A new look for Embarcadero, Montgomery BART stations?

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Holy transit geekery! BART folks are floating a rather expensive, rather … laborious upgrade for San Francicso’s Embarcadero and Montgomery BART stations.

According to Matier and Ross:

The rebuilding of the Embarcadero and Montgomery Street stations would require tearing out the existing walls, installing new platforms, boring additional tunnels for staircases, and putting in extra elevators.

For added safety, the new platforms would have automated sliding glass doors that would open when the trains arrive.
The whole job could take more than five years, but the stations would remain open during that time.

The price tag currently sits at $900 million, and work wouldn’t begin until the next decade.

Get all the juicy details at SFGate.

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Muni window smasher vs. tattooed guy

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Happy Monday to you. Take a ride in Pierre’s Muni Way Back Machine (eight whole years ago!).

My favorite weird Muni story, from back in 2005 on bus #8002 on the 47 Van Ness, near North Point and Van Ness:

Out of nowhere, a guy sitting near the front of the bus slams his fist into one of the windows on the bus and cracks it. He turns to a woman sitting nearby and says something about being stressed out by classes. Then a middle-aged guy with tattoos on his face gets up and talks to the driver, obviously telling him what happened. When he sits back down, the window smasher says something about snitching and the tattooed guy says that his taxes have to pay for fixing the window. The two start arguing, and eventually the driver gets on the radio to call the police. Then suddenly the window smasher apologizes and gets off the bus.

The only San Francisco element missing here is a protest. Seriously.

Got a whacky Muni story? You know where to share it.

Category: WTF: Weirdness on Muni

Cal grad student envisions C-Circle Muni line

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Market Street Railway wrote this week about extending the E-Embarcadero line, something they’ve been advocating for years.

Springboarding off a Streetsblog SF article about tearing down the northern end of Interstate 280, MSR blog points to an ambitious proposal by UC Berkeley grad student Ben Caldwell’s vision to take the E-Embarcadero streetcar line even farther: down through Dogpatch, then west to Noe Valley via a tunnel under Potrero Hill. We did mention that the plan is ambitious, right?

Being fans of transit and tunnels and transit tunnels, we like this bold idea. It’s at least worth reading up on. Do that over at MSR’s site now. Pancakes can wait.

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Five Muni moments this week

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What happened on Muni this week? Lauren touted her mad skills standing on the bus in four-inch heels, Lea spotted a cutie on Muni, Amanda realized she need business cards during transit, Eric struggled to describe the smell, and Dannel wins best overheard on Muni: “Big dog doodoo, hey HEY Hey.”

This week’s Muni moments are from @Lauren_Hannah, @leavue, @amandarants, @EricShins, and @DeMarko

Don’t forget to follow and @ us your best Muni moments at @munidiaries!

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Your Weekend Transit Advisory: Baseball is back!

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Still recovering from your post-Super Bowl, super-letdown hangover? The Giants have the cure: Their annual FanFest is tomorrow! Yay, baseball!

What are you up to this weekend?

Giants FanFest
On Saturday, the 20th annual KNBR 680 Giants FanFest will take place between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at AT&T Park. An attendance of more than 35,000 participants is expected. For more details, please visit sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com.

Terry Francois Boulevard between 3rd and Mission Rock streets will be closed between 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Motorists should expect delays on all bridges and freeways leading into San Francisco for at least two hours before the start of the event and for at least two hours after the end of the event. Fans attending the event are encouraged to take public transportation.

Muni customers may purchase their fare in advance at the following locations during the time specified:

  • Embarcadero Metro Station, 7 to 10 a.m.
  • AT&T Park, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Transit News: Mission buses on Market, Geary BRT, phone thefts on Muni, cable car crash

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  • Market Street upgrade could involve moving Mission Street buses (SFGate)
  • Transit Authority favors center lane option for Geary bus (Richmond Review)
  • Could report sink SFMTA plans for Pagoda Palace? (City Insider at SFGate)
  • Students sign up for free Muni rides by the thousands (City Insider at SFGate)
  • Phone, tablet rip-offs on transit surge (SFGate)
  • Muni Inspectors, Sensors Missed Loose Bolt That Caused Cable Car Wreck (SF Appeal)
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