Media Inquiries and Coverage
Requests for Bay Area Transit Month:
Requests for SoCal Transit Month:
Eli Lipmen, Eli@movela.org
Requests for North Coast Transit Month:
Colin Fiske, colin.fiske@gmail.com
Media Inquiries and Interview Requests
Transit Month Over the Years
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SF: Transit Month Has Arrived: Officials Say Hop On For A Smoother Ride
Bay City News Service, SFGate
Mayor Daniel Lurie was joined by the San Francisco Transit Riders advocacy group and local leaders at a rally at City Hall. The speakers talked about the importance of public transit to San Francisco and the need to take action to address the budget deficits many agencies like the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency face. -
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Train Nerds Taking Over BART This Weekend for Trendy Sport: Speedrunning
Adhiti Bandlamudi, KQED
The term “speedrunning” was popularized in video gaming culture when a player attempts to complete an entire game as quickly as possible. But transit nerds have co-opted the trend and turned it into a real-life game, by visiting every train or bus station — traveling up and down every arm of the transit system — as quickly as possible. The prize: bragging rights. And possibly internet fame. -
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A thousand Muni trips in 30 days? The Transit Month Ride Contest is here, and it’s going to get weird
Peter Hartlaub, SF Chronicle
The Ride Contest started in 2021 and last year had hundreds of entrants who logged 87,000 miles of rides — the equivalent of going around Earth three and a half times. (New goal: Let’s ride 238,855 miles, the distance equivalent of a BART trip to the moon.) -
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Transit Month Event: Disability Access is for Everyone
Roger Rudick, Streetsblog SF
“Too often seniors and people with disabilities are just left out,” said Shaya French with Seniors and Disability Action. She explained that when an elevator is out or a bus driver doesn’t announce stops, it can mean a missed doctor’s appointment for a person in a wheelchair or someone who can’t see. “We can’t be second-class citizens.”
Past Media Coverage
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Bay Area Transit Month Kicks Off In September, With a Challenge (Bay Area Telegraph)
If it’s September, it Must be Transit Month (Streetsblog SF)
San Francisco mayor to speak at rally celebrating transit month (NBC Bay Area)
SF: Transit Month Has Arrived: Officials Say Hop On For A Smoother Ride (Bay City News Service)
Train Nerds Taking Over BART This Weekend for Trendy Sport: Speedrunning (KQED)
Raising Awareness About Public Transportation This Transit Month (Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, SF Bay Times)
Field Notes: Ballhalla DJs, The Worm Run, Transit Art, and Temple Brunch (SFist)
Bay Area Teens Set to Tackle 50-Station BART Speedrun for Transit Month (Newsbreak)
Amid record-breaking BART speedrun attempt, fears around Bay Area transit funding loom (The Daily Californian)
Bay Area Transit Month comes as agencies face rising ridership, looming deficits (CBS News)
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Get Ready for Transit Month (SF Streetsblog)
September is Transit Month: Join us to Celebrate 10 Years and 100 Miles of Muni Forward (SFMTA)
This Week: Transit Month, Bike and Roll Plan, West Oakland (SF Streetsblog)
September is Transit Month: celebrate transit with events, rides, prizes (The Bay Link)
Muni extends Presidio bus service to new terminal with sweeping views (SF Examiner)
It’s Officially Transit Month (SF Streetsblog)
A thousand Muni trips in 30 days? The Transit Month Ride Contest is here, and it’s going to get weird (SF Chronicle)
Transit leaders celebrate new Muni bus terminus in San Francisco’s Presidio National Park (ABC)
San Francisco convenes transit working group to address up to $322 million SFMTA deficit (SF Bay)
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Transit Month is Taking Over the Bay Area (SFTR and SFMTA)
September Is Bay Area Public Transit Month. By Assemblymember Phil Ting (SF Bay Times)
Facing uncertain future, Bay Area agencies, advocates kick off Transit Month (SFBay)
BART looks to regain some of its ridership as Transit Month kicks off (CBS Bay Area)
Transit Month Event: Disability Access is for Everyone (Streetsblog)
Celebrating Transit Month (SFCTA)
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Transit Advocates Celebrate Muni, Flaws and All (Public Press)
SF Leaders Mark Transit Month by Riding Muni (SF Chronicle)
Transit Month Begins (Streetsblog)
East Bay’s Transit Month (Streetsblog)
Rider First Awards (Streetsblog)
Transit Month celebration doubles as call for better service, funding (SF Bay)
Transit Month Set for September (Streetsblog)
SF Leaders, Advocates Kick Off Public Transit Campaign With Ride-Along, Rally (NBC Bay Area)