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Release date: September 13, 2012

*** Press Release ***

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which manages transportation in the city, including the Municipal Railway (Muni), today reminds customers, San Francisco residents and visitors of the continuation of track improvement work on the Muni Metro system, starting Friday. Construction for the Church & Duboce Track and Street Improvement Project and the Carl Street Rail Replacement Project will require bus substitution on the N Judah Line, disruption to the J Church Line, reroutes of the 22 Fillmore and N Owl and traffic detours the weekend of Sept. 15. These projects are essential to keeping Muni in a state of good repair and will provide pedestrian and street improvements.

The construction hours will be from 8 p.m., Friday to 5 a.m., Monday. Muni service adjustments and traffic detours will need to start an hour earlier at 7 p.m. on Friday and will continue through construction hours. As with the previous construction weekends for these projects, which began in February, the construction dates have been coordinated between both the Church & Duboce and Carl Street projects to minimize inconvenience to residents, businesses, Muni customers, motorists and bicyclists.

During construction the N Line will be shut down with substitute service provided by bus from Ocean Beach to Church Street. No N Line or J Line service will operate in the Metro subway; however, S Shuttles will provide supplemental rail service between West Portal Station and Caltrain Station at 4th and King streets. The J Church Line will operate between the Balboa Park Station and the Church and Market streets. J Line customers will need to transfer between the Church Street Metro Station and the Church Street stop at Market and 15th streets.

Muni Service Impacts

N Judah Bus

• N Judah bus will operate all weekend between Ocean Beach and Market Street at Church Street.
• From La Playa to Arguello the N buses will follow the regular N Line route.
• East of Arguello the N service will use Frederick Street.
• The service will run as an express between Cole and Frederick streets and Castro Street and Duboce Avenue.

J Church

• Rail service on the J Church Line will only operate between the Balboa Park Muni Metro/BART Station and Church and Market streets.
• J Church customers can transfer at Church and Market streets between regular J Line service on the street and Metro subway service provided by the K, L, M and T lines between Church Station and Embarcadero Station.

22 Fillmore

• The 22 Fillmore Route will need to detour around Church Street and Duboce Avenue from 1 a.m. Saturday until 5 a.m., Monday.

N Owl

• The N Owl will run between Ocean Beach and Caltrain (4th & King) with a detour on Frederick Street instead of Carl Street and a detour around Church Street and Duboce Avenue.

Traffic Impacts

• Construction will require partial closure of Church Street between Market and Hermann streets. At least one lane will remain open for southbound and northbound traffic.
• Driveways to the Safeway Plaza will be accessible from both Church and Market streets.
• Fillmore Street will be closed between Hermann Street and Duboce Avenue on Sunday only.
• Duboce Avenue between Belcher and Church streets will be closed.
• Westbound traffic on Carl Street between Stanyan and Cole streets will be detoured to Parnassus Avenue whereas eastbound lane will remain open.
• NO parking will be available on Carl Street between Stanyan and Cole streets.
• Partial closure will be required on Carl Street between Hillway Avenue and Willard Street. Only one lane will remain open on both directions. The center lane will be closed.
• Traffic control officers and police officers will direct traffic at critical intersections.
• Street parking will not be available in and around the construction sites.
• Temporary bus stops on Frederick Street (two at Cole and one at Stanyan) for the N bus shuttles will require parking removal as will the extension of the bus stop at 14th and Church streets.
• Electronic message signs will be used in affected areas to alert traffic
• Local access will be granted and all local businesses will remain open.

SFMTA Ambassadors will be in the area to provide information and to assist customers at transfer points.

The Sept. 15 weekend work on the Church & Duboce project will include track replacement on Duboce Avenue between Church and Webster streets as well as electric, sewer and other civic improvement work on Duboce Avenue between Steiner and Fillmore streets, on Fillmore Street between Duboce Avenue and Hermann Street and on Church Street between Duboce Avenue and Market Street. The Carl Street project will include track replacement for the Sunset Tunnel, street repairs on the north side of Carl Street between Stanyan and Cole streets, as well as sewer work and manhole repairs on the center of Carl Street between Hillway Avenue and Willard Street and overhead wire repair work at various locations along Carl Street.

Future J and N Line Shutdowns

The Church & Duboce Track and Street Improvement Project and the Carl Street Rail Replacement Project will require multiple partial rail service shutdowns or disruptions on the J Church and N Judah Muni lines and reroutes of local Muni bus service during the construction that will be completed in 2013.

Additional weekend shutdowns are expected, dates will be determined.

All dates and details are subject to change due to weather or other operational issues.

These projects will provide:

• New track for a smoother, faster ride on Muni
• Bulbouts to enhance safety and boarding at N Judah Line stops
• Curb and ramp upgrades
• Water and sewer improvements
• Overhead wire pole and streetlight pole replacement

For more information on the Church & Duboce Track and Street Improvement Project, please visit sfmta.com/duboce or contact 311.

For more information on the Carl Street Rail Replacement Project, please visit sfmta.com/carl or contact 311.

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