The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) infuriated transit advocates when it announced on Saturday that it will close the entire Muni subway, from Embarcadero to West Portal, every weekend and after 9:30 p.m. during the week, for the next four or five weeks. The closures, which start this weekend, are part of a testing program for its new light-rail vehicles (LRV).
“This is just unacceptable,” said Rachel Hyden, Executive Director of the San Francisco Transit Riders, about the short notice. Many advocates, including Hyden, also question the necessity of the closures in the first place.
