Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Central Subway

As Central Subway Funding Deadline Looms, Chinatown Rallies Support

By Matthew Roth | Nov 17, 2010 | 14 Comments

Much has been made over the past two days about the funding gap the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) needs to make up by spring of 2011 to complete the Central Subway, the result of an article in the Chronicle and a small dust up between the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) Executive […]

City Leaders Gather for Central Subway Groundbreaking Ceremony

By Michael Rhodes | Feb 9, 2010 | 15 Comments

Mayor Newsom addresses supporters of the Central Subway. Photo: Michael Rhodes Dozens of local elected officials and community leaders donned their novelty hard hats today for a Central Subway groundbreaking ceremony under the I-80 freeway overpass. Tunneling for the subway won’t start for at least another two years, so a utility relocation project at the […]

Central Subway Gets Approval to Enter Final Design Phase

By Michael Rhodes | Jan 8, 2010 | 9 Comments

The proposed Union Square Station. Image courtesy SFMTA. The MTA received approval from the Federal Transit Administration on Thursday to enter into Final Design for the Central Subway project. In a letter (PDF) that also echoed concerns from some local transit advocates about the project, the FTA officially approved the MTA’s request to move into […]

Central Subway Receives $9.9 Million Federal Grant

By Michael Rhodes | Sep 23, 2009 | 9 Comments

Central Subway Moscone station. Graphic: MTA The Federal Transit Administration announced today that the long-planned and much debated Central Subway project will receive a $9.9 million grant to support ongoing preliminary engineering and design work. The project would extend light rail service on the T-Third line with a surface stop on 4th Street near Brannan […]

Central Subway Debate on KALW Radio Tonight

By Matthew Roth | Aug 17, 2009 | 44 Comments

City Visions Radio will be debating the merits of the Central Subway project on their show tonight, asking whether the project is an innovation or a boondoggle. The Central Subway project, which links Chinatown with the Third Street light rail and the Caltrain terminal at 4th and King, has its detractors, though most of the […]

Muni Monday: The Future of the Central Subway

By Dave Snyder | Mar 2, 2009 | 33 Comments

Central Subway Chinatown station. Graphic: SFMTA Now that the Central Subway has received its Record Of Decision (ROD) from the Federal Transit Administration, advocates are pressing the MTA to start planning for the subway’s extension into North Beach and beyond. The Central Subway is considered phase two of the T-Third Muni Metro line, extending that […]