San Francisco transit officials announced Friday to cut MUNI service citywide by 10 percent as part of a plan to bridge a widening budget void.

Also, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency revealed to introduce a reduction in the frequency of many bus routes and to eradicate some service earlier.

“We deeply regret the need to move forward on these difficult actions”, said Nathaniel Ford, CEO of the SFMTA. “The solutions are painful".

Moreover, the agency also voted to require the use of $70 premium fast passes on cable cars and express buses and increased parking fines by $2. However, the board posed disapproval for a proposal to hike the fee that kids, seniors and the disabled pay to ride MUNI.

The service cuts approved Friday come on top of service cuts last year that affected many of the city’s bus routes.

A San Francisco supervisor, Sean Elsbernd, posted to pursue a ballot measure that would curb the practice of setting MUNI driver wages at the average of the two highest-paying transit agencies in the country.

Also, he added that he will make an attempt to collect enough signatures to place the initiative on the November ballot.