Your Weekend Transit Advisory: Critical Mass, waterfront concerts, Union Street festival, Giants games

The haps this weekend (and early next week). Have a good one!

Critical Mass
On Friday at 6 p.m., the Critical Mass bicycle ride will begin at Justin Herman Plaza.

Live Nation Concerts
On Friday and Sunday Live Nation Concerts will take place at the America’s Cup Pavilion at Piers 27/29 at 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. respectively. Doors will open an hour before each concert begins. The SFMTA will provide additional service on F Market-Wharves bus line before and after each event:

Pre-concert
· F Line shuttle service will ONLY run between Don Chee Way and Pier 39 beginning at 5:05 p.m.

Post-concert
· Outbound shuttle service will begin at 10 p.m. and will pick up passengers at the Greenwich F Line station
· Regular F Market-Wharves route service will not stop at the Greenwich station

Street Closure for Special Event
On Saturday and Sunday, a special event organized by the San Francisco Golden Gate Ruby Club will require a street closure on Treasure Island.

The 108 Treasure Island Muni route will be affected during the closure.

Union Street Eco-Urban Festival
The annual Union Street Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday on Union Street between Gough and Steiner streets. Please visit Steven Restivo Event Services, LLC for more details.

Fillmore Street will remain open for through traffic, though it may be congested due to crowds. There will be local access for residents on the impacted streets except for Union Street.

The following Muni routes will be affected:
· 22 Fillmore
· 45 Union/Stockton

Statuto Race
The 93rd annual Statuto Race will begin at 9 a.m. on Sunday in North Beach. There will be a five-mile run and a two-mile walk this year. Please visit San Francisco Italian Athletic Club for more details.

The 39 Coit Muni bus route will be affected.

Baseball Game Traffic Reroutes
The San Francisco Giants will play two home games against the Toronto Blue Jays at AT&T Park next week: 7:15 p.m., Tuesday and 12:45 p.m., Wednesday.

The SFMTA advises motorists of the increased congestion in San Francisco and advises commuters to use transit and avoid using the Bay Bridge on these dates.

As a reminder to fans, in order to reduce congestion on city streets after all events at AT&T Park, the SFMTA will close the northbound portion of the 4th Street (Peter R. Maloney) Bridge to all traffic except streetcars, buses, taxis and bicycles during the post-game period. Giants fans parked south of Mission Creek Channel who are heading north of the channel are encouraged to exit to the south along 3rd or 4th streets in order to avoid congestion on King and 3rd streets after AT&T Park events. A map showing alternate post-game routes from AT&T parking lots is available on the Giants’ website.

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.

REMINDER: Overnight Closure for Construction
Overnight closure of northbound Highway 1 (Park Presidio Boulevard/Veterans Boulevard) at Lake Street for the Presidio Parkway construction has been taking place each night. This night closure is expected to last for three weeks with the following hours:

Mondays through Thursdays From midnight to 4 a.m.
Fridays through Saturdays From 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.

Major BART Delays After Collision in Tube

UPDATE 9:45 a.m. Reports from Twittersphere, from irate commuters like you:

@MrBShah worst case scenario. Nighmareish BART delays and my battery is about to die. Happy Friday! #shouldhavetakencaltrain

@keralajane Our @rideact driver said AC transit is trying to get more transbay buses out to accommodate commuters stranded by #BART FYI

@SJLandes I went home and drove down the peninsula to work… so much for saving the environment with public transportation today. :o/ (Ed note: one of us drove, too, DON’T TELL ANYONE.)

ABC7’s @amyhollyfield via @superxolo MacArthur Bart platform is PACKED:

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Are you commuting via BART from the East Bay to San Francisco today? Then you must have seen the delays after the tube wreck early this morning. According to SFGate, “a maintenance truck collided with a rail-grinder working in the tube around 2 a.m. and damaged 380 feet of the electric line that powers BART trains.” No one was hurt.

BART had to run all trains on a single track while crews replaced the damaged sections of the third rail, causing major delays on all four transbay lines.

(Rest of the story on SFGate.)

How was your commute on BART this morning? Let us know via @bartdiaries!

A San Francisco bus route with absolutely no stories, ever

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You looooooooove to bitch about Muni. Us, too, on occasion, because, duh. Some even call for it to be replaced by a private transit service. Pay to play, in other words—in pristine buses without the yelling and the excrement and, to us, the interest.

Well, your prayers have been answered. There is now a private transit service in San Francisco offering to move the society- and germ-averse to  … wait, WHERE TO WHERE?

Uptown Almanac has the story:

Promising “A Seat For Everyone,” a ride on Nu Muni will cost you $6 each way–assuming you own an iPhone and live on a profitable route. Numi also only runs weekdays from “7:00 AM to 10:00 AM and from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM,” because those are the times everyone needs to ride the bus.

The company running these shuttles, Leap, says, “Our first route, the Chestnut Express, services the Marina.” (emphasis mine) So. The first replacement for Muni services a neighborhood that isn’t exactly known for its bus-ridin’ pride.

I mean, really. If you’re lucky enough to fit Leap’s demographic, tell us: Would you pay more per ride to exorcise Muni from your existence?

h/t: Uptown Almanac

Transit News: Muni fares to events, bus stop wanker, bikes on BART, bummer Muni stats

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  • Supervisor Scott Wiener Wants Sports and Music Fans to Pay More to Ride Muni (SF Weekly)
  • Central Subway: Federal Overseer Laments “Serious Deficiency” in Time, Money Contingencies (SF Weekly)
  • Man Arrested For Masturbating At Muni Stop (SF Appeal)
  • BART Board Votes To Relax Rush Hour Bike Ban For Five Month Trial Period (SF Appeal)
  • Muni Presents Hideous Numbers at Transit Hearing (SF Weekly)

Attack at Grove/Van Ness Muni Stop

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Photo by Carainsf

Muni rider Erin and her friend told us that they were attacked last Friday at the Grove and Van Ness Muni stop. She sent us her account of the harrowing experience.

Last Friday at 12:30 a.m., my friend and I were walking back from a concert on Fell street up Van Ness. When we crossed to walk in front of City Hall, a group of guys attacked us at the Muni stop on Grove and Van Ness. I think it’s the 47/49 stop right behind City Hall. It was about five or six boys, all looked like teenagers or young adults. It seemed like they had it planned, and they just started beating the crap out of my friend as I tried to call for help. Read more

What if BART ran Muni?

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Photo by Andrionni Ribo

Last week, a thought occurred to us: What if the agency that runs BART took its turn running Muni? It’s not necessarily a new question, but it’s a fun thought experiment nonetheless.

Would BART make Muni better? Worse? The same? Would running San Francisco’s buses, metro trains, streetcars, and cable cars actually make BART worse?

Here’s the mixed bag of what some of you had to say (responding to the question over at @munidiaries):

  • “all for it. Especially if they bring the BART robot voice to MUNI bus announcements.” @jcsnotes
  • “what would be better is if we had a comprehensive Bay Area wide transit system instead of a dozen transit fiefdoms” @biohzrd
  • “anything would be better than Muni running muni.” @Jynx69637
  • “cons: very noisy underground & wouldnt run 24/7. Pros: much much faster” @Medium_Matt
  • “it’d be harder to get pee off the cushioned seats” @CrusaderMaximus
  • “if muni could be a closed system with its own right of ways… This is like comparing apples to a shitstorm.” @cripsahoy
  • “you would have shorter buses during commute hours for no apparent reason” @bellacantare
  • “likely the better of two evils. I’m convinced mta is ran by a chimp who’s addicted to meth.” @richardsondh

What do you think? What if BART ran Muni?

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