The SFMTA will bring back, extend, and improve frequencies on several targeted bus routes, in addition to restarting modified Muni Metro service, beginning Saturday, August 22.
Below is a summary of upcoming service changes, that can also be found updated in the app 📱✔️.
BUSES 🚍:
L Bus | Construction Shuttle
- A bus substitution will continue to provide service from SF Zoo to Sunset Blvd. related to L Taraval Improvement Project construction.
- Eastbound towards West Portal Station: Transfer from L Bus to LK Taraval-Ingleside train at Taraval at 32nd Avenue
- Westbound towards Wawona at 46th Avenue: Transfer from LK Taraval-Ingleside train to L Bus at Taraval at Sunset Boulevard
- Daily Frequency: 10 minutes or less
7 | Haight-Noriega (Newly restored!)
- The full 7 Haight-Noriega route is being restored between Ortega at 48th Avenue to Salesforce Transit Center
- 60-foot buses will replace the 40-foot buses allowing more room for customers to maintain physical distance onboard and reduce pass-ups
- Connections to Inner Sunset, the Haight and Downtown
- Daily Frequency: Between 10 and 20 minutes
12 | Pacific Community Shuttle (Extended)
- A modified route will be extended between Jackson at Van Ness to Sansome at Sutter to provide connection to Market Street
- Daily Frequency: Between 10 and 20 minutes
28 | 19th Avenue
- Weekend service is being added for modified route between Daly City BART and California at 7th Avenue
- Access to transfer points to UCSF, Kaiser and the California Pacific Medical Center
- Daily Frequency: Between 10 and 20 minutes
30 | Stockton (Extended)
- The 30 Stockton route is being extended to Crissy Field at Mason in the Presidio, between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. daily. All other times, the 30 Stockton terminal will be at Divisadero and Chestnut
- 60-foot buses will replace the 40-foot buses allowing more room for customers to maintain physical distance onboard and reduce pass-ups
- Connections to Crissy Field, Chinatown, Downtown and Caltrain
- Daily Frequency: Between 10 and 20 minutes
37 | Corbett (Newly restored!)
- A modified route will go from Twin Peaks to Van Ness at Market via Market Street
- Connections to Castro, Church and Van Ness Muni Metro Stations
- Daily Frequency: Between 10 and 20 minutes
- Service Hours: 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on weekends
44 | O’Shaughnessy (Extended)
- The full 44 O’Shaughnessy route is being restored between Hunters Point and California at 6th Avenue
- Connections to Bayview, Portola, Glen Park and Forest Hill Stations, Golden Gate Park and the Inner Richmond
- Daily Frequency: Between 10 and 20 minutes
45 | Union-Stockton (Newly restored!)
- The full 45 Union-Stockton route is returning between Townsend at 4th St to Lyon at Greenwich
- Connections to SoMa, Downtown, Chinatown and Union Street
- Daily Frequency: Between 10 and 20 minutes
48 | Quintara-24th (Newly restored!)
- Modified route between 20th St at 3rd St to West Portal Station
- Connections to West Portal, 24th St BART and Potrero Hill/Dogpatch. The route is simplified in Noe Valley
- Daily Frequency: Between 10 and 20 minutes
49 | Van Ness-Mission
- 60-foot buses will replace the 40-foot buses allowing more room for customers to maintain physical distance onboard
- Daily Frequency: 10 minutes or less
54 | Felton (Extended)
- The full 54 Felton route is being restored with weekday and weekend service from Hunters Point to Daly City BART
- Connections to Bayview, Portola, Excelsior, and Balboa Park and Daly City BART Stations
- Daily Frequency: Approximately 20 minutes
67 | Bernal Heights (Newly restored!)
- The full 67 Bernal Heights route is returning from Ellsworth at Crescent to 24th Street BART Station
- Daily Frequency: Approximately 20 minutes
Improving Frequency
- To reduce crowding the following lines will have more frequent service:
- 8 Bayshore
- 9 San Bruno
- 9R San Bruno Rapid
- 12 Pacific Community Shuttle
- 14 Mission
- 19 Polk
- 22 Fillmore
- 24 Divisadero
- 25 Treasure Island
- 28 19th Ave.
- 29 Sunset
- 43 Masonic
- 44 O’Shaughnessy
MUNI RAIL 🚊:
As a temporary emergency measure, the L Taraval and K Ingleside will become one line at West Portal. This practice, known as “interlining” in transportation planning, will result in a new line; the LK Taraval-Ingleside. The line will no longer enter the subway at West Portal station and, as a result, West Portal will become a significant transfer point.
The LK Taraval-Ingleside route will run on the surface between the SF Zoo and City College at Balboa Park Station. At West Portal, LK Taraval-Ingleside customers traveling to points downtown will exit the train on the surface at West Portal and Ulloa and enter the station to transfer to the new temporary TM Third-Ocean View line or S Shuttle. Customers transferring from the subway will be directed towards the L-portion (westbound) or the K-portion (eastbound).
Other changes you see in the map include:
- The LK Taraval-Ingleside line will use one color to ensure customers understand that the journey from the SF Zoo to Balboa Park can be completed without changing trains.
- Accessible transfer stops are highlighted with black outlines.
- Church Street Station will be the new transfer point for the J Church. Customers will disembark on Market St. and go underground to transfer to the subway for points downtown or exit the subway to the street to head towards Balboa Park.
- The TM Third-Ocean View line will also be combined however, instead of using one color it is still split into two colors to indicate that eventually, the T Third will join the new Central Subway.
- New frequent service with the S Shuttle is now indicated on the map to highlight its availability in the system.
- BART connections have been included as part of the city rail network given that customers also make use of the service and allows for an alternate transportation choice for quick trips within the city, along with its regional transportation role.
Sources: https://www.sfmta.com/blog/muni-brings-service-changes-both-bus-and-rail-august-22, https://www.sfmta.com/blog/new-muni-metro-map-debuts-support-major-railway-changes-august
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