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Supervisors press MTA for clearer timeline, unions and riders push for full restoration
Summary
In a lengthy public hearing, SFMTA presented a draft winter 2022 service-restoration plan that would restore many but not all pre-pandemic routes and frequencies; TWU Local 250A and riders urged full restoration and better meet-and-confer processes, while MTA cited operator shortages, vaccine-mandate impacts and a need for stable funding.
The Government Audit & Oversight Committee held a public hearing on Nov. 4, 2021 to examine the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s winter 2022 draft service restoration plan and the question of de facto route abandonment.
Chair Dean Preston framed the hearing around three goals: clarify the MTA’s recommended restorations, get clarity on plans beyond February 2022, and identify barriers (funding and operator availability). SFMTA leadership — Director of Transportation Jeff Tumlin and Director of Transit Julie Kirschbaum — presented a plan that restores many lines (examples cited included the 6 Parnassus at reduced frequency,…
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