Author: jeff

Photo by Shannon K

SFMTA sent this service alert a few minutes ago:

As of 12:54 p.m., regular service on the following Muni bus routes has been affected due to an SFPD evacuation caused by a gas leak in the vicinity of 18th and Castro streets. Also, Muni Metro service both inbound and outbound is not stopping at Castro Station as a precaution requested by the SFPD.

24 Divisadero
33 Stanyan
35 Eureka
37 Corbett

Service on these routes must reroute around the area until the evacuation has been cleared.

Muni Metro customers are advised to use Church Street station instead of Castro at this time.

PG&E has been called to the scene.

Updates will follow.

Photo by AgentAkit

The day is upon us.

As we first reported back in early August, SFMTA is phasing out all paper Fast Passes, beginning with the Muni/BART-in-SF “A” pass at the end of October. If you’re an “A” passholder and haven’t already, Akit has great information on when/where/how you can get a Clipper card with your pass loaded onto it. Good luck for a smooth transition. No, really. You might need it.

Streetsblog SF has more on next week’s transition from Fast Pass to Clipper. Be prepared, folks!