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You know that frustrating minute when you’ve arrived at your station and you’re just sitting there waiting for the passengers in the train in front of you to get out? Well, no more of that. Muni is set to start double berthing this Sunday, allowing loading and unloading of passengers of multiple trains at the same time. SFBay’s Jerold Chinn chatted with SFMTA’s Ed Reiskin, director of transportation.

From SFBAy:

Normally, trains inside the Muni Metro have to be in the first position at the station platform to let passengers in and out, which can be a frustrating experience for passengers who can safely get off, but can’t…Though the second train will open its doors in the second position, it will also continue to stop in the first position to pick up and drop off passengers, the transit agency writes on its website.

Double berthing begins in select stations this Sunday. Let us know how it goes for you!

Photo by @sharonhanhdarlin

Athletic Association Event
On Sunday: The San Francisco Gaelic Athletic Association event will take place at San Francisco Gaelic Fields on Treasure Island.

A street closure of Avenue “H” between 11th and 13th streets will be required from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The 25 Treasure Island Muni route will be affected.

For details of Muni re-routes, please visit http://www.sfmta.com/news/alerts. This website will be updated when it is closer to the event date.

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As with most news programs, there’s some good and some bad here.

• CA appellate judge blocks Mission Bay Loop construction (SFGate)
• Muni train control system gets biggest upgrade since the ’90s (SF Examiner)
• How Leap Transit is gaming the system to get a license (SFGate)
• Another Day, Another Driver Blocking Muni’s Busiest Metro Line (Streetsblog SF)
• Thrillist Mapped Out the Median Rents Near Each Muni Stop and It Will Make You Sad (UpOut)
• Man shot in face on Muni didn’t know attacker, still struggles to recover (SFist)
• Memorial grows for boy hit, killed by Muni train (ABC 7)

Here’s our latest round of Bay Area transit news. Enjoy!

• Cafe Owner, Breed, Sway Muni to Keep Two 21-Hayes Stops Within a Block (Streetsblog SF)
• Man Expected To Survive After Being Shot In Face Aboard Muni Train (CBS Bay Area)
• Muni rolls out new three-bike racks (SF Bay)
• Mayor, supervisors to announce proposal to boost SFMTA funding (SF Examiner)
• Caltrain ridership hits all-time high — again (Daily Journal)