Category: News

Update (2:20 p.m.): ABC 7 has a photo of the SUV crashed in the tunnel, above.

Update (11:38 a.m.): SFPD Arrests (Possibly Drunk) Driver Who Screwed Up This Morning’s Commute. SF Appeal has the details.

Update (9:14 a.m.): Underground service has been restored, according to 511.org.

Update (7:45 a.m.): Here is SFMTA’s list of alternate transit in light of this disruption.

• J alternatives
• KLM alternatives for West Portal, Forest Hill, and Upper Market
• K alternatives for Ingleside
• L alternatives for Sunset and Parkside
• M alternatives for 19th Avenue and Ocean View
• N alternatives for Sunset
• T alternatives

Update (7:35 a.m.): Sal Castaneda says, “#SFMuni says J, K ,L, M, N all suspended. Vehicle drove into a Muni tunnel. Delays. Shuttle buses btwn West Portal & Emb.”

Original post: SFGate has the story. We’ll update once we hear from SFMTA.

Photo by Christina B Castro

• Stockton Bus Riders Take a Back Seat to Central Subway Construction (Streetsblog SF)
• Cash fares could be going up for Caltrain passengers (SF Examiner)
• Bevan Dufty in talks with Mayor Ed Lee about potential city job (SF Examiner)
• Muni making plans on how to remove troublesome bus shelters (SF Examiner)
• Powell Street Station modernization continues through Sept. 2012 (BART.gov)
• BART to run limited all-night service during Bay Bridge westbound closure (BART.gov)

Happy Friday the 13th! Muni rider Geoff sends us this report:

Check out these flickr photos of an F line car i’ve never seen, being tested on the L line.

That so happens to be Muni’s Car No. 1, which the good folks at Market Street Railway haveBrookville Equipment Company of Pennsylvania has been restoring since 2009. Rick L. at MSR says that Muni is testing the car, and that they hope to have it in service sometime this year for Muni’s centennial celebration. Car No. 1 “was just out stretching its legs,” Rick said. He added, “I don’t know when it will go into service. Muni wants to introduce it to the public as part of its centennial year (which started last December 28).”

And in related news, another new-to-Muni PCCs hit the streets recently. Car No. 1080 is workin’ the F-Market lines as of Wednesday. Car No. 1071 started spinning its wheels in late December. @metsfaninCA tweeted us this photo of both streetcars in action yesterday evening: