Your Weekend Traffic Advisory: Hardly Strictly, Marin Headlands closed, Bridge to Bridge run, Castro fair, football

Lots in store this sunny, warm weekend. Enjoy it!

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
From Friday through Sunday the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Concert will take place at the Speedway, Marx and Lindley Meadows in Golden Gate Park. The concert will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., each day. An attendance of 40,000 participants is expected each day.

The Park streets in the immediate area will be closed. No city street closures will be required.

Concert patrons are encouraged to allow plenty of travel time. Gates will open at 10 a.m. before the first concert each day.

Muni Service—From Friday through Sunday
The 5L Fulton Limited special bus service will be in place from approximately 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. The service operates from McAllister and Jones streets to Fulton Street and 25th Avenue making limited stops at Polk Street, Van Ness Avenue, Fillmore Street, Divisadero Street, Masonic Avenue, Stanyan Street, Arguello Boulevard, Park Presidio Boulevard and 25th Avenue.

Post-concert:
After the final concert, the 5L Fulton Limited special bus service will operate one-way eastbound departing from either 30th or 25th avenues and make limited stops at Arguello Boulevard, Stanyan Street, Masonic Avenue, Divisadero Street, Fillmore Street, Van Ness Avenue, Polk Street, McAllister and Jones streets.

Limited bus service will stop at approximately 8 p.m.

Heavy ridership is anticipated before and after the event, the SFMTA will provide additional light rail service on the N Line from approximately 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.
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Transit News: BART strike, M-Ocean View plans, Muni killer, BART to SFO

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  • State Republicans try to pass bill preventing BART strike (ABC 7)
  • BART strike backup plan: more buses and carpool lanes, maybe even BART trains (Contra Costa County Times)
  • M-Ocean View plans get good response (SF Examiner)
  • How Will BART Expand to Serve Its Growing Ridership? (SPUR)
  • D.A.: Muni killer was ‘hunting’ for victims (SFGate)
  • Excess Baggage: The Forgotten Costs of the BART SFO Extension (SF Weekly)
  • Try a seat on BART — while you can (SFGate)

Transit News: Muni Metro trains, BART talks, Van Ness BRT, the Mission’s problems

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  • Muni’s Next Train Fleet: Breda Disqualified From Another Contract (Streetsblog SF)
  • At Least 4 Injured When Muni Bus Suddenly Stops To Avoid Car (CBS KPIX)
  • BART Unhappy With Unions’ Latest Proposal, Gov.  Brown Unhappy With Both Sides (SF Weekly)
  • Teen Shot to Death As He Exited Muni (SF Weekly)
  • BART riders warned of construction at Embarcadero (SFGate)
  • Middle Schooler Tells Secretary Donovan “White People” and “Muni” Are the Mission’s Problems (Uptown Almanac)
  • Making Way for Bus Rapid Transit on Van Ness Avenue (SPUR)
  • Justin Valdez Identified as Man Shot to Death on Muni, Police Release Video of Suspect (SF Weekly)

Muni Metro 3-car trains in October?

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Gasp. Could it be true?

According to Streetsblog SF, Muni’s tests and software upgrades have been done, and three-car Muni Metro trains could come to the system’s underground stations as soon as late October/early November. You might no longer have to wonder why underground platforms are hella long, and the trains themselves are hella short.

We first learned of Muni’s plan to test three-car trains nearly two years ago. Nice to see the agency follow through.

As Streetsblog SF reports, Muni is also planning to implement “double-train loading.” That’s when, say, the K and the M pulling into a station and loading passengers at the same time. Genius!

For more, check out the post on Streetsblog SF.

Muni to Test Seat Reconfiguration

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Muni is looking to reconfigure the forward- and backward-facing seats on the light rail train cars to accomodate more riders and speed up boarding, reports StreetsBlog.

According to StreetsBlog:

The SFMTA plans to run a trial starting in January by putting one reconfigured prototype car into service, which would be monitored over six months before reconfiguring other train cars.

The pilot is moving forward at the behest of Supervisors Scott Wiener and London Breed, who called a hearing held yesterday on how the agency can increase capacity on its metro system while Muni riders await a new, larger train fleet due to arrive in 2017. Read more

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