TO speed up service/reduce congestion  - provide free MUNI service during weekdays/offpeak hours (9:00A - 3:00 PM to encourage non-commuters to travel outside commute hours. J A Bickers Read This Posty »

Hello Mayor Newsom, I am so glad that you have created this website!  Have wanted to share ideas with you for a while. Just returned from 2 weeks in Europe and was impressed with some of the environmental things they do to conserve energy that would be great for our country and, of course, San Francisco is the city to lead the way... 1.  Have lights for public areas set on motion sensors to conserve energy. This would be great for restaurants, stairwells in apartments, parking garages, bathrooms, office buildings, etc. Why do we need to have the lights on in empty office buildings Read This Posty »

Muni's fare evaders have been costing the transit agency millions of dollars a year and now, Mayor Gavin Newsom is considering free rides for all. If that can't be possible, maybe we could just have free rides during the busy times when people are going to and from work. From 6am to 9am and 3pm to 6pm the rides could be free and the transportation may be a lot smoother during those busy times since the operators don't have to collect fares. It would also encourage folks to take public transportation.  Spare the air, less traffic, etc. And certain employers Read This Posty »

One way to help the complaints of slow public transit is to get rid of many of the bus stops. Buses make so many stops that it takes 35 to 40 minutes to get from Arguello Blvd to Downtown. Maybe you have not noticed, but a bus stops at almost every block, sometimes twice on the same block, at each end of the street. This is ridiculous!   Bus stops should be spaced at about every three blocks, like the limiteds, and at only one corner of that block. Make the limiteds stop at every 5th or 6th block. If you fear Read This Posty »

Make Muni fare free for a one year trial period and simultaneously launch a PBS style pledge campaign to "keep muni free" beyond the one year trial. The City will collect more in pledges than the cost of current fare collections. Gene Eplett Read This Posty »