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- The project was initiated after the Embarcadero Freeway was demolished following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, as activist Rose Pak "almost single-handedly persuaded the city to build" the Central Subway to compensate Chinatown for the loss of the fast cross-town connection.
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In 2002 the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) approved the Central Subway Project for preliminary engineering. During the preliminary engineering phase, the SFMTA proposed shifting the project alignment in SoMa from 3rd Street to 4th Street to better address mobility and transit deficiencies in northeastern San Francisco.
Jan 7, 2023 · Planning for Central Subway began in the late 1980s to provide more transit on 3rd Street and in Chinatown. After six years of construction, the first part of the T Third opened on 3rd Street in 2007. It connects neighborhoods in Mission Bay, Bayview, Hunter’s Point and Visitacion Valley.
Q: Why did the city decide to build Central Subway in the first place? A: The southeastern part of San Francisco has long been recognized as underserved by high-capacity transit. In the late 1980s an extensive planning process was undertaken by the SFCTA to prioritize transit corridors in the city.
The Central Subway is a Muni Metro light rail tunnel in San Francisco, California, United States. It runs between Chinatown station in Chinatown and a portal in South of Market (SoMa), with intermediate stops at Union Square/Market Street station in Union Square and Yerba Buena/Moscone station in SoMa.
The Central Subway project started in the late 1980s to improve transit on 3rd Street and in Chinatown. The T Third phase, which opened in 2007, connected several San Francisco neighborhoods.
The Central Subway Project includes 1.7 miles of dual subway tunnels. Two 20-foot tunnel boring machines, named Mom Chung and Big Alma, began tunneling in 2013. Crews worked 24 hours a day, six days a week, excavating the tunnels at a pace of approximately 40 feet per day.
The project was initiated after the Embarcadero Freeway was demolished following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, as activist Rose Pak "almost single-handedly persuaded the city to build" the Central Subway to compensate Chinatown for the loss of the fast cross-town connection. [1]
