San Francisco: Central Subway opening pushed to 2022

[marmar]

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has delayed the Central Subway Project for a second time this year, which will push the line’s opening into 2022.

Last year, SFMTA targeted a summer 2021 opening date for the project before revising that to the end of 2021 earlier this year.

SFMTA explained in a Nov. 12 blog the delay can be attributed to continued impacts of the pandemic, as well as ongoing design changes.

“Before the pandemic, we anticipated that construction would be finished by the end of next month, with customers riding trains at the start of revenue service a year later. Our current projections put the completion of construction this spring and the start of service in the following spring of 2022,” wrote SFMTA Public Affairs Manager Phillip Pierce. ...........(more)

https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/infrastructure/article/21162905/central-subway-opening-pushed-to-2022

[mr_lebowski]

1. Didn't know this was a thing ... there's already Muni and Bart ...

Is it actually a new Muni line they're talking about?

[marmar]

2. Yup. That runs from SOMA north thru Chinatown.