Media Inquiries and Coverage
Featured photo: Matthew Leon
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
Requests for San Diego Transit Month:
media@sdtransitmonth.org
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 comes as agencies face rising ridership, looming deficits (CBS News Bay Area, 9/26/2025)
Bay Area Transit Month features freebies, CEO ride-alongs to tout improved service (Bay City News, 9/23/2025)
Bay Area Transit Day offering free prizes to encourage ridership, tout services (ABC 7, 9/23/2025)
Weekend Roundup: BART Modernization Shows Results, Take Transit to the Game and a midway 'Transit Month' update (Streetsblog San Francisco, 9/19/2025)
‘Rosie Ride’ returns for Transit Month (The Richmond Standard, 9/18/2025)
Getting Around the Bay Q&A: Transit month edition (KALW, 9/17/2025)
Muni Invites All To Tackle Its Strava 'Worm' Route In An SF Neighborhood (Patch, 9/16/2025)
Amid record-breaking BART speedrun, fears about Bay Area transit funding loom (The Daily Californian, 9/16/2025)
Field Notes: Ballhalla DJs, The Worm Run, Transit Art, and Temple Brunch (SFist, 9/13/2025)
Raising Awareness About Public Transportation This Transit Month (San Francisco Bay Times, 9/11/2025)
Bay Area Teens Set to Tackle 50-Station BART Speedrun for Transit Month (Golden Gate Media, 9/10/2025)
Transit Month has arrived: San Francisco officials say hop on for a smoother ride (Bay City News, 9/6/2025)
Advocates celebrate Bay Area transit with a month of special events (Oaklandside, 9/5/2025)
Taxes on the table to save San Francisco Muni (NBC Bay Area, 9/4/2025)
San Francisco mayor to speak at rally celebrating transit month (NBC Bay Area, 9/4/2025)
If it's September, it Must be Transit Month (Streetsblog San Francisco, 9/2/2025)
This Week: Transit Month, Adaptive Cycling, Dogon’ Bike Ride (Streetsblog San Francisco, 9/2/2025)
Bay Area Transit Month Kicks Off in September, With a Challenge (Bay Area Telegraph, 8/25/2025)
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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)