Passenger Trains > San Francisco 49ers NFC Championship Game service alert

Clipped from the SF Muni web site.

Muni will be rerouting and using motor coaches for the San Francisco 49ers NFC Championship Game. There may be additional reroutes if needed.

OVERVIEW
All trolley buses will be served by motor coaches, including overnight Owl buses.
The F-Market Line will be served by motor coaches.
The N-Judah will be served by a motor coach bridge between Church & Duboce and Judah & 22nd.
Mission Street routes reroute via South Van Ness
Market Street routes reroute Via Mission
Union and Chestnut routes reroute via Lombard
24th Street routes reroute via Cesar Chavez
The California Cable Car Line will be served by motor coaches.
Powell cable cars will serve north of Washington only. Use motor coach shuttles south of Washington.

Complete information at http://www.sfmta.com/calendar/alerts/san-francisco-49ers-nfc-championship-game-service-alert

OCV

OK, I'll bite. Why are service offerings changing in San Francisco for a game that's being played in Seattle?

This is to protect Muni passengers, operators and equipment from lawless hoodlums who commit
acts of violence and destroy property as a way of "demonstrating" their joy in case of a victory,
or their anger in case of a loss.

The service changes are to take effect at 500pm, shortly before the end of the game.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/18/14 22:15 by GenePoon.

Time to quote Frank Zappa and/or Harlan Ellison: "The two most plentiful things in the universe are Hydrogen and Stupidity."

Hm, wonder if there are any "service changes" in Seattle, Boston, or Denver? For all it's bad reputation, the last four sports championships in Detroit (all Wings) there wasn't enough violence to even make the news. Of course, there also weren't any train services to disrupt :(

Wow! Never would have thought about that. Talk about bowing to the mobs. Where are the Cossack's when you need them.?

Bob

Mob violence, extortion of money for stadiums, brain dead players, doping, abuse of women, politically incorrect and offensive mascots, and who knows what other horrors there are in pro sports. But don't mess with the PCC cars and cable cars in my hometown just because of a game victory!!!!! Now for something that is really serious. In our mass murder in the workplace, at school, on trains, in malls, in theaters, violence crazed society, why no such horror at games?

korotaj Wrote:
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> Mob violence, extortion of money for stadiums,
> brain dead players, doping, abuse of women,
> politically incorrect and offensive mascots, and
> who knows what other horrors there are in pro
> sports. But don't mess with the PCC cars and
> cable cars in my hometown just because of a game
> victory!!!!! Now for something that is really
> serious. In our mass murder in the workplace, at
> school, on trains, in malls, in theaters, violence
> crazed society, why no such horror at games?


probably the weapons check before people enter the stadium.

In NJ, a number of people lost Jets seasons tickets when people in their seats engaged in violent activity. Caught on the videotape. Even if they had sold the tickets, etc. Made a huge difference in mob behavior immediately.

Sounds like Muni is going to turn off the power to the overhead for both the streetcars and the trolley buses.
Probably a pretty good idea.

Bad pr if dozens somehow fried on overhead wires. Amazing what has to be done to protect dopers and drunks these days. But no point in letting them damage the system.

korotaj Wrote:
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> Mob violence, extortion of money for stadiums,
> brain dead players, doping, abuse of women,
> politically incorrect and offensive mascots, and
> who knows what other horrors there are in pro
> sports. But don't mess with the PCC cars and
> cable cars in my hometown just because of a game
> victory!!!!! Now for something that is really
> serious. In our mass murder in the workplace, at
> school, on trains, in malls, in theaters, violence
> crazed society, why no such horror at games?

Thats right, go ahead and tear up those "all weather" modes of transportation, but leave the damn rail system alone.

Too bad. Zapping losers is not a bad thing.


PHall Wrote:
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> Sounds like Muni is going to turn off the power to
> the overhead for both the streetcars and the
> trolley buses.
> Probably a pretty good idea.

No service changes in Seattle (so far as I've heard), but the police do have plan to deal with over the top celebrations. And, the 49er's fan that gets picked on or worse at the CLink, may just be an undercover cop.

Steve Carter
Gig Harbor, WA
My Photography

They're saving time and expense. Fatal accident investigations aren't cheap or fast.


stash Wrote:
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> Too bad. Zapping losers is not a bad thing.
>
>
> PHall Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Sounds like Muni is going to turn off the power
> to
> > the overhead for both the streetcars and the
> > trolley buses.
> > Probably a pretty good idea.

Interesting that these are some of the worse neighborhoods in SF.

fans last year burned a muni bus following the super bowl. $700,000 to replace.

DFWJIM Wrote:
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> Interesting that these are some of the worse
> neighborhoods in SF.


probably the same folks who were protesting the Google bus for its employees

Ahh, thank goodness. Nothing to worry about.

I just checked the Market St. Ry. website (streetcar.org). There are 14 PCCs out and about on the "F" line. God's in His heaven and all's right with the world.

One thing I can't stand is people who take their team way too seriously, and that's been the norm the past few years!