SF News Supervisor Wiener Really Set On Subway Construction, Introduces 'Master Plan' Legislation Supervisor Scott Wiener prides himself on having his finger to the pulse of San Francisco public transit. But that pulse, he notes, can sometimes be faint. We aren't doing enough, Wiener says, to
SF News Large Sinkhole On Fourth Street, Caused By Central Subway Construction, May Take Weeks To Fix A pretty significant sinkhole that appeared at Fourth and Jessie Streets over the weekend, which the SFMTA is euphemistically referring to as a "void in the street," may take two weeks or more
SF News Study Eyes Extended Central Subway To Fisherman's Wharf Construction is well underway on SF's Central Subway from the Caltrain Station all 1.7 miles to Chinatown (expected 2019). But a new city-commissioned study says maybe we should shoot for an extended
SF News Neiman-Marcus, Chanel, Other Union Square Stores Flooded After Central Subway Crews Break Water Main A number of high-end shops in the vicinity of Geary and Stockton Streets had their basements flooded Saturday after Central Subway construction crews busted open an eight-inch water main that unleashed thousands of
SF News Digging Done In Central Subway Project, Ratpocalypse Over? The two big tunnel-boring machines, which were nicknamed Mom Chung and Big Alma after two female figures in S.F. history, just completed excavating twin, 8,300-foot long tunnels beneath downtown San Francisco
SF News 'Waterfall Full Of Rats' Plague SoMa, Your Dreams "Scal[ing] fences with the dexterity of a mountain climber," rats have all but taken over SoMa and North Beach. No, not really. But close. As construction proceeds on the $1.578 billion
SF News Central Subway Rat Army Now Invading North Beach The army of rats that plagued work sites along the $1.578 billion Central Subway route in SoMa has apparently grown in strength as construction moves into North Beach. Residents in the neighborhood,
SF News Some Perspective On SF's Impending Ratpocalypse From An Urban Rodentologist Last week came word that construction of the far-off Central Subway project may be displacing an urban rat army. But before freaking out completely (and just slightly after reading the Wikipedia entry on
SF News Central Subway Construction Stirs Subterranean Rat Army As construction continues on the $1.578 billion Central Subway project that will connect Chinatown to Muni's light-rail system, all that excavation has stirred more than just the ire of fiscally conservative Muni
SF News Stockton Street Apple Store Moving To Levi's Space Perhaps wisely, given the multi-year clusterfuck of the Central Subway construction on their doorstep, the Apple Store at 1 Stockton Street is relocating next year to the big space currently occupied by Levi's
Arts & Entertainment Dramatic Roxy Paine Sculpture Coming To 4th Street Central Subway Station Yes. The city needs more public art like this and less aerosol emoji sprayed on alley walls by dudes wearing Giants caps. The San Francisco Arts Commission voted to approve a new $1.
Arts & Entertainment What: Muni Contest To Name Tunnel-boring Machines After Historic Women Muni wants to name their tunnel-boring machines, and now is your chance to help name them! These state-of-the-art, 300-foot-long excavators will be named after historic San Francisco women. And because San Francisco is
SF News Meanwhile, on Fourth Street... DNA Lounge owner Jamie Zawinski noticed something a little strange about the Central Subway construction going down at 4th and Harrison. Our knowledge of best practices for subway-building isn't great, so we'll let
SF News Central Subway to Extend to North Beach? Amid lawsuit threats and much hemming and hawing from local businesses, Muni chief Ed Reiskin has a new proposal for the Central Subway. Rather than opening up the subway tunnel at the Chinatown
SF News Central Subway Secures Federal Funding; Park Property Lawsuit Moves Forward The federal Department of Transportation yesterday issued their Full Funding Grant Agreement to Muni's Central Subway project, which means they can breathe a sigh of relief having secured $942 million in federal money.
SF News Rec & Parks Commission Approves Controversial Union Square Subway Station As progress on the Central Subway moves forward underneath Stockton Street, up a couple blocks in Union Square the new line's most visible station looks to be heading for its inevitable day in
SF News That Muni/BART Entrance at the Apple Store Will Be Closed for Six Years The Stockton and Ellis entrance/exit from BART and Muni, with the escalator that dumped you off right by the door of the Apple Store, is closing today due to the construction of
SF News How Will Traffic Suck in S.F. This Year? Let Us Count the Ways Despite one pending lawsuit and one already filed, construction of the Central Subway begins next week, and that is going to entail the partial closure of Columbus Avenue near Washington Square Park. That's
SF News This Stretch Of Stockton Street Will Be Closed For The Next Five Years Starting today, two blocks of Stockton Street between Union Square and Market Street will be closed to make way for construction crews burrowing below street-level on the $1.6 billion Central Subway project.
SF News Opponents of Central Subway Have New Delay Tactic: Union Square Station Deemed Illegal Another day, another challenge to the Central Subway project, which is literally minutes from getting back underway along the Stockton corridor and up by Union Square. Earlier this week we heard about North
SF News NIMBY Watch: North Beach Folks Want to Stop/Stall Central Subway Construction It wouldn't be Monday in San Francisco without a tale of a construction project that someone, somewhere is going to fight tooth and nail to stop. Work is beginning on the North Beach
SF News Fourth Street To Turn Hellish As Central Subway Excavation Begins Seeing as how an underground line from, say, downtown to the Outer Richmond would make too much sense, enter the Central Subway, the city's $1.6 billion project that will run the T-Third
SF News Federal Money Coming Through For Central Subway Mayor Ed Lee today announced the arrival of a "letter of non-prejudice" (whatever that is) from the Department of Transportation which he says is a "strong sign" that the $1 billion+ in federal
SF News Latest Central Subway Controversy: Commissioned Sculptor Once Shot a Dog The Central Subway has plenty of opponents as it is, but the animal rights contingent is not one we expected to hear from in this fight. As the Examiner points out today, Tom
SF News Central Subway Entrance At Union Square Revealed; It's Not That Exciting Call it a subway to nowhere, or call it the greatest thing ever to happen to riders of the Dirty 30, the Central Subway is going to be a fact of life for
