Muni is confronting a $50 million budget shortfall for the upcoming fiscal year, mainly due to underperformance in parking and transit revenues. To mitigate the deficit, Muni plans service cuts starting in summer 2025, reducing service by approximately four percent. The SFMTA has proposed strategies such as suspending lower-ridership routes and reducing service frequencies, but these suggestions were met with dissatisfaction from both the board members and transit advocates, who demand alternatives that don't involve cutting transit services. The urgency of the financial situation requires immediate attention to avoid impacting service delivery.
We're facing a $50 million budget shortfall because parking revenue, transit revenue and General Fund reimbursements are lower than we'd expected.
The choices are 'cut transit service, cut transit service and cut transit service.' I think we need a couple of options that don't involve cutting transit service.
Each of the scenarios presented here assume service cuts. Staff should also present scenarios that show what it would look like to address the deficit with no service cuts.
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