Comments on: An all-too-typical afternoon on the N-Judah http://www.rescuemuni.org/2007/04/28/an-all-too-typical-afternoon-on-the-n-judah/ A transit riders' association for San Francisco Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:27:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Skip Intro http://www.rescuemuni.org/2007/04/28/an-all-too-typical-afternoon-on-the-n-judah/#comment-30 Skip Intro Wed, 02 May 2007 19:36:23 +0000 http://www.rescuemuni.org/2007/04/28/an-all-too-typical-afternoon-on-the-n-judah/#comment-30 I agree completely. I commute from the outer-ish Sunset to Mission Bay, and am dealing with hour-and-a-half transit times in the evening (when factoring in waits between transfers, the switch to an N Judah at the Embarcadero, and stalls in the tunnel). It's not just a matter of delayed trains or bunching: there seems to be fewer Ns on the line at any given moment (I don't have the Nextbus proof for this, but it sure feels that way). During the morning commute they've been running diesel shuttles along the N Judah line, with no announcement as to why...sometimes two in a row. It's common to see four two-car N Judahs following each other bumper-to-bumper in the Outer Avenues...just a few minutes behind each other. I agree completely.

I commute from the outer-ish Sunset to Mission Bay, and am dealing with hour-and-a-half transit times in the evening (when factoring in waits between transfers, the switch to an N Judah at the Embarcadero, and stalls in the tunnel). It’s not just a matter of delayed trains or bunching: there seems to be fewer Ns on the line at any given moment (I don’t have the Nextbus proof for this, but it sure feels that way).

During the morning commute they’ve been running diesel shuttles along the N Judah line, with no announcement as to why…sometimes two in a row.

It’s common to see four two-car N Judahs following each other bumper-to-bumper in the Outer Avenues…just a few minutes behind each other.

]]> By: njudah http://www.rescuemuni.org/2007/04/28/an-all-too-typical-afternoon-on-the-n-judah/#comment-29 njudah Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:07:43 +0000 http://www.rescuemuni.org/2007/04/28/an-all-too-typical-afternoon-on-the-n-judah/#comment-29 I get emails about this on an almost daily basis. It's clear that MUNI has decided to take a wrecking ball to the N line, and it is also clear they have no intentions of doing anything to fix it. It's too bad MUNI's poor planning and lack of trains has caused this. I sure wish someone would do something about it - it's topic A amongst people on the west side. I get emails about this on an almost daily basis. It’s clear that MUNI has decided to take a wrecking ball to the N line, and it is also clear they have no intentions of doing anything to fix it. It’s too bad MUNI’s poor planning and lack of trains has caused this. I sure wish someone would do something about it - it’s topic A amongst people on the west side.

]]> By: sunsetbob http://www.rescuemuni.org/2007/04/28/an-all-too-typical-afternoon-on-the-n-judah/#comment-28 sunsetbob Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:59:48 +0000 http://www.rescuemuni.org/2007/04/28/an-all-too-typical-afternoon-on-the-n-judah/#comment-28 The N Judah has obviously been cannibalized to provide service on the T. I have to wait twice as long for a train now when I go downtown and getting back is impossible unless you ride back to Embarcadero and wait 15-20 minutes for an N you can get on before it gets packed at Montgomery. They should shut the T down and bring back the 15 until they figure out how to run it without destroying the other lines. This is a grand mal meltdown, not petit mal. On the N it's worse than the first meltdown. The N Judah has obviously been cannibalized to provide service on the T. I have to wait twice as long for a train now when I go downtown and getting back is impossible unless you ride back to Embarcadero and wait 15-20 minutes for an N you can get on before it gets packed at Montgomery.

They should shut the T down and bring back the 15 until they figure out how to run it without destroying the other lines.

This is a grand mal meltdown, not petit mal. On the N it’s worse than the first meltdown.

]]> By: js http://www.rescuemuni.org/2007/04/28/an-all-too-typical-afternoon-on-the-n-judah/#comment-27 js Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:00:05 +0000 http://www.rescuemuni.org/2007/04/28/an-all-too-typical-afternoon-on-the-n-judah/#comment-27 Service gets worse west of 19th Avenue. A substantial number of trains are turned around at 19th, and don't serve the outer Sunset. Having to walk the last two miles to the beach is not unusual. Half hour waits for trains are not unusual. I wrote to the Chronicle about this a week ago, but apparently it's not newsworthy. Service gets worse west of 19th Avenue. A substantial number of trains are turned around at 19th, and don’t serve the outer Sunset.

Having to walk the last two miles to the beach is not unusual. Half hour waits for trains are not unusual.

I wrote to the Chronicle about this a week ago, but apparently it’s not newsworthy.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.rescuemuni.org/2007/04/28/an-all-too-typical-afternoon-on-the-n-judah/#comment-26 Andrew Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:41:42 +0000 http://www.rescuemuni.org/2007/04/28/an-all-too-typical-afternoon-on-the-n-judah/#comment-26 On weekends, when I am more likely to take the N, I have seen this happen about half the time. Last Saturday the N did come in a reasonable amount of time, but several other days it has been missing entirely from the subway (so I went to Castro and walked). On weekends, when I am more likely to take the N, I have seen this happen about half the time. Last Saturday the N did come in a reasonable amount of time, but several other days it has been missing entirely from the subway (so I went to Castro and walked).

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