   Also, what Read This Posty »

It is not a "Pet Peeve," it a sincere concern about public safety.  The intercom system on the subway trains cannot be understood by the majority of passengers . We look at each other and raise our shoulders up and down. In a time of emergency how would passengers know what is the most prudent action to take, what to do? Jo Read This Posty »

A muni system that repeatedly fails - if i failed as much in my job i would be fired. Graffiti on residences in the Dolores street corridor Homeless people sleeping on sidewalks, leaving bodily fluids, and no effort to enforce "no trespassing" posted signs in the area where they sleep and relieve themselves Name Withheld Read This Posty »

 Dear Mayor Newsom:   I would like to inform you that I am not at all impressed with your plan to give all uninsured residents in San Francisco free health care.  I am a seventy one (71) year old woman who has lived in San Francisco for sixty five (65) years.  I own a home in District 7 which I have to maintain.  I retired from the Federal Government in 1991 after 36 1/2 years of service.  I live on a fixed income and receive approximately a 2.9% Cost of Living Increase (COLA) each year.  $157.00 is taken out of my Read This Posty »

Before we want to take on national issues and try to "show everyone else how" why don't we fix our transit system, fill the pot holes, clean up the homeless problem and generally get the City of  San Francisco running properly.  Why is the collective leadership of San Francisco always grand standing on national issues?   Be a result oriented leader and "Fix your City"  instead of positioning your  political career. Name Withheld Read This Posty »