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Last week we posted a story by a rider who saw a medical emergency when the train was stopped in the tunnel. We asked SFMTA about the incident, and spokesperson Paul Rose explained that when this medical emergency happened, three other incidents were happening at the exact same time. Here’s what he told us.
In store this lovely weekend (which can’t get started a moment too soon, amirite?), we have more Giants games, an SF Gaelic Athletic Association event on Treasure Island, and, well, whatever rad plans you have. Enjoy!
Baseball Game Traffic Reroutes
The San Francisco Giants will play three home games against Atlanta Braves beginning Friday through Sunday at AT&T Park.
· 7:15 p.m., Friday
· 1:05 p.m., Saturday
· 1:05 p.m., Sunday
For details about transit service to AT&T Park, including connections from Bay Area transit systems to Muni can be found at www.sfmta.com. Regional transit information for BART, Caltrain and the ferries as well as traffic is available at www.511.org.
Athletic Association Event
The San Francisco Gaelic Athletic Association event will take place at San Francisco Gaelic Fields on Treasure Island this Saturday and Sunday. This event will also take place next weekend, May 18 and 19.
Avenue “H” between 11th and 13th streets will be closed from 6:30 a.m. until 7 p.m., each day, Saturday and Sunday, this weekend and next.
The 108 Treasure Island Muni route will be affected from 6:15 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, both weekends.
Overnight Closure for Construction
An overnight closure of northbound Highway 1 (Park Presidio Boulevard/Veterans Boulevard) at Lake Street will be required for Presidio Parkway construction each night, beginning midnight, Tuesday. This night closure is expected to last for three weeks with the following hours:
Mondays through Thursdays Midnight to 4 a.m.
Fridays through Saturdays 1 to 4 a.m.
During the closure, Muni routes 28 19th Avenue and 91 Owl will be affected.
For more information, please visit www.presidioparkway.org.
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What should you (and SFMTA) do when there is a medical emergency on the train that’s in a tunnel? A rider sent in a story of witnessing a man who started to have a seizure on the train. But the train was stopped in the tunnel in what seemed like a perfect storm of a situation. From the eyewitness:
I am writing about an incident that occurred on a San Francisco Muni Metro train. I was a passenger on an Inbound L train a few minutes after 10am on Thursday, May 9th, 2013.
Around this time, a passenger in the front car experienced a medical emergency, fell out of his seat and landed face-first in the aisle. At the time, our train was stopped in the tunnel between Church station and Van Ness station. I rushed to the driver compartment to alert the driver we needed immediate medical assistance, while two other passengers knelt over the man on the floor. The man on the floor began to have a seizure.
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It’s one of those unspoken rules, right? Stand to the right on escalators, let people out of the elevator (or bus or train) before you enter, slower cars to the right, no talking during the morning commute. Or is it?
@davidbicha boasts of a “TwitterWar” he recently waged:
Mini TwitterWar today! I stand by it: there’s an unspoken no-blabbing-during-morning-commute agreement.
We combed Muni Manners for the expert take on this important question, but our search came up empty. I have my personal feelings, but I’d rather know how you feel.
So, dear Muni rider: What do you think about excessive talking during the morning commute on Muni?
@dangrover and @mikez got all Internet-fancy, combining Muni, BART, and Caltrain stop location info with median income numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau. The results are indicative what you’ve probably felt on your commute: San Francisco sure loves to pack its rich people in with its not-so-rich.
The designers surveyed 19 Muni lines. We crunched some numbers from the graphs and found that the 1-California and L-Taraval have some of the biggest income gaps along Muni lines. Read more
