Transit News: Clipper clamp-down, Muni all-door boarding report, Muni straps, and new Muni buses


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  • Clipper Cards to Clamp Down on BART Fare Cheaters (Around Dublin)
  • All-door Muni boarding hasn’t encouraged no-fare scofflaws (SF Examiner)
  • Muni Trains Get Slight Speed Boost in Twin Peaks Tunnel (Streetsblog SF)
  • SFMTA to Purchase 45 New Low-Floor Hybrid Muni Buses (Streetsblog SF)
  • Eyes on the Street: Muni Trains Get Straps to Prevent Gap Crossings (Streetsblog SF)
  • Muni sees huge increases in fare-evasion citations under new deployment strategy (SF Examiner)

Sound off on Muni!


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Do you like surveys? I like surveys.

SFMTA wants to know what we think about it. Apparently reading Muni Diaries and every other website about San Francisco isn’t enough for the agency. Heh.

The survey has questions about riding bikes in the city, taxis, and walking also. Basically, it covers all modes of getting around that fall under SFMTA’s purview.

Take the survey here. It took me about four minutes, FYI.

Your Weekend Transit Advisory

Another busy one …

Komen 3-Day Walk
Komen 3-Day Walk will start with a camp at the San Francisco Gaelic Athletic Field on Treasure Island, followed by a three-day walk beginning on Friday and the closing ceremony will take place on Sunday. For more details, please visit www.the3day.org.

The following Muni routes will be affected:

108 Treasure Island

Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival
The 17th annual Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. each day. For more details, please visit www.ghirardelli.com/chocolatefestival.

The 19 Polk Muni route will be affected.

Inner Sunset Sundays
On Sunday the Inner Sunset Sundays will take place on Irving Street from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Irving Street between 9th and 11th avenues will be closed from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Heavy ridership is expected on Muni bus line and route around the event area.

Sunday Streets Western Addition
The ninth of 10 Sunday Streets events will be held this Sunday in the three distinct neighborhoods in the Western Addition: Fillmore Street, Alamo Square and North Panhandle. The route connects with the Panhandle multi-use path at Central Avenue, traveling through the North Panhandle neighborhood along Central Avenue, Grove, Baker to Fulton streets where it continues past Alamo Square Park and the iconic Painted Ladies Victorian row houses. It will then connect to the Fillmore merchant corridor from Fulton Street to Geary Boulevard. The route will be available for recreational activities from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free to all participants.

The headquarters for the event will be located at the Panhandle on Fell Street between Central Avenue and Baker Street, where participants can get details about activities along the event route as well as free bike rentals.

For further event details, please visit www.sundaystreetssf.com.

The following Muni routes will be affected:

· 5 Fulton
· 6 Parnassus
· 21 Hayes
· 22 Fillmore
· 24 Divisadero
· 31 Balboa
· 33 Stanyan
· 38 Geary
· 71 Haight-Noriega

San Francisco Giants Baseball Games

From Friday to Sunday the San Francisco Giants will host the first of three games with the Los Angeles Dodgers at AT&T Park. First pitch is scheduled for 7:15 p.m., Friday; 1:05 p.m., Saturday and 5:05 p.m., Sunday.

Heavy traffic is expected both before and after the games. Game attendees and those traveling in the area are encouraged to take public transit.

Your Weekend Transit Advisory

The haps this weekend …

Critical Mass
On Friday the monthly Critical Mass bicycle ride will leave from Justin Herman Plaza sometime after 6 p.m. Motorists and transit riders may be delayed as the bicycle ride passes. Roads will reopen as soon as bicyclists have passed.

Labor Day Holiday Muni Service and Parking Enforcement
Muni service will follow a Sunday schedule on Labor Day, Monday.

San Francisco Giants Baseball Game

On Monday the San Francisco Giants will host the first of three games with the Arizona Diamondbacks at AT&T Park. The first pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m.

Heavy traffic is expected both before and after the games. Game attendees and those traveling in the area are encouraged to take public transit.

Your Weekend Transit Advisory

Here we go …

America’s Cup World Series
The 34th annual America’s Cup World Series boat racing event takes place this week through Sunday in the Marina Green area where the main viewing and the America’s Cup Village are situated. A free concert featuring Doc Dog will take place on Saturday at 5 p.m. Motorists should allow extra travel time. Please visit www.americascup.com/en/events for more details.

Muni will provide special bus service before and after the event on Thursday and Friday. Supplemental and special bus service will be in place on Saturday and Sunday.

Giants vs. Braves
On Friday the San Francisco Giants will host the first of three games against the Atlanta Braves at AT&T Park. First pitch is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. The series continues Saturday, at 1:05 p.m. and Sunday at 5 p.m.

Heavy traffic is expected both before and after the games. Game attendees and those traveling in the area are encouraged to take public transit.

Sunday Streets Chinatown
The eighth of 10 Sunday Streets events will be held this Sunday in Chinatown and Embarcadero neighborhoods. The route (see attached map) will be available for recreational activities from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free to all participants.

For further event details, please visit www.sundaystreetssf.com.

The following Muni route will be affected:

· California Cable Car
· 1 California
· 10 Townsend
· 12 Folsom

New Muni Dedicated Lanes on Church Street Next Month


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New lanes dedicated to Muni and taxicabs will be coming to Church Street in September, according to Streetsblog SF. The colored dedicated transit lanes will be on Church Street from 16th Street to Duboce.

From Streetsblog:

Following the T-Third line, it would be the second time San Francisco has used colored paint on transit-only lanes to help clarify that they’re off-limits to drivers — one of the practices used in cities like New York and London in recent years to make transit faster and more reliable.

The SFMTA will hold a public meeting next Monday, August 27, at 6:30 p.m. at the Gazebo Room, CPMC Davies Campus, 45 Castro Street if you want to hear more about the plans.

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