the great irony of the L-Taraval rail revamp is that for what it will cost, we could probably run L-Taraval shuttle busses from the Zoo to West Portal station on a fairly regular schedule in perpetuity.

because what the construction is doing is actually disrupting that bus schedule: it used to come every 6 minutes, now comes every 10 *at best*. not to mention the moved bus stops, the noise, the dirt and having to walk 3 blocks out of your way to cross the street, which is no joke for many people given the elevation changes on some of these blocks.

while the bus is running less frequently, you also can't bike (because the street is destroyed) and you can't even drive really, if that's your thing.

and you might say: "Enia, stop whining! how long is this disruption lasting for, really? a couple of days."

No, no: to do just the 3(!) blocks closest to my home, the contractors have alotted 2 *months*. I feel like China could build a whole new high speed rail line in that time.

#sfmta #munirail #sftransit

it looks like it’s time for our little piece of #Taraval to get its new #L-Taraval tracks.

much needed, very exciting, but not looking forward to two months of noise and dust.

#sfmta #munirail #lightrail #sanfrancisco #transit

New Yerba Buena/Mosone T-Third station hidden in plain sight. Took me about 10 minutes to find it tucked across 4th St towards Folsom and I was looking for it and had a rough idea of what it is.

How about some better signage and maps from Moscone West, South and North for the thousands of visitors who may want to find the station? #sfmta #munirail

#sfmta #munirail headways are gnarly today.

#LBUS is every 15, and when I made it to #WestPortal, the next K/M were >15 min away.

I asked a worker if she knew when the next #Shuttle might come and she had no idea.

this shuttle that runs Embarcadero <> West Portal:

• isn’t on the Muni website (that I can find)

• shows up seemingly at random

• and now I just learned that not even workers know when it’ll come?!

what a way to run a #transit system in the country’s premier tech city!