Despite working under a contract that explicitly bars strikes, Muni’s transit operators might vote to authorize one if their ongoing labor negotiations reach an impasse.This Friday, the Transport Workers Union Local 250-A, which represents 2,200 drivers and conductors, will begin a weeklong vote that could authorize a strike. If approved, the initiative would let union President Rafael Cabrera call a strike, while not necessarily assuring that one is imminent.
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Defying expectations, a Washington, D.C., airport authority declined to name Nathaniel Ford its executive director Wednesday, leaving the status of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s chief in limbo and raising questions about whether the SFMTA needs a leader more committed to The City’s transportation system.
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Facing mammoth budget deficits for 20 years to come, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency may ask city voters to increase vehicle registration fees, raise parcel and sales taxes, hike off-street parking rates or create a new “transportation utility fee.”
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Muni workers will have to pay to park just like the rest of us.Last year, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which operates Muni, approved regulations that would require employees to pay to park on department property. On Tuesday, the agency’s board of directors amended The City’s transportation code to allow parking control officers to issue $55 citations for any agency worker not complying with the new regulations.
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In less than a week, five trains derailed at a Muni storage facility, a development operators say is due to a lack of investment, raising concerns about potential injuries and damage.Between Jan. 9 and Friday, five light-rail vehicles slipped off the tracks at Muni’s Green Division rail yard, which is located near the Balboa Park BART station and acts as the departure point for trains.
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