Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board of Directors authorizing free Muni for low and moderate income seniors and disabled customers for FY 2015 and FY 2016, effective March 1, 2015:

“In my State of the City address, I called upon the SFMTA to expand free Muni to low-income seniors and people with disabilities, and I thank the Board of Directors for answering this call today. 

Also today, I call upon the private sector to partner with us, once again, and help fund this vital service that supports our City’s most vulnerable.”