Transit News: Central Subway opposition and re-routes, high-speed rail boost, strollers on Muni, new Caltrain announcement system


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  • Central Subway: Opponents Claim Charter Violation Dooms Project (SF Weekly)
  • Will the SFMTA Gut Muni Improvements to Prop Up the Central Subway? (Streetsblog SF)
  • Legislature approves high-speed rail spending (SFGate)
  • Muni weeks away from letting babies in strollers on buses (SFGate)
  • Plans pitched for youth Muni rides (SF Examiner)
  • Muni to re-route bus lines around Central Subway construction (Central Subway Blog)
  • Caltrain Testing New Arrival And Departure System This Week (SF Appeal)
  • BART Officially Clears James Crowell, Officer Who Shot And Killed Charles Hill (SF Weekly)
  • SFPD Seeking Suspect In Muni-Related Shooting (SF Appeal)

Your Weekend Transit Advisory

Well, compared with recent weekends, this one is light and breezy.

Fillmore Street Jazz Festival
On Saturday and Sunday the Fillmore Street Jazz Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day on Fillmore Street between Jackson and Eddy streets.  Please visit www.fillmorejazzfestival.com for more details.

The following Muni routes will be affected:

  • 1 California
  • 2 Clement
  • 3 Jackson
  • 22 Fillmore
  • 24 Divisadero
  • 31 Balboa
  • 38 Geary

SFMTA Reminds San Francisco Residents and Visitors that Construction Continues on N Judah, J Church Lines Tomorrow

The construction hours will be from 8 p.m., Friday to 5 a.m., Monday on each weekend. Muni service adjustments and traffic detours will need to start an hour earlier at 7 p.m. on Friday and will continue through construction hours. As with the previous construction weekends for these projects, which began in February, the construction dates have been coordinated between both the Church & Duboce and Carl Street projects to minimize inconvenience to residents, businesses, Muni customers, motorists and bicyclists.

During the July 6 weekend and upcoming construction weekends, the N Line will be shut down with substitute service provided by bus shuttles from Ocean Beach to Church Street. No N Line service will be operated in the Metro subway; however, supplemental rail service will be in place between Castro Station and the Caltrain Station at 4th and King streets. The J Church Line will operate between the Balboa Park Station and Market Street. J Line customers will need to transfer between the Church Street Metro Station and the Church Street stop between Market and 15th streets.

Muni Service Impacts

N Judah Bus Shuttles

  • N Judah bus shuttles will operate all weekend between Ocean Beach and Church Street.
  • From La Playa to Arguello the N buses will follow the regular N Line route.
  • East of Arguello the N service will re-route around the construction and street closure.
  • The service will run as an express between Cole and Frederick and Castro and Duboce.

J Church

  • Rail service on the J Church Line will only operate between Balboa Park Muni Metro/BART Station and Church and Market streets.
  • J Church customers can transfer at Church and Market streets between regular J Line service on the street and Metro subway service provided by the K, L, M and T lines between Church Station and Embarcadero Station.

22 Fillmore

  • The 22 Fillmore Route will need to detour around Church and Duboce streets.
  • No service will operate via Castro and 18th streets.

N Owl

  • The N Owl will run between Ocean Beach and Caltrain (4th & King) with a detour on Frederick Street instead of Carl Street and a detour around Church and Duboce streets. N Owl bus service will be re-routed from Carl Street onto Frederick Street.

Bay Citizen: Muni Knew About Inflated On-Time Reports


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The SFMTA may have known about its inflated on-time reports as early as two years ago but did not address the issues, according to a new report in The Bay Citizen. Earlier in May, The Bay Citizen asserted that the SFMTA had “redefined time” (my favorite comment in our comments section: “MUnits are related to minutes because they are both a measure of time. A minute is ALWAYS 60 seconds long. A MUnit can last from 30 seconds to 260 seconds or much much longer.”). Today’s report basically says that the SFMTA knew about it longer than we thought.

In a memo to top executives, including the CEO, Muni’s chief information officer detailed the accounting maneuvers, called “quirks,” that were boosting the numbers reported to the public by as much as 18 percent.

Muni has been under pressure to improve timeliness since 1999, when San Francisco residents voted to require the transit agency to be on time at least 85 percent of the time. For years, bonuses for the Muni chief have also been tied to performance measures, including on-time performance.

There you have it. You can read the rest of the report at The Bay Citizen.

Gettin’ Around: A Muni-Themed Photo Workshop by Lomography SF


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Back in the old days, we didn’t have Instagram and the Hefe filter to jazz up our photos! We shot with film and we loved it, god dammit!

Anyway, we thought it was about time we paid homage to the old-school way of shooting one of the world’s most photogenic urban landscapes.

Join Muni Diaries and Lomography SF for a Muni-themed photo workshop. First, we’ll go over beginners’ tips and tricks for analog street and transportation photography. We’ll focus on how to shoot on Muni — one of our fair city’s best photography muses — and outside of it. Then, we’ll turn you loose with a fine camera — La Sardina or Diana Mini — so you can put those tips into practice ASAP. If you’ve got your own 35mm Lomography camera, you’re more than welcome to bring it and shoot with that!

When:
1 p.m., Sunday, July 22
Start to finish should be roughly three hours.
Workshop starts at the Lomography Gallery Store in Union Square:
309 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA
(415) 248-0096

Cost:
$10 per person or $7 for students, plus up to an additional $16 for various developing/digitizing/printing options.

But wait, there’s more:
Heads up, sharpest shooters: the best photo shot at the workshop wins a prize.

How to sign up:
RSVP as “Going” right on the Facebook invite if you’re interested. Or you can call, email, or RSVP in person to the Lomography store to secure your spot. Space is limited so get on it!

Transit News: Van Ness and Geary BRT, Central Subway money and extensions, BART arson


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  • After Delay, SFCTA Board Approves Van Ness BRT Design (Streetsblog SF)
  • Options for Geary BRT Come Into Focus (Streetsblog SF)
  • “Central Subway Is Going to Extend to Washington Square!”? Well, Not Really. (SF Appeal)
  • California Transportation Commission unanimously approves commitment of state bond funds for Central Subway (Central Subway Blog)
  • BART Commuter Found Unconscious Doesn’t Know What Happened to Him (SF Weekly)
  • Fire that disrupted BART was arson, feds say (SFGate)
  • High-speed rail: Bay Area legislators’ support key (SFGate)
  • Central Subway going forward despite House’s vote to yank $850M in funds (SF Examiner)

Your Weekend Transit Advisory

The SFMTA warns you of the following this weekend …

Ghirardelli Square Kidsbash

On Saturday the annual Kidsbash will take place at The Ghirardelli Square from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please visit Ghirardelli Square website for more details.

The 19 Polk Muni route will be affected.

Sunday Streets – Mission District

The fifth of 10 Sunday Streets events will be held this Sunday in the Mission District. Sunday’s event is a 2.2-mile route and includes street closures on portions of 24th Street, Valencia Street and various adjacent streets. The route 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 routes will be affected:

· 12 Folsom
· 14 Mission
· 14L Mission Limited
· 22 Fillmore
· 24 Divisadero
· 27 Bryant
· 33 Stanyan
· 48 Quintara/24th Street
· 49 Van Ness/Mission
· 67 Bernal Heights

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