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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facing continuing catastrophic revenue losses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency officials say that more than 1,200 of its nearly 6,000 employees may face layoffs. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the likely impacts of the projected layoffs: significant further cuts to Muni's already much-reduced service, a prospect SFMTA director Jeffrey Tumlin called \"devastating and heartbreaking.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I spent half the day last Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, sobbing on Zoom calls, talking to my labor unions about this reality,\" Tumlin said in an interview Monday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News of the projected layoffs was included in an all-staff \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20418110/sfmta-budget-update-nov-30-2020.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">presentation\u003c/a> that senior SFMTA officials delivered in an online call Monday morning. A nearly identical \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2020/11/12-1-20_item_11_budget_update.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">presentation\u003c/a>, to be discussed at Tuesday's meeting of the agency board, was later made public on the SFMTA website. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jeffrey Tumlin, SFMTA director\"]'Our buses are full. We're having to turn away hundreds of essential workers every day, and having to do another 20% service cut... That is completely devastating to everything we're trying to do as an agency.'[/pullquote]\"Like our peer agencies, the city at large and families throughout our community, the pandemic has resulted in losses at the SFMTA,\" agency spokeswoman Kristen Holland said in an emailed statement. \"We do not expect our revenues to fully return for years to come. Our finances are eroding and require a rapid and immediate response.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency's budget scenario forecasts a budget deficit of $68 million in the current fiscal year, which ends next June 30. The situation is projected to be far worse in the 12 months starting next July 1, with a shortfall projected at $168 million. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The document outlines the SFMTA's struggle to continue to operate service and balance its budget as fare receipts and other key sources of revenue, such as parking fees and fines, plunge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Revenue losses now make it impossible to not assume service reduction and layoffs,\" the presentation said. \"Too many risk scenarios point to deficits that cannot be closed without a workforce reduction.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency says hundreds of jobs could be on the line during the remaining seven months of this fiscal year, with much more drastic cuts possible in the 2021-22 fiscal period. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While emphasizing that the agency faces significant financial uncertainties, the SFMTA presentation said layoffs could range from 989 to 1,226 full-time workers in fiscal 2021-22, or about 18% to 22% of the agency workforce. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency added that the cuts are certain to affect operations, which besides the Muni transit service, include running the city's parking program, overseeing the city's taxi industry and rental bicycle and scooter programs, transportation planning and street safety initiatives. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Exactly what programs would be cut and how many employees would be affected in each part of the agency isn't yet known. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA has already slashed Muni service by 30%. It has suspended runs on routes with relatively low ridership and refocused service on routes it has identified as particularly important to the city's transit-dependent essential workforce. Runs have been added to heavily used lines such as the 8-Bayshore, 9-San Bruno, 14-Mission and 38-Geary. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tumlin said layoffs could damage service in both the short and long term. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our buses are full,\" Tumlin said. \"We're having to turn away hundreds of essential workers every day, and having to do another 20% service cut on top of the 30% service cuts we've already done, that is completely devastating to everything we're trying to do as an agency.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The impact of layoffs and further service reductions could last well into the future, he added. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cuts could mean \"there's no path for downtown San Francisco to return as a major employment center. There can't be recovery of urban economies without transit,\" he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>'Dire and Gloomy and Scary'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Roger Marenco, president of Transport Workers Union Local 250-A, which represents about 2,000 Muni operators, said Monday he hoped to work with agency management to reduce the scope of the cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The situation looks and sounds dire and gloomy and scary,\" Marenco said. He said Local 250-A is formulating a plan \"that involves 10 or 12 steps so as to avoid layoffs or deter layoffs to a later date.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those steps would include hiring no new bus operators \"for the next six, eight, 10, 12 months,\" a measure designed to keep current drivers employed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's No. 1,\" Marenco said. \"No. 2 would be beefing up parking citations. ... We all hate parking citations, that's a fact. But on the flip side it is one of the larger sources of funding for the agency.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='muni']Parking fees and fines made up about 28% of the SFMTA's projected revenue for the 2019-20 fiscal year. But that cash stream dried up as the agency stopped enforcing parking meters and residential parking zones after shelter-at-home orders were imposed last March. The SFMTA now estimates that parking revenue will fall $220 million below budgeted levels for the period from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marenco said a renewed emphasis on collecting transit fares would also be crucial to increasing SFMTA revenue and heading off layoffs. The agency's latest projections estimate that it will collect about $250 million less in fares during the fiscal 2019-2022 than had been budgeted — a shortfall due to a 70% decline in ridership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA's Tumlin said earlier this month that Muni would resume fare enforcement beginning Dec. 1, an announcement that brought immediate pushback from transit activists who argued that such a move will impose an additional burden on riders who are themselves struggling financially because of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni and the SFMTA, like virtually all large transit operators across the county, has managed to stave off draconian budget cuts so far only because of federal emergency aid. The CARES Act approved in March provided $1.3 billion to Bay Area public transit systems. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni's share of that funding was $374 million, and Monday's presentation made it clear that without that aid, the system would have been forced to make deep cuts far earlier than those being discussed now. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Transit agencies nationwide have appealed for another round of operating aid, and as much as $32 billion would be provided in already-approved House legislation. But that aid, like other pandemic relief, has been stalled by major disagreements between House and Senate leadership on the size of a new relief package. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Confronting a Transit 'Death Spiral'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Tumlin said Monday that another round of federal aid is likely the agency's best hope to head off massive layoffs. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have a fairly short-term problem,\" he said. \"The trouble is the unique economics of public transit, which are known as 'the death spiral.' Because we're dependent on fares, and because people have mobility choices, if we have a loss of fare revenue, we have a loss of service. And if we have a loss of service, that makes our service less attractive, which means additional loss of fare revenue, which means additional cuts in service.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tumlin said the path to full recovery requires resolving the pandemic through public health measures and making vaccines widely available. But he added that the fix for the COVID-driven fiscal crisis is more straightforward and criticized the federal government for being slow to act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is unconscionable to me that in a nation like the United States of America, that the very people who have carried us through this pandemic, who have delivered essential workers to work, are now at risk of losing their paychecks and their health care,\" Tumlin said. \"... These folks are heroes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni is only the latest in a growing list of Bay Area transit agencies forced to contemplate — or go ahead with — worker layoffs. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11847305/golden-gate-bridge-district-considers-layoffs-major-toll-hike-as-covid-19-fiscal-crisis-deepens\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">voted to lay off 146 employees\u003c/a>, virtually all of them in the agency's bus and ferry operations. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART, which is staring at a budget deficit of $177 million in fiscal 2021-22, has launched an early retirement incentive program to see how far it can shrink its 3,600-member workforce without resorting to layoffs. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency will be forced to redo part of a $52 million tunnel project because of a decision during construction two years ago that has led to potential stability problems along tracks used by several Muni light-rail lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fixing the track work on the Twin Peaks Tunnel — a high-profile project marked by a series of difficulties, including the death of a worker struck by a falling beam — could cost tens of millions of dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFMTA officials first disclosed the issue last month to the agency’s board. The potential cost was first discussed publicly Tuesday during an SFMTA presentation to the San Francisco County Transportation Authority board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tunnel project included seismic retrofitting of the 2-mile-long structure, which first opened in 1918, and replacement of its 50-year-old track structure, including rails, ties and the ballast rock that provides a stable rail bed and allows water to drain from the trackway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julie Kirschbaum, the SFMTA’s director of transit, told the Transportation Authority board, a body made up of all 11 members of the Board of Supervisors, that instead of replacing the ballast rock during the project, as specified in \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-documents/2018/01/2-6-18_item_14_contract_award_-_twin_peaks_tunnel.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the project contract\u003c/a>, “a decision was made” to reuse the ballast that had been in place for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Tom Maguire, SFMTA director of sustainable streets\"]‘A competent contractor should be able to do work like this right. 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And as a result, we now have ballast that is really more mud than rock and needs to be addressed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an answer to a question from Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, Kirschbaum said the cost of having a contractor go in and replace the ballast would be in the millions of dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Millions or tens of millions?” Mandelman asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think tens of millions,” Kirschbaum said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her initial presentation on the issue, during an Oct. 20 SFMTA board meeting, Kirschbaum said that when the tunnel work began in 2018, contractors discovered the old ballast was contaminated with a higher level of heavy metals than had been anticipated. 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Tom Maguire, the SFMTA’s director of sustainable streets, said the decision had been made jointly by agency staff and the project’s contractor, a joint venture involving Oakland’s Shimmick Construction and San Francisco-based Con-Quest Contractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They had to weigh a couple of tricky issues in the field, including the possibility that some of the material might be contaminated and might need to be removed,” Maguire said. “However, that critical decision needed to have been elevated sooner and faster with a comprehensive view of all the risks” involved in leaving the old ballast in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maguire told the SFMTA board in October that the agency was discussing the issue with the City Attorney’s Office “and figuring out how to hold the contractor accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A competent contractor should be able to do work like this right,” Maguire told board. “This is basic rail construction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her own October presentation to the SFMTA board, Kirschbaum said that while the ballast problem didn’t pose an immediate safety problem, inspections have determined that track stability issues are likely to develop in one particular location in the tunnel’s eastern half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where we know it’s going to erode first based on visual inspections and what we’ve seen over the last two years is around the Eureka Curve,” between the Forest Hill and Castro stations, Kirschbaum said. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Out of Excuses’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Tuesday’s details about the tunnel issue emerged just days after \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/central-subway-slowed-covid-19-still-making-progress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the SFMTA acknowledged\u003c/a> that its long-delayed Central Subway project will blow through another completion target date and likely not open until 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Twin Peaks Tunnel problem, on top of delays in other major projects and \u003ca href=\"https://sf.streetsblog.org/2020/09/02/bad-splices-point-to-fundamental-problems-at-muni/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an embarrassing August mishap\u003c/a> in which spliced electrical wires derailed the SFMTA’s attempt to relaunch Muni Metro light-rail service, prompted an exasperated response from Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who chairs the transportation board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If this were just the Central Subway … I’d be frustrated,” Peskin said. “But when you add the ballast in the tunnel, and when you add the — frankly, I’m going to say it — screw-up relative to the splices, when you add that to the Van Ness BRT (bus rapid transit) delays, which is nowhere near as complicated as these other projects, you’re just, as I said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Central-Subway-delayed-again-until-2022-15727909.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the newspaper\u003c/a> the other day, you’re out of excuses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFMTA officials didn’t immediately respond to questions about when the ballast replacement work will begin. Except for its brief, troubled reopening in August, all Muni Metro light-rail service has been shut down since shortly after COVID-19 shelter-at-home orders were imposed in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='twin-peaks-tunnel']The Twin Peaks Tunnel work took place during the summer of 2018 and was marked by a series of missteps and one construction tragedy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni’s use of bus shuttles to replace light-rail service through the tunnel during the two months of construction exposed a major shortage of coach operators and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Twin-Peaks-Tunnel-closure-compounds-Muni-driver-13153530.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">threw citywide bus service into disarray\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As work on the project was near completion, a falling beam killed Colusa County construction worker Patrick Ricketts, 51. That brought to light \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686976/muni-chief-downplays-safety-concerns-in-sf-tunnel-project-after-worker-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a long history of safety violations\u003c/a> by Oakland-based Shimmick Construction, one of the project’s principal contractors. Cal/OSHA fined Shimmick and its joint venture partner in the project, San Francisco-based Con-Quest, $65,300 for safety infractions related to Ricketts’ death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the tunnel reopened, service was subject to repeated delays attributed to problems with trackside train control equipment. After nearly three weeks of frequently disrupted service, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11691978/muni-says-contractors-mistakes-on-tunnel-project-causing-new-delays-in-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Muni said\u003c/a> that a contractor’s crew had damaged the trackside equipment while doing follow-up work on the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Skip to the Bay Area public transit you use: \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#muni\">San Francisco Muni\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bart\">BART\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#actransit\">AC Transit\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ferry\">Ferry Service\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#caltrain\">Caltrain\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>There’s no other way to put it: Bay Area transit agencies are struggling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the coronavirus pandemic hit, many businesses told employees to work from home. Local public health authorities mandated that non-essential workers stay home, too. Ridership on all Bay Area public transit systems plummeted as a result.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agencies have struggled to maintain basic service, keep riders and workers safe and avoid mass layoffs. An infusion of emergency aid from the federal government allowed transit systems to survive, but getting back to “normal” is still far in the future. “We are now facing the complete economic devastation that is the aftermath of this pandemic,” San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Director of Transportation Jeffrey Tumlin said on Tuesday’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101877803/how-covid-19-is-changing-public-transit\">KQED Forum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What About Safety?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Transit operators have lost hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue since shelter-at-home orders were imposed in March. One of the major challenges they face now is convincing patrons that it’s safe to ride again, even with the coronavirus pandemic still simmering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s some evidence that transit isn’t to blame for as much transmission of the coronavirus as authorities and the riding public might believe. Studies of outbreaks in various cities around the world have not detected infection clusters linked to public transportation. And a new article from \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/fear-transit-bad-cities/612979/\">The Atlantic\u003c/a> notes that the incidence of COVID-19 has been low in one of the world’s most crowded, transit-reliant cities:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>If transit itself were a global super-spreader, then a large outbreak would have been expected in Hong Kong, a city of 7.5 million people dependent on a public transportation system that, before the pandemic, was carrying \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/factsheets/docs/transport.pdf\">12.9 million people a day\u003c/a>. Ridership there … fell considerably less than in other transit systems around the world. Yet Hong Kong has recorded only about \u003ca href=\"https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html\">1,100 COVID-19 cases\u003c/a>, one-tenth the number in Kansas, which has fewer than half as many people. Replicating Hong Kong’s success may involve safety measures, such as mask wearing, that are not yet ingrained in the U.S., but the evidence only underscores that the coronavirus can spread outside of transit and dense urban environments—which are not inherently harmful.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Scroll down for a status report on the Bay Area’s biggest public transit providers, and see how your local service is being impacted — whether that's\u003cstrong> \u003ca href=\"#muni\">SF Muni\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bart\">BART\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#actransit\">AC Transit\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ferry\">Bay Area ferries\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> or \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#caltrain\">Caltrain\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We've also got a look at \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#next\">what could be next\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"muni\">\u003c/a>San Francisco Muni\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11814785\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11814785\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42247_009_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9551-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42247_009_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9551-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42247_009_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9551-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42247_009_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9551-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42247_009_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9551-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Muni bus stops in front of the nightclub Bruno's, which has a sign that reads, 'Save Lives. Stay Home,' on Mission Street in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Muni has suspended its cable cars, streetcars and subway and light-rail lines — in addition to canceling service on 70 of 89 bus routes. Now, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/muni-service-changes-starting-june-13\">some service is returning\u003c/a>, with a total of 25 lines running. Tumlin says the current all-bus system is safer because vehicles can operate with windows open, which circulates fresh air and reduces the chance of virus transmission on vehicles. However, he says maintaining 6 feet of social distancing on buses translates into an unsustainable 80% reduction in system capacity that will limit the agency's ability to resume more service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='left' citation=\"Jeffrey Tumlin, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency\"]'Our financial reality is that all of our sources of revenue are down by 30 to 100%, and many of those will not be coming back for a long time.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our financial reality is that all of our sources of revenue are down by 30 to 100%, and many of those will not be coming back for a long time,” Tumlin said. That means he doesn’t expect Muni will be able to restore all the lines it suspended for up to two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the financial calamity that’s affecting so many households across the nation, and is also affecting every public agency,” Tumlin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said Muni is doing everything it can to make buses safe to ride and to operate. Drivers have protective barriers, wear masks and keep the windows down to increase air circulation. Most buses have rear boarding to facilitate passengers spreading out. The buses are cleaned and sterilized at the end of every shift, about three times a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And as far as we know, there are no cases of passengers having contracted COVID-19 on Muni,” Tumlin said. He added that there have been just 14 COVID-19 cases among the agency’s 6,000 employees, and all have recovered. None of those are believed to have contracted the virus in the workplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='coronavirus']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pandemic has also revealed interesting equity patterns in ridership. Some lines, like those that run along Mission and out to Visitacion Valley have ridership levels almost at pre-pandemic levels. Muni has been adding service in those areas to reduce congestion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“COVID has revealed the geography of essential workers,” Tumlin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tumlin also noted that the SFMTA was not allowed to work on any street projects during shelter-in-place, which set the city back in terms of infrastructure to support biking and walking as alternatives to public transportation. However, the agency has closed streets like the Great Highway, Page, Shotwell and Sanchez to traffic — part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/projects/slow-streets-program\">Slow Streets program\u003c/a> — in order to make more safe spaces for residents to get outside and move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our next step is to try and knit those pilot projects together, filling in critical gaps, to allow most San Franciscans on their own steam, to get to work, to get groceries, etc,” Tumlin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='left' citation=\"Jeffrey Tumlin, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency\"]'Our next step is to try and knit those pilot projects together, filling in critical gaps, to allow most San Franciscans on their own steam, to get to work, to get groceries, etc,.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFMTA is considering a massive network of protected bike lanes that could help make many more San Franciscans feel safer getting around by bike, scooter or on foot. He said they are beginning the political process to get approval for such a plan, but noted similar efforts in the past have come up against stiff pushback from citizens that don’t like change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many people wonder how agencies like Muni and BART will enforce safety protocols like mask-wearing. Tumlin acknowledges this is a delicate matter. Right now, most agencies do not want their frontline workers confronting passengers in order to make them wear masks. Tumlin says Muni drivers have even been assaulted when they tried to shame passengers into wearing masks. And the conversation about mask enforcement comes in the middle of a national reckoning with policing, making the matter even more complex.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"bart\">\u003c/a>BART\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806560\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11806560 size-full\" style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: transparent; color: #767676;\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41952_002_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6485-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A mostly empty BART train travels from Oakland to San Francisco on Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2020.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41952_002_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6485-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41952_002_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6485-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41952_002_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6485-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41952_002_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6485-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mostly empty BART train travels from Oakland to San Francisco on March 10, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>BART ridership, which averaged over 400,000 people per weekday in pre-pandemic times, dropped to the low 20,000s in April. It has inched up to about 40,000 now — but that's still 90% of its former level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the agency depends heavily on fare dollars for daily operations, BART, too, slashed service on both its weekday and weekend schedules. The system is currently open from 5 a.m. through 9 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. And instead of running trains every 15 minutes on each of its five lines, it cut service to once every 30 minutes, effectively cutting the number of trains it runs by half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency, like others, is working hard to persuade riders it is safe to return to the trains. It has a \u003ca href=\"https://images.magnetmail.net/images/clients/BOMAsf/attach/BART_15_StepWelcomeBackFactSheet.pdf\">15-point plan \u003c/a>to ensure the safety of passengers, including things like fogging the trains every night, sanitizing all touch points at the end of every run, using the longest trains possible so riders can spread out and requiring masks. Some “Forum” listeners commented, though, that they haven’t seen much enforcement of the mask requirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one sign of recovery: BART responded to increased ridership on its “Yellow” line, from Antioch to San Francisco International Airport, and has added trains in both the morning and afternoon between Pleasant Hill and Daly City. The new trains restore the former 15-minute headways between Pleasant Hill and the West Bay from 5 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. and from 3:40 p.m. to 5:10 p.m. weekdays.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"actransit\">\u003c/a>AC Transit\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121589\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-121589 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7039_AC_Transit_14oct2013_0217_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An AC Transit bus in downtown Oakland. \u003ccite>(Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>AC Transit has not suffered quite the ridership loss that Muni has experienced, with patronage falling a maximum of about 83% in April and rebounding to a 72% loss by the end of May. But like Muni, the East Bay operator is running an essentially free service, with riders required to board through rear doors to maintain physical distancing from drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit is running a Sunday schedule on its East Bay lines and is operating just three of its nearly 30 transbay routes — the F from Berkeley and Emeryville, the O from Fruitvale BART and Alameda and the NL from East Oakland. Popular routes like the double-decker J line through Berkeley are sidelined indefinitely.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"ferry\">\u003c/a>Ferry Service\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765444\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11765444 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/richmondferry190729a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1372\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/richmondferry190729a.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/richmondferry190729a-160x114.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/richmondferry190729a-800x572.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/richmondferry190729a-1020x729.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/richmondferry190729a-1200x858.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Richmond ferry terminal at the Craneway Pavilion, July 2019. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area residents say the ferries are their favorite mode of public transit, but a 98% to 99% loss in ridership has forced both San Francisco Bay Ferry and Golden Gate Transit to suspend some service and significantly cut runs that continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But things are starting to turn around. S.F. Bay Ferry has restored some runs on its popular Vallejo-San Francisco route, and it resumed service Monday on its Richmond-San Francisco route with five weekday runs each way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One piece of good news on the ferry front is that more money may be on the way to help facilitate S.F. Bay Ferry’s planned expansion. Regional Measure 3, a 2018 bridge toll increase to raise funds for dozens of regional transportation projects, would provide $300 million for the system. A lawsuit challenging the measure — and blocking release of funds — lost in San Francisco Superior Court and is now on appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"caltrain\">\u003c/a>Caltrain\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11472079\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11472079\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1.jpg 1280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caltrain locomotives at San Francisco's Fourth Street/Townsend station. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://flic.kr/p/8hnHZ\" target=\"_blank\">Todd Lappin\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Caltrain is in an even more precarious situation than other local transit agencies because it has no local tax revenue to help fund it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is discussion of a one-eighth cent sales tax in counties that Caltrain serves on the November ballot, which would help. However, during the pandemic Caltrain cut down to run fewer than 50 trains, about half of normal. Recently they’ve increased service to around 70 trains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"next\">\u003c/a>So... What's Next?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11814270\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11814270\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42256_030_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9678-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 24th Street BART Station in San Francisco on March 20, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All the local transit agencies are appealing for more federal funds to get them through the next few years. Without it, most agencies won’t be able to afford to return to pre-pandemic levels of service, especially because new cleaning and distancing rules cost money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener from San Francisco has \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB288\">introduced legislation\u003c/a> that would allow local agencies with readily available funds to use them quickly, sidestepping the often cumbersome and drawn out California Environmental Quality Act process. That bill has only just begun to make its way through the legislative process, and wouldn’t produce change until September or October at the earliest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Ridership on all Bay Area public transit systems plummeted as a result.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agencies have struggled to maintain basic service, keep riders and workers safe and avoid mass layoffs. An infusion of emergency aid from the federal government allowed transit systems to survive, but getting back to “normal” is still far in the future. “We are now facing the complete economic devastation that is the aftermath of this pandemic,” San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Director of Transportation Jeffrey Tumlin said on Tuesday’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101877803/how-covid-19-is-changing-public-transit\">KQED Forum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What About Safety?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Transit operators have lost hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue since shelter-at-home orders were imposed in March. 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And a new article from \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/fear-transit-bad-cities/612979/\">The Atlantic\u003c/a> notes that the incidence of COVID-19 has been low in one of the world’s most crowded, transit-reliant cities:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>If transit itself were a global super-spreader, then a large outbreak would have been expected in Hong Kong, a city of 7.5 million people dependent on a public transportation system that, before the pandemic, was carrying \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/factsheets/docs/transport.pdf\">12.9 million people a day\u003c/a>. Ridership there … fell considerably less than in other transit systems around the world. Yet Hong Kong has recorded only about \u003ca href=\"https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html\">1,100 COVID-19 cases\u003c/a>, one-tenth the number in Kansas, which has fewer than half as many people. Replicating Hong Kong’s success may involve safety measures, such as mask wearing, that are not yet ingrained in the U.S., but the evidence only underscores that the coronavirus can spread outside of transit and dense urban environments—which are not inherently harmful.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Scroll down for a status report on the Bay Area’s biggest public transit providers, and see how your local service is being impacted — whether that's\u003cstrong> \u003ca href=\"#muni\">SF Muni\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bart\">BART\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#actransit\">AC Transit\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ferry\">Bay Area ferries\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> or \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#caltrain\">Caltrain\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We've also got a look at \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#next\">what could be next\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"muni\">\u003c/a>San Francisco Muni\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11814785\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11814785\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42247_009_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9551-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42247_009_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9551-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42247_009_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9551-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42247_009_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9551-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42247_009_KQED_SanFrancisco_Mission_03202020_9551-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Muni bus stops in front of the nightclub Bruno's, which has a sign that reads, 'Save Lives. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFMTA is considering a massive network of protected bike lanes that could help make many more San Franciscans feel safer getting around by bike, scooter or on foot. He said they are beginning the political process to get approval for such a plan, but noted similar efforts in the past have come up against stiff pushback from citizens that don’t like change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many people wonder how agencies like Muni and BART will enforce safety protocols like mask-wearing. Tumlin acknowledges this is a delicate matter. Right now, most agencies do not want their frontline workers confronting passengers in order to make them wear masks. Tumlin says Muni drivers have even been assaulted when they tried to shame passengers into wearing masks. And the conversation about mask enforcement comes in the middle of a national reckoning with policing, making the matter even more complex.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"bart\">\u003c/a>BART\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806560\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11806560 size-full\" style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: transparent; color: #767676;\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41952_002_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6485-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A mostly empty BART train travels from Oakland to San Francisco on Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2020.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41952_002_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6485-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41952_002_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6485-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41952_002_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6485-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41952_002_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6485-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mostly empty BART train travels from Oakland to San Francisco on March 10, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>BART ridership, which averaged over 400,000 people per weekday in pre-pandemic times, dropped to the low 20,000s in April. It has inched up to about 40,000 now — but that's still 90% of its former level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the agency depends heavily on fare dollars for daily operations, BART, too, slashed service on both its weekday and weekend schedules. The system is currently open from 5 a.m. through 9 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. And instead of running trains every 15 minutes on each of its five lines, it cut service to once every 30 minutes, effectively cutting the number of trains it runs by half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency, like others, is working hard to persuade riders it is safe to return to the trains. It has a \u003ca href=\"https://images.magnetmail.net/images/clients/BOMAsf/attach/BART_15_StepWelcomeBackFactSheet.pdf\">15-point plan \u003c/a>to ensure the safety of passengers, including things like fogging the trains every night, sanitizing all touch points at the end of every run, using the longest trains possible so riders can spread out and requiring masks. Some “Forum” listeners commented, though, that they haven’t seen much enforcement of the mask requirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one sign of recovery: BART responded to increased ridership on its “Yellow” line, from Antioch to San Francisco International Airport, and has added trains in both the morning and afternoon between Pleasant Hill and Daly City. The new trains restore the former 15-minute headways between Pleasant Hill and the West Bay from 5 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. and from 3:40 p.m. to 5:10 p.m. weekdays.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"actransit\">\u003c/a>AC Transit\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121589\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-121589 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7039_AC_Transit_14oct2013_0217_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An AC Transit bus in downtown Oakland. \u003ccite>(Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>AC Transit has not suffered quite the ridership loss that Muni has experienced, with patronage falling a maximum of about 83% in April and rebounding to a 72% loss by the end of May. 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Popular routes like the double-decker J line through Berkeley are sidelined indefinitely.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"ferry\">\u003c/a>Ferry Service\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765444\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11765444 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/richmondferry190729a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1372\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/richmondferry190729a.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/richmondferry190729a-160x114.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/richmondferry190729a-800x572.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/richmondferry190729a-1020x729.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/richmondferry190729a-1200x858.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Richmond ferry terminal at the Craneway Pavilion, July 2019. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area residents say the ferries are their favorite mode of public transit, but a 98% to 99% loss in ridership has forced both San Francisco Bay Ferry and Golden Gate Transit to suspend some service and significantly cut runs that continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But things are starting to turn around. S.F. Bay Ferry has restored some runs on its popular Vallejo-San Francisco route, and it resumed service Monday on its Richmond-San Francisco route with five weekday runs each way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One piece of good news on the ferry front is that more money may be on the way to help facilitate S.F. Bay Ferry’s planned expansion. Regional Measure 3, a 2018 bridge toll increase to raise funds for dozens of regional transportation projects, would provide $300 million for the system. A lawsuit challenging the measure — and blocking release of funds — lost in San Francisco Superior Court and is now on appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"caltrain\">\u003c/a>Caltrain\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11472079\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11472079\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1.jpg 1280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/82410343_248ff2bc0e_o-1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caltrain locomotives at San Francisco's Fourth Street/Townsend station. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://flic.kr/p/8hnHZ\" target=\"_blank\">Todd Lappin\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Caltrain is in an even more precarious situation than other local transit agencies because it has no local tax revenue to help fund it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is discussion of a one-eighth cent sales tax in counties that Caltrain serves on the November ballot, which would help. 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"content": "\u003cp>Two Saturdays ago, demonstrators marching in San Francisco viewed a peculiar sight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some police, clad in full riot gear, did not arrive at Union Square in police cars, sirens blazing. Nor did they ride in on motorcycles, bicycles or even those armored vehicles — the Lenco BearCat — that have been ubiquitous in demonstrations across the United States. Instead, they arrived the way 720,000 people once traveled to work in San Francisco every day (before COVID-19, anyway) — by Muni bus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a public outcry and a quieter, internal rebellion by San Francisco’s own transportation agency employees, the years-long practice will end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni buses will no longer transport police to political demonstrations about “police brutality,” the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sfmta_muni/status/1270391482080358407\">announced on Twitter\u003c/a> Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a small rebellion by a transit agency against local police, and particularly poignant after decades of mistrust between black Americans and public transportation agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was on a bus, after all, that Rosa Parks was met with racist orders to yield a seat to a white passenger in 1955 — and it was on a BART platform where Oscar Grant was shot and killed by a transit police officer as he lay unarmed on the ground in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision by Muni leadership came after turmoil both public and behind closed doors. And there are no rules in Muni’s books to prevent the practice in the future — yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Infuriating’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Lateefah Simon, president of the BART Board of Directors, is also a lifelong Muni rider. Growing up in San Francisco, Muni was part of the fabric of life: going to school, going to work and, yes, part of being arrested after a protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1991, a young, junior high school-aged Simon took a 38-Geary Muni bus from Presidio Middle School to an anti-Iraq war protest downtown. When she was arrested, police tossed her and other demonstrators on a Muni bus bound for juvenile hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They sure did put us on a Muni bus,” she recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the intervening decades, a movement in the transit community has risen to bring public transit onto the side of protesters and racial justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the start of the George Floyd protests in May, one New York City bus driver inspired many in the world’s transit community. When detainees from a demonstration were loaded by the New York Police Department onto a city bus, the driver walked off, refusing to transport the protesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crowds at Barclays Center, where the protesters were arrested, wildly cheered for the driver. The video went viral, and was viewed more than 12.5 million times as of June 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/berniebromanny/status/1266528183454699521\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But here in the Bay Area, transit-lovers skewered Muni after watching social media videos of police in riot gear emerge from Muni buses to counter protesters. The driver did not walk off, and on social media the agency was perceived as against protesters demanding the defense of black lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those self-described transit “geeks” against the practice is \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/_DaveSquare\">David Sorrell\u003c/a>, a UC Berkeley transit administrator. Sorrell, who is black, told KQED his industry is predominantly white, male and of an older generation. Sorrell grew up in Chicago without access to a car, so his love of buses and trains grew from a young age. He saw the world from the window of a train. In that light, Sorrell called Muni transporting police to a local protest “infuriating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From an optics standpoint, and from a personal standpoint, it’s disappointing that the one thing that is supposed to connect our communities together is being used as a tool to stifle our freedoms of speech and assembly,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sorrell was not the only one to express outrage online. Chris Arvin is a prominent figure in the world of local transit lovers, known for his cherubic happy-faced bus and train art which he sells as pins and shirts online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marshaling his thousands of online followers, Arvin blasted Muni for transporting police to protests. He noted that the agency was once dubbed “The People’s Railway” when it began in 1912, and should remain for the people — not cops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/chrisarvinsf/status/1267692093754896384\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During Sunday’s peaceful protest in support of black lives, I saw a police officer aim a rubber bullet gun directly at a woman who had her hands up,” Arvin told KQED. He also \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/chrisarvinsf/status/1270060589612544000\">tweeted a photo\u003c/a> of that moment. “Public transit buses should be solely for the benefit of riders, serving their transit needs, not to aid another agency in bringing weapons to a peaceful event.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even SFPD hasn’t kicked up a fuss about the move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We recognize we are all in the midst of a difficult, emotionally charged time as we come to terms with painful truths about the kind of policing that took George Floyd’s life in Minneapolis,” SFPD Sgt. Michael Andraychak said in a statement. “SFPD’s commitment to the safety and First Amendment rights of those we serve remains undiminished, of course, and we’ve adjusted our transportation and operations accordingly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some are already praising the decision publicly, the decision is actually a reversal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Major U-turn\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Only one week ago, Muni leadership said the agency would continue to transport police to demonstrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking to the SFMTA Board of Directors during their public meeting last Tuesday, Jeffrey Tumlin, director of SFMTA, said he was surprised to learn Muni buses were used to transport police, which he only learned after a photo of a bus transporting police was tweeted by this KQED reporter. Tumlin was swiftly met with criticism by Muni riders and his own staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Two days ago, I learned from social media that our Muni buses are being used to transport police officers. This is apparently something the agency has been doing for many years,” Tumlin told the SFMTA board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/FitzTheReporter/status/1267202232472068097\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He then detailed some legacy of public transit and racism, including San Francisco planners’ historical erasure of black neighborhoods, labeled as “blight,” to erect new freeways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So as I work to try to reform the horrific history within my own industry, I need to honor (SFPD) Chief Bill Scott’s leadership for structural change within his,” Tumlin added. “We’re a city department just like SFPD. SFPD officers are our colleagues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time Tumlin voiced his support for police, the outrage on social media against Muni had quieted. Protesters redirected their energies to police clashes in San Francisco and the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But internally, staffers from various SFMTA departments voiced their outrage to Tumlin. The relatively new SFMTA director had started his tenure in 2019 with bold promises to correct his agency’s historic injustices against the black community, and his new stance on police threatened to turn those words into mere lip service in the eyes of his staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voices within the department began to organize. In just a few days, Tumlin threw his agency into reverse.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Never Again? Not So Fast\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Already, some in the city are rebuking the agency for its new policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hey Muni, lose our number next time you need officers for fare evasion enforcement or removing problem passengers from your buses and trains,” the San Francisco Police Officers Association \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SanFranciscoPOA/status/1270741418336645120?s=20\">wrote on Twitter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should pressure mount from the police union to restore service, there is no regulation on SFMTA’s books preventing them from transporting police, only the promise of its director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To prevent Muni from being used as police transport in the future, the city’s charter or SFMTA’s own policies may need to change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There may be some support for such an action at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Shamann Walton, who represents the historically black Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco, told KQED “I am not sure why SFMTA would be participating in militarizing our streets in these times of unrest and high tensions between community and law enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is some appetite to make this a permanent change at the SFMTA Board of Directors, which sets policy for the agency. Jane Natoli is a nominee by Mayor London Breed for an empty seat on the board, and is awaiting final approval for her seat by the Board of Supervisors. She called it “confirmation limbo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, should the board appoint her, Natoli said she would work to enshrine a policy so Muni no longer transports police to city protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SanFranciscoPOA/status/1270741418336645120\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is something that as soon as I saw, I was just shocked,” Natoli said. “I think that that shows that our values aren’t necessarily aligned with our actions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should no local leaders act, bus drivers themselves may be the last line against the practice. They drive these special service buses on a volunteer basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roger Marenco, president of Muni’s union, the Transport Workers Union Local 250-A, said his members value police when they help with assaults on bus drivers and understands the police’s desire to maintain peace at protests when break-ins occur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He called it a “delicate line.” But Marenco also used to drive a bus himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“An officer taking away somebody’s life, that person is never coming back to life, ever,” Marenco said. “It just seems like, ‘why are we not standing up in solidarity in terms of this movement that is occurring here due to the murder of George Floyd?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it were me?” Marenco said, he would refuse to drive that bus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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He said that will mean suspending service on lines with the lowest ridership and focusing resources on routes that serve medical facilities and key commercial districts. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now what we’re trying to do is work with our labor union and our service planners in order to understand how close to the bone do we need to cut in order to be able to provide the most critical service to the people who need it the most,” Tumlin said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/muni-prepares-deliver-essential-trips-only\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the agency announced\u003c/a> that starting Tuesday, service will be temporarily suspended on seven lines: the 2 Clement, 3 Jackson, 5 Fulton, 7 Haight, 10 Townsend, 21 Hayes and 31 Balboa. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Muni says, service will be discontinued on dozens of other routes so that the agency can focus on running 17 “core” lines: the 1 California, 8 Bayshore, 9 San Bruno, 14 Mission, 14R Mission Rapid, 19 Polk, 22 Fillmore, 24 Divisadero, 25 Treasure Island, 29 Sunset, 38 Geary, 38R Geary Rapid, 44 O’Shaughnessy, 49 Van Ness, N Judah bus, L Taraval bus and T Third bus. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810983\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/BoardingMuniSF.jpg\" alt=\"Passengers board the 14-Mission on 4th and Mission Streets in San Francisco on April 6, 2020.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11810983\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/BoardingMuniSF.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/BoardingMuniSF-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/BoardingMuniSF-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/BoardingMuniSF-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers board the 14-Mission on 4th and Mission Streets in San Francisco on April 6, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tumlin said that by refocusing operations, Muni hopes to improve service on those remaining lines. But he added that bolstering service while maintaining the physical distancing health officials have ordered will require public cooperation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trying desperately to maintain social distancing for our passengers,” Tumlin said. “We want to make sure everyone knows that Muni is only for essential workers and essential trips. Everything else is forbidden under the health order, so please don’t take the service if you have another choice.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monday’s shortage of bus operators comes as a small but growing number of SFMTA employees test positive for the coronavirus. The first infection, involving a driver working out of Muni’s Potrero Yard, was reported nearly two weeks ago. The agency says the number now stands at five. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Coronavirus Coverage' tag='coronavirus']Tumlin noted that Muni has encouraged any employees who are not feeling well to stay home from work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of our operators are among vulnerable populations or have vulnerable people at home they need to take care of,” he said. “We want to make sure that all of our operators stay healthy.’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roger Marenco, president of Transport Workers Union Local 250-A, which represents Muni operators, said Monday he’d like to see Muni and the city to do more to reduce nonessential trips on the system — especially those involving homeless riders. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are still in need of security enforcement to make sure the homeless are just not simply getting a free ride on a nice warm bus, just to go from Point A to Point B and then get right back on the bus,” Marenco said. “These are larger problems and situations, but operators are still in fear of that.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he’d support limiting ridership to those passengers who are wearing masks or can show they have an essential reason for their trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you do not have a (city-issued) disaster service worker badge and/or a mask and/or some type of identification saying you’re an essential worker, that you’re a front-line worker, then you cannot get on the bus,” Marenco said. “That right there would be an extreme safety measure which I think would please the majority of the riding public and the operators.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marenco said Muni has been responsive to operator concerns, agreeing, for instance, to demands to require passengers to board through the rear doors of buses and taking other steps to protect drivers. 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"content": "\u003cp>Most Bay Area transit agencies say they will continue to operate on more or less normal schedules despite the “shelter in place” order health official have imposed on most of the region in an attempt to limit the spread of novel coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The major exceptions to that \"more or less normal\" rule: San Francisco Bay Ferry and Golden Gate Transit, both of which announced major service cuts in the wake of the shelter in place announcement Monday. (See details below.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6811378/Health-Officer-Order-Shelter-in-Place-20200316.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The order\u003c/a> takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday and lasts through April 7. It designates public transit as an essential service that will continue to operate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The directive — covering Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties as well as the city of Berkeley — also allows taxis and ride-hailing services Lyft and Uber to continue operations during the three-week stay-at-home period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a breakdown of major transit agency plans:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART:\u003c/strong> The rapid transit agency will continue to operate normal service. That service will include trains long enough to allow passengers to observe \"social distancing\" guidelines and stay at least 6 feet from fellow riders. BART has experienced a costly plunge in ridership, which is down by as much as 50% on weekdays and 61% on weekends. More information: \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2020/news20200225#Shelter%20in%20place\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BART continues regular service during shelter in place\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Muni:\u003c/strong> The Bay Area's busiest transit agency is suspending express bus lines running to the city's largely deserted Financial District. The following lines will not run Tuesday:\u003cbr>\n1AX/BX, 7X, 14X, 30X, 31AX/BX, 38AX/BX, 41, 81X, 82X, 83X, 88, 714, NX.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey Tumlin, the city's director of transportation, said at a Monday evening press briefing the changes were designed \"to reallocate service to our neighborhood lines and lines that serve our critical health care facilities so that our passengers can maintain social distancing while on the bus.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni is also shutting down its cable cars and E- and F-line streetcars and replacing them with bus shuttles. Tumlin said those changes are being made to insure that Muni operators can remain in partitioned cabs, with minimal exposure to passengers. More information: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/projects/covid-19-developments-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID 19 Developments and Response.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AC Transit:\u003c/strong> Bus agency has suspended supplemental bus service for schools throughout the East Bay. District spokesman Robert Lyles said Monday afternoon that AC Transit will continue to run its normal transbay and local bus service \"until further notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain:\u003c/strong> Peninsula/South Bay rail agency is suspending its Baby Bullet express service between San Jose’s Diridon Station and the 4th and Townsend station in San Francisco. But Caltrain says it will continue to run its 55 local and limited trains— runs that take 25 to 35 minutes longer than the Baby Bullets to make the trip from San Jose to San Francisco. More information: \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/about/MediaRelations/news/Transit_District_Statement__Novel_Coronavirus__COVID-19__6595.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caltrain statement\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/weekdaytimetable/Upcoming_Reduced_Schedule_March_17__2020.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new schedule effective March 17\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Transit:\u003c/strong> Marin County agency will reduce bus and ferry service between Marin County and San Francisco beginning Tuesday. Details here: \u003ca href=\"https://www.goldengate.org/golden-gate-bus--ferry-services-adjusted-during-coronavirus-pandemic/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Golden Gate Transit Service Adjustments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Bay Ferry:\u003c/strong> The Water Emergency Transportation Agency is \u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscobayferry.com/sites/sfbf/files/uploads/PR%20Reduced%20Service%20200316%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slashing service\u003c/a> starting Tuesday, suspending trips to Harbor Bay, Richmond, South San Francisco and San Francisco's Pier 41 and cutting several runs on its service between the San Francisco Ferry Building and Oakland/Alameda Main Street and Vallejo. The agency also canceled all weekend service. See \u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscobayferry.com/news/shelter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the revised schedule\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SamTrans:\u003c/strong> The San Mateo County bus agency says it will continue running normal weekday service on a non-school-day basis (buses will skip stops marked \"school days only\" on schedules). More information: \u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com/about/MediaRelations/news/SamTrans_to_Maintain_Service_During_Shelter_In_Place_Public_Health_Order.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SamTrans to Maintain Service During Shelter in Place Public Health Order\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority:\u003c/strong> VTA has suspended school service and shortened some of its light-rail runs from three-car trains to two- or one-car trains. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART:\u003c/strong> The rapid transit agency will continue to operate normal service. That service will include trains long enough to allow passengers to observe \"social distancing\" guidelines and stay at least 6 feet from fellow riders. BART has experienced a costly plunge in ridership, which is down by as much as 50% on weekdays and 61% on weekends. More information: \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2020/news20200225#Shelter%20in%20place\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BART continues regular service during shelter in place\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Muni:\u003c/strong> The Bay Area's busiest transit agency is suspending express bus lines running to the city's largely deserted Financial District. The following lines will not run Tuesday:\u003cbr>\n1AX/BX, 7X, 14X, 30X, 31AX/BX, 38AX/BX, 41, 81X, 82X, 83X, 88, 714, NX.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey Tumlin, the city's director of transportation, said at a Monday evening press briefing the changes were designed \"to reallocate service to our neighborhood lines and lines that serve our critical health care facilities so that our passengers can maintain social distancing while on the bus.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni is also shutting down its cable cars and E- and F-line streetcars and replacing them with bus shuttles. Tumlin said those changes are being made to insure that Muni operators can remain in partitioned cabs, with minimal exposure to passengers. More information: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/projects/covid-19-developments-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID 19 Developments and Response.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AC Transit:\u003c/strong> Bus agency has suspended supplemental bus service for schools throughout the East Bay. District spokesman Robert Lyles said Monday afternoon that AC Transit will continue to run its normal transbay and local bus service \"until further notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain:\u003c/strong> Peninsula/South Bay rail agency is suspending its Baby Bullet express service between San Jose’s Diridon Station and the 4th and Townsend station in San Francisco. But Caltrain says it will continue to run its 55 local and limited trains— runs that take 25 to 35 minutes longer than the Baby Bullets to make the trip from San Jose to San Francisco. More information: \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/about/MediaRelations/news/Transit_District_Statement__Novel_Coronavirus__COVID-19__6595.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caltrain statement\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/weekdaytimetable/Upcoming_Reduced_Schedule_March_17__2020.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new schedule effective March 17\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Transit:\u003c/strong> Marin County agency will reduce bus and ferry service between Marin County and San Francisco beginning Tuesday. Details here: \u003ca href=\"https://www.goldengate.org/golden-gate-bus--ferry-services-adjusted-during-coronavirus-pandemic/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Golden Gate Transit Service Adjustments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Bay Ferry:\u003c/strong> The Water Emergency Transportation Agency is \u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscobayferry.com/sites/sfbf/files/uploads/PR%20Reduced%20Service%20200316%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slashing service\u003c/a> starting Tuesday, suspending trips to Harbor Bay, Richmond, South San Francisco and San Francisco's Pier 41 and cutting several runs on its service between the San Francisco Ferry Building and Oakland/Alameda Main Street and Vallejo. The agency also canceled all weekend service. See \u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscobayferry.com/news/shelter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the revised schedule\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SamTrans:\u003c/strong> The San Mateo County bus agency says it will continue running normal weekday service on a non-school-day basis (buses will skip stops marked \"school days only\" on schedules). More information: \u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com/about/MediaRelations/news/SamTrans_to_Maintain_Service_During_Shelter_In_Place_Public_Health_Order.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SamTrans to Maintain Service During Shelter in Place Public Health Order\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority:\u003c/strong> VTA has suspended school service and shortened some of its light-rail runs from three-car trains to two- or one-car trains. 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