Mayor-elect will not technically decide who the agency’s next chief will be, though he is expected to carry significant influence
Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie will carry significant influence over whom the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s board appoints as its next transportation director following Jeffrey Tumlin ’s announcement Thursday that he will be stepping down from the position when his contract expires at the end of the year.
SFMTA Director of Transit Julie Kirschbaum will serve as the acting director of transportation beginning Jan. 1. “Jeff has been a leader in building infrastructure, improving Muni operations, and making the hard decisions necessary for our city as we grow,” Breed said in a statement. Cruise's future in SF unclear after GM pulls plug on robotaxis Spokesperson says the subsidiary based in The City “will be smaller”
Tumlin’s SFMTA stint ended being largely focused on pulling SFMTA from the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, which briefly shut Muni down and caused ridership to plummet, sending the agency into a historic financial hole. Collectively, the Bay Area’s three primary transit operators — BART, Muni and Caltrain — face a $700 million deficit in 2026, nearly half of which SFMTA will take on alone.
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