Muni: 6,387 employees. Jobs program or transit agency?
From yesterday's Examiner:
At the hearing [Supervisor]Brown hopes Muni officials will explain in detail why the agency has experienced an operator shortage that has led to gaps in Muni service, leaving some riders waiting more than 40 minutes for buses across The City. The outcry comes on the heels of reporting by the San Francisco Examiner revealing the extent of the slowdown due to a shortage of operators, showing Muni service has fallen far below its legally mandated minimums since May.
The story discusses some internal MTA problems causing the shortage of drivers.
The SFMTA has 6,387 employees. About 1,000 of those are drivers---or "operators," as they are called[Later: Not even close. Try 2,260].
While she's at it, maybe Supervisor Brown can ask "Muni officials" to "explain in detail" what the other 5,387 people do.
When you look at the MTA's organizational structure, it seems like running a transportation system is a secondary consideration.
The most annoying department is its Communication and Marketing Division, whose main function seems to be telling us what a great job the MTA is doing with newletters, email messages, and a blog that today informs us about music in Japantown this weekend.
More self-congratulation from the blog:
Vision Zero SF brings home a silver Telly Award for their campaign which aims to eliminate traffic deaths through a targeted series of short, topic-specific social media shareable videos...“The Vision Zero SF team is thrilled to accept this award on behalf of all Vision Zero partners and everyone who works toward an end to fatalities and serious injuries on our streets," said Tom Bellino, a transportation planner at the SFMTA. "The San Francisco motorcycle community deserves safe streets and we hope these videos help us create a safer city for them.”
If Vision Zero hopes were bus drivers, there would never be a shortage.
The president of the local union discusses the operator shortage in the Examiner.
Labels: City Government, District 5, Ed Reiskin, Examiner, Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, Muni, Vallie Brown, Vision Zero
posted by Rob Anderson @ 1:29 PM
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