Mayor Lurie's Statement on Independent Analysis Showing Muni Funding Measure Will Boost San Francisco's Economic Recovery

SAN FRANCISCO – Mayor Daniel Lurie today released the following statement in response to a new independent analysis showing that Proposition H, the Muni funding measure on November’s ballot, would grow San Francisco’s economy and support the city’s economic recovery:

“Public transit is helping to drive San Francisco’s economic recovery, and this independent analysis shows that strengthening Muni will help keep us moving forward.

“The economic impacts of Prop. H are clear: more jobs, more customers visiting local businesses, and more economic opportunities across our city. Over the next 15 years, we could see more than 1,400 new jobs created and hundreds of millions of dollars injected into our economy.

“The alternative is devastating Muni cuts, more traffic congestion, and longer commutes. San Franciscans would spend an extra 15,000 hours sitting in traffic on the way to work or school every weekday—costing residents more than $100 million a year.

“Safe, affordable, reliable transit gets our kids to school, people to work, and our seniors to the grocery store. It connects our neighborhoods and makes it possible for people to put down roots here. As we make critical investments in Muni, we will continue to make it more accountable and more reliable so we can serve every San Franciscan.”