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Old Posted Mar 19, 2013, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by mthd View Post
i wasn't claiming anything about muni compared to some transit system a thousand miles away. what does the midwest, or the south, or frankly anywhere outside the bay area have to do with this?

of the major transit systems (>50k boardings) which actually serve san francisco, muni is at the bottom.

bart 68%
caltrain 58%
muni 22%
ac transit - ? but about 20%
SamTrans' farebox recovery ratio is 18.6%.

My point: Muni is by far the agency that carries the most San Franciscans, and like automobile infrastructure, it is very heavily subsidized by the general public. All modes in San Francisco are basically funded by the SFMTA, and there's no reason to continue to fail to adequately fund bicycling infrastructure.
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