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.

Your Weekend Transit Advisory: Baseball is back!

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.

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)

The NYC Subway, a Horrible Place for Bad Ideas

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Had it with the transit poop talk? Well, we’re not quite there yet. Definitely not, if there’s a strange utterly mind-boggling story involved.

According to Gawker, a New York man was killed last month after he fell onto the tracks while trying to create a makeshift toilet between two cars of a moving subway.

The story gets ever weirder. Shortly before that, another man was found in the same station, bloodied, with “severe buttocks injuries” and a broken pelvis. Police believe he had climbed up from the tracks and although it was unclear what exactly happened to him. He was, most certainly, very drunk.

Via Gawker.

Fantasy Muni Stations

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Alexander Dragunov

Descending down the Van Ness station escalator is like entering the eye of Sauron, am I right? It’d be even more apt if we had stations that look like these fantastical subway stations in Stockholm. Stockholm’s metro system has been called “the world’s longest art exhibition,” and each station is an amazing rendition of an artist’s imagination of an underground world. Bob H at AllCitySF.com hipped us to these surreal subway stations that will pretty much blow your mind.

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Transit News: BART says ‘no’ to poo and pee, Muni vs. private shuttles, Muni overtime

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  • With packed vehicles people opt for private cars, SFMTA says (SF Examiner)
  • BART to (Finally) Ban Peeing and Pooping Criminals From Riding its Trains (SF Weekly)
  • Supervisors call payment plan to BART a ripoff (SF Examiner)
  • New loading zone proposed on Van Ness Avenue to ease issues with private shuttles and Muni (SF Examiner)
  • New Audit Uncovers Irregularities, Lack Of Oversight Of SF Muni Overtime (CBS)
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