San Francisco Muni to stop running nearly every bus/train route in SF -- more than 70 lines

[RandySF]

From the Sunset to the Bayview, from Parkmerced to the Marina, Muni will cut service completely on roughly 70 routes — nearly every bus and train line it runs in San Francisco.

By Wednesday, just over a dozen of Muni’s most key lines will remain running.

That’s according to San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Director of Transportation Jeffrey Tumlin, who briefed reporters Sunday afternoon.

And the service transition between Monday and Wednesday will also be rough, Tumlin warned.

“Tomorrow will be a disaster,” he said Sunday. “We will deliver the worst Muni service since 1906” after The City’s historic earthquake and fire.

The decision did not come lightly, according to SFMTA, and is a “risk management” measure to protect agency staff and the Muni riding public amid the coronavirus pandemic. Tumlin said the lines that remain running will have full service, instead of the long waits riders have experienced in March, in order to ensure social distancing is possible for the remaining Muni riders.....

Sources within the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency said a list of remaining lines (after service cuts) would likely be ready for the public on Monday. A draft list of remaining Muni lines circulating among SFMTA staff shows 17 out of Muni’s 89 routes still running.

Those routes include the 1-California, 22-Fillmore, 38-Geary, 38R-Geary Rapid, 8-Bayshore, 14-Mission, 14R-Mission Rapid, 49-Van Ness-Mission, 9-San Bruno, 19-Polk, 24-Divisadero, 25-Treasure Island, 29-Sunset, 44-O’Shaugnessy, L-Taraval bus, N-Judah bus, and T-Third bus — but the list is a working draft and may change by Monday.




https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/muni-to-stop-running-nearly-every-route-in-sf-more-than-70-lines/

[BigmanPigman]

1. Will other major cities follow suit?

[progree]

8. The Twin Cities cut service by about 40% 2 weeks ago. Several routes eliminated as part

of that. This San Fran Muni thing sounds a lot worse than that, so I'm worried about the Twin Cities doing really drastic cuts.

[msongs]

2. those essential workers can walk or call uber then nt

[smirkymonkey]

4. San Francisco is not the easiest walking city, especially in inclement weather and how is someone

making minimum wage going to afford taking an Uber or Lyft to and from work every day? Kind of harsh.

[msongs]

7. my conclusion is based on transit cutbacks not a personal viewpoint nt

[smirkymonkey]

3. Wow, that is major.

That is going to make it very hard on people who are essential workers and do not have cars. BART doesn't network through the city like most other urban subways. It only has a few stops in the city and then to Berkeley, East Bay and down to SFO.

[Raine]

5. There are buses where I am in a burb of Los Angeles County but nobody

is riding them, bus after bus goes by totally empty.

[NBachers]

6. I'm on the 14 and the 49. I'm taking a couple more weeks off work. This will be difficult for many.

[progree]

9. So people Uber and van pool - both super-great options for social distancing I guess n/t