Crews are continuing to relocate utility lines around Union Square to prepare the project alignment for the Union Square/Market Street Station. We expect all utility relocations around Union Square to be completed by June 2012.
The complete, current three-week construction schedule is available here (PDF).
Work Locations:
Stockton Street between Geary and Post streets
Geary Street on both sides [...]
Our latest project newsletter is now available online. In it, we highlight recent project milestones and provide updates on what to expect in 2012. Articles feature the following topics:
The status of our grant application with the Federal Transit Administration
The major project milestones we expect to accomplish this year
The dazzling public art installation planned for the [...]
On January 11, 2011 the SFMTA in concert with the Central Subway team hosted the Prime/Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Meet and Greet Event for the construction and specialized service contractors at the San Francisco Hilton Hotel (Financial District). The purpose of this event was to provide an opportunity for subcontractors to meet and speak with [...]
Central Subway representatives met with the Union Square Business Improvement District (BID) last Thursday to speak on the upcoming utility relocation for the Union Square/Market Street Station (UMS). The presentation for the BID focused on what should be expected during construction and the protocols that the contractor will be following during the UMS utility relocation [...]
Recently, during the course of excavating for utility relocation for the Moscone Station, workers came across deposits of shells in the trenches located on Fourth Street between Howard and Folsom streets. Upon discovering these deposits, Mike Stoyka, an archaeologist assigned to watch over the trenching, declared that these could be possible middens and needed to [...]
Which are your favorite proposals? We want to hear from you! This is the last preview of the San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) artist proposals for the “landmark” and “wayfinding” designs for Chinatown (CTS) Station. The public comment period will end on Friday, July 16, 2010, so we hope you will take the time to [...]
The San Francisco Arts Commission(SFAC) in conjunction with the SFMTA’s Central Subway Project has opened the station artwork exhibits in the future station areas of Chinatown, Union Square/Market Street (UMS) and Moscone. These displays contain the conceptual drawings and ideas of the nineteen finalists for the “landmark” and “wayfinding” station art designs. We want you [...]
Congratulations to the 19 prominent national and local artists and artists teams competing for the Central Subway Public Art Program. Proposals for two permanent public artwork opportunities each at the Chinatown, Union Square/Market Street and Moscone Stations will be on view at the Chinese Culture Center, Contemporary Jewish Museum and Weinstein Gallery from July 9 [...]
As everyone is well aware – especially friends visiting from out of town – San Francisco is hilly. The steep hills limited the growth of the City during the early days. The main mode of transportation was literal horse power and very few streets were paved in the city. This led to the majority of [...]
Public transit is nothing new. The vehicles and modes may have changed, yet the idea is still the same. Transit gets the person from point A to point B and every other letter after that. Ideas thought to be antiquated and out-of-touch has begun to reemerge because their usefulness is being recognized by a new [...]
