Even if the city did manage to find new money for public transit, we doubt whether Muni would invest it wisely. In fact, Muni drivers can miss 16 days of work each year without excuse or prior warning . Try doing that at your job. Rose's audit found that on an average day, one in six drivers isn't behind the wheel. Even some of those do who show up miss their runs because they're sitting behind a desk.
Some drivers skip runs to go home early.
Muni has one of the lowest rates of operator dismissal for any public-transit system in the United States. Not a single driver has been fired because of passenger complaints in over a decade. The hearing, according to some of those who have gone through it, often becomes an inquisition of the rider. The rider is not allowed to bring legal counsel or even a friend, whereas the driver brings a union representative. In other systems, not to mention businesses that can't afford to alienate their customers, a signed letter or affidavit is enough to take action on a complaint.