Thanks to a year of advocacy, low and moderate income seniors and people with disabilities will be able to ride MUNI for free! See a list below of the many groups that helped make this possible.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) voted unanimously on January 20 to approve this program. We applaude Tom Nolan and the members of the SFMTA for their efforts to reach this historic decision.
Free MUNI will begin March 1 and to participate, you must register!
Find out more and apply online at:
http://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/transit/fares-passes/free-muni
or pick up an application in the Senior and Disability Action/Community Living Campaign office at 1360 Mission Street, Suite 400.
Taking the lead in organizing for this was Senior and Disability Action and Chinatown Community Development Center, with support from the Coalition of Agencies Serving the Elderly, California Alliance of Retired Americans, Bayview Hunters Point Senior Services, Housing Rights Committee, Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco, POWER/Causa Justa:Just Cause, Family Services Agency/Felton Institute, Canon Kip, Community Living Campaign, the IHSS Consortium and more.
This is a great example of how community organizing can result in real, systemic changes. To learn more about community organizing in the senior and disability community, check out a video on the Senior and Disability Action website www.sdaction.org.
