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[KevinKorell]

Muni web page related to Coronavirus

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Muni service reductions

[KevinKorell]

Curbed San Francisco, 3/26/20:

 

  Muni to halt all light-rail and underground service 

 

 

 

Beginning Monday, March 30, all Muni metro and light-rail routes will be replaced by buses during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order. This means that all light-rail trains, which service underground and above ground routes, will cease operating until further notice.

 

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[CNJRoss]

RT&S 3/27/20
 

S.F. transit agency shuts down light rail service and subway stations in response to COVID-19

 

 

San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is pulling light rail trains from service and closing some stations as a result of COVID-19 and the state’s shelter-in-place order.

 

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While the light rail line is out of service SFMTA will do tunnel maintenance and also make any necessary repairs to train cars.

 

More here.

[KevinKorell]

SF Weekly, 6/18/20:

 

 

   Muni Announces Changes to Light Rail Service  

 

 

 

 

SFMTA announced Thursday that metro rail trains are slated to return in August to coincide with the beginning of the school year. However, the system will return in a very different form than when it halted at the beginning of the pandemic.

 

 

Here is the story.    Seems to me that forcing more people to change trains will cause more pedestrian congestion at the transfer points thus endangering social distancing. I'll be interested to see how this works out.

[KevinKorell]

San Francisco, CA Examiner, 7/8/20:

 

  ‘No timetable’ for cable car return, SFMTA says 

 

 

 

Some say the soul of San Francisco can be found at the intersection of Powell and Market streets where the Powell-Mason cable car has started its route since 1888, bringing travelers to Fisherman’s Wharf along the exact same route ever since.

 

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[KevinKorell]

KTVU-TV, Fox-2 in San Francisco, CA, 7/10/20:

 

   San Francisco’s cable cars may not return until there’s a COVID-19 vaccine     

 

 

 

San Francisco's iconic cable cars may not return until there is a vaccine for COVID-19, transportation officials are now saying.

 

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[KevinKorell]

SFist, 8/24/20:

 

    First Weekday Of Major Muni Metro Changes Includes Overhead Wire Problem    

 

 

 

Ever since the SFMTA announced some major service changes coming to all of the underground Muni train lines, there has been plenty of reaction both positive and negative to what this would mean in theory. But as of Saturday, August 22, Muni riders have been getting to see how the changes work in practice.

 

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[KevinKorell]

San Francisco, CA Examiner, 8/24/20:

 

  Muni rail is back — and there’s ‘lots of work to do’      

 

 

 

The familiar hum of Muni rail cars returned to the streets of San Francisco Saturday morning, more than five months after a shelter-in-place order that brought many ordinary activities, including most public transportation, to a halt.

 

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[KevinKorell]

San Francisco, CA Chronicle, 8/19/20:

 

    Muni Follows New Routes As Service Resumes On Lines Suspended In March  

 

 

 

Service resumes Saturday on several Muni metro and bus lines after being suspended for five months due to COVID-19 by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

 

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