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SFMTA Transit and Traffic Advisory for Thursday, May 2, 2024 through Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Thursday, May 2, 2024
SFMTA Transit and Traffic Advisory for Thursday, May 2, 2024 through Wednesday, May 8, 2024

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) releases the following upcoming event-related traffic and transit impacts for this week from Thursday, May 2 through Wednesday, May 8, 2024.

For real-time updates, follow us on https://twitter.com/sfmta_muni or visit SFMTA.com/EmailText to sign up for real-time text messages or email alerts. For details of Muni re-routes, visit SFMTA.com/Updates. This website will be updated when it is closer to the event date. For additional notifications and agency updates, subscribe to our blog, Moving SF for daily or weekly updates.

How Weird Street Faire

Saturday, May 4: The 25th annual How Weird Street Faire will be held from noon to 8 p.m. on Howard and 2nd streets. Heavy pedestrian traffic is expected in the area. Event participants are encouraged to take public transportation to the event. For event details visit https://howweird.org.

The following street closures will be required from 6 a.m., Saturday, May 4 to 2 a.m., Sunday, May 5:

  • Howard Street between 1st and New Montgomery streets
  • 2nd Street between Mission and Folsom streets
  • Natoma Street between 1st and New Montgomery streets
  • Minna Street between 1st and New Montgomery streets
  • Tehama Street between 1st and New Montgomery streets
  • Intersections:  2nd Street at Howard, Tehama, Minna and Natoma streets

Taxi Zone

Taxi stand for the event is located on 190-198 block at Howard Street.

There will be no impact on Muni service.

Downtown First Thursdays

Thursday, May 2: The inaugural Downtown First Thursdays (DFT) event will take place on 2nd Street from 5 to 10 p.m. This event will repeat monthly through April 3, 2025. For event details, visit https://www.dftsf.com/.

The following street closures will be required from noon until midnight, Thursday:

  • 2nd Street between Market and Folsom streets
  • Clementina Street between 2nd and 1st streets
  • Jessie Street between New Montgomery and 2nd streets
  • Minna Street between New Montgomery and 1st streets
  • Natoma Street between New Montgomery and 1st streets
  • Stevenson Street between New Montgomery and 1st streets
  • Tehama Street between Hawthorne and 1st streets

These intersections will remain open at all times: 1) 2nd and Mission streets; 2) 2nd and Howard streets.

There will be no impact on Muni service.

Mission Food Hub Cinco de Mayo Bike Ride Out

Sunday, May 5: The Cinco de Mayo Bike Ride Out event will take place on Folsom Street from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For information, visit https://canasf.org/events.

A street closure of Folsom Street between 23rd and 25th streets will be required from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

The 12 Folsom/Pacific and 67 Bernal Heights Muni routes will be impacted.

CONSTRUCTION WORK AND OTHER UPDATES

UPDATE: L Taraval Improvement Project—Segment B

The L Taraval Improvement Project is a multi-agency collaboration to improve safety, accessibility, and transit reliability, and to rehabilitate aging rails, utility lines and roadway pavement along the L Taraval line between Sunset Boulevard and 15th Avenue and on Ulloa Street near West Portal.

Infrastructure replacement work on sewer and water lines are mostly completed. Track installation is complete. Construction of accessible curb ramps and handrails, barriers and pavers that are part of the boarding islands continues.

Street base work is expected to continue until Friday, May 8. During street-base work, the block will be closed between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. for cement pouring and curing on one side of the street at a time. Parking will be removed on both sides of the street and traffic detoured around the area. Parking and road restriction will be in place and released once the cement cures at the end of the day.

Starting on Monday, May 6, both repaving work for the entire corridor and the special track work at 46th Avenue is expected to begin. Buses will be rerouted around the area.

Construction work performed and at locations:

Taraval Street

  • 15th to 19th avenues: Boarding platforms, grinding and repaving
  • 19th to 22nd avenues: Street base work, build accessible boarding platform, grinding and repaving (anticipated to start work on Monday, May 13)
  • 23rd to 31st avenues: Boarding islands, accessible boarding platforms, grinding and repaving (anticipated to start work on Monday, May 13 between 23rd and 28th avenues; and on Monday, May 20 between and 28th and 31st avenues)
  • 31st to 34th avenues: Construct boarding island and platform, grinding and repaving (anticipated to start work on Monday, May 20)
  • 34th Avenue to Sunset Boulevard: Grinding and repaving (anticipated to start work on Monday, May 20)

Ulloa Street

  • Forest Side to 15th avenues: Grinding and repaving

Nighttime work is scheduled from Sunday through Friday, from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., Sundays through Fridays

  • Ulloa Street between 15th and Forest Side avenues: OCS prep work for installation, removing and reconstructing existing poles, upgrade the Overhead Contact System (OCS) that powers the trains. Work on any given block will vary and is expected to take a few hours to a few days per location. OCS work is expected to be completed in June 2024.

The L Bus now runs between West Portal and the SF Zoo. Customers can transfer to a train at West Portal Station to travel downtown. An interactive bus reroute map with temporary bus stop relocations citywide during construction can be found on Interactive Bus Reroute.

During construction, the L Taraval bus stops are being relocated. The inbound bus stop at Taraval Street and 15th Avenue has been relocated across the intersection until fall 2024.

The following L Taraval bus stops are being relocated temporarily during construction:

  • L Taraval Bus / L Special / L Owl (Effective from Monday, Feb. 12 to Friday, May 10, 2024)
    • Inbound
      • From Taraval Street and 22nd Avenue to Ulloa Street and 22nd Avenue, southwest corner
      • From Taraval Street and 19th Avenue to northeast corner (28 19th Avenue stop)
      • From Taraval Street and 17th Avenue to Santiago Street and 17th Avenue, southwest corner
      • From Taraval Street and 15th Avenue to northwest corner 
    • Outbound
      • From 23rd Avenue and Taraval Street to southeast corner
      • From Taraval Street and Sunset Boulevard to northwest corner
  • L Taraval Bus / L Owl / 18 46th Avenue (Monday, May 6 to Tuesday, June 4, 2024)
    • Inbound
      • From 46th Avenue and Taraval Street to 45th Avenue and Taraval Street, southeast corner
    • Outbound
      • From 46th Avenue and Ulloa Street to Ulloa Street and 46th Avenue, northeast corner
      • From Taraval and 46th Avenue to 45th Avenue and Taraval Street, southwest corner
  • 18 46th Avenue (Monday, May 6 to Tuesday, June 4, 2024)
    • Inbound
      • From 46th Avenue and Santiago Street to northeast corner
    • Outbound
      • From 46th Avenue and Taraval Street to 45th Avenue & Taraval Street, southwest corner
  • L Taraval Bus / L Owl (Monday, May 6 to Tuesday, June 4, 2024)
    • Outbound
      • From Taraval Street and 46th Avenue to 45th Avenue and Taraval Street, southwest corner.
  • L Taraval Bus / L Special / L Owl (Present to Fall 2024)
    • Inbound
      • From Taraval Street and 15th Avenue to the southeast side of the intersection

For additional project details, visit SFMTA.com/LTaravalProject. For construction updates from Monday, Monday, April 22 through Saturday, May 4, 2024, visit the Project Update page.

ONGOING

Masks Recommended

Masks are no longer required, but are encouraged in any SFMTA facilities, transit hubs or on vehicles including Muni buses, streetcars, light rail vehicles or cable cars or in taxis or on paratransit.

ONGOING: Essential Trip Card Discount Program

The SFMTA’s program, Essential Trip Card (ETC) Program, assists people with disabilities and older adults to make essential trips using taxis. The program provides two to three round trips at an 80% discount per month, i.e. rider pays $6 to receive a value of $30 or pays $12 to receive a $60 value. If essential needs require it, riders may receive additional value up to $120 of taxi service per month.

To qualify for the program, customer must be either age 65 or older or an adult with disabilities. Eligible adults may apply for the ETC program by calling the Paratransit Mobility Management office at 415-351-7053. Staff are available weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. Visit https://www.sfmta.com/etc for additional details and for a list of San Francisco taxi companies, visit https://www.sfmta.com/taxi/directory.

SFMTA’s Shop-a-Round program which offers registered seniors and people with disabilities personalized assistance and rides to and from grocery stores and farmers markets is available as well. For more information, visit https://www.sfmta.com/shop-round.

 

Contact
Erica Kato