Not sure if this was posted previously (search came up empty - sorry if I missed it), but a prior plan to remove the overhead trolley wires from two blocks of Market Street to accommodate Super Bowl activities was reversed in November. This plan, allegedly to permit the construction of facilities for the game week festivities, would have disrupted all surface rail service on Market Street for up to a month.
Now, the wires will stay, but the lines will be de-energized and the street closed resulting in the truncation of the F Line streetcar.
From Streetcar.org, 11/19/15:
Wires, Yes. Super Bowl Week Streetcars, Still No
Social media and their news media followers seem to be celebrating yesterday’s announcement by the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee that they will not seek to take down Muni’s overhead wires on the first two blocks of Market Street after all in the week before the Super Bowl, when that area and the adjacent Justin Herman Plaza will be turned into a big party for the NFL and its corporate sponsors.
But it seems they misunderstand exactly what happened. Yes, the wires are staying up, avoiding the cost and time of removing and replacing them (the Host Committee had reportedly offered to pay…is it possible they cringed when they saw the estimate?). But from everything we’ve heard, the street itself will still close. Muni bus lines will have to be rerouted. And, most importantly to us, the F-line will be cut in half, with no streetcar service on Market Street at all.
The full article is HERE.