BART reduced its train lengths almost three years ago from ten to 6 or 8 cars<\/a> in part to allow more frequent service. But with ridership steadily increasing<\/a>\u2014over 200,000 weekday riders as of June<\/a>\u2014overcrowding was becoming a problem again, and the agency decided to go back to full-length trains. In addition, on Monday, August 10, it will launch a major schedule adjustment. From a BART statement<\/a>:<\/p>\n By making a change in how trains travel through Daly City Station and operating it as a center platform station, service will be improved throughout the system with more even headways, better transfers, and less train congestion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n With these improvements, some departure times will shift by a few minutes, and we encourage riders to check the schedule before August 10, 2026, to see if their trip is impacted.<\/p>\n What\u2019s really nice is the new schedule will result in more regular and predictable headways, as seen in this chart below:<\/p>\n Blue and Green Line trains will also be more evenly spaced. Check out the BART info page<\/a> for all the details.<\/p>\n Muni also adding more service<\/p>\n San Francisco Muni is also adding service in response to increases in ridership. The agency currently sees about 538,000 average weekday system-wide boardings<\/a>. That\u2019s still about 80 percent of pre-pandemic levels, but signs are good that the recovery will continue.<\/p>\n In light of that, Muni decided to implement new schedules which will go into effect on Saturday. Here are the most significant improvements from SFMTA<\/a>:<\/p>\n Buses on the\u202f1 California\u202fwill arrive every nine minutes instead of every\u202ften\u202fminutes. Buses will come every\u202ffour to five\u202fminutes between Presidio and downtown. \u00a0<\/p>\n During peak hours,\u202fthe N Judah\u202fwill arrive every nine minutes instead of every 10 minutes. We also\u202faim\u202fto reduce congestion at the La Playa terminal\u202fas part of these changes. \u00a0<\/p>\n All\u00a05R\u202fFulton Rapid\u202ftrips\u00a0will use 60-foot buses\u202finstead of a mix of 40- and 60-foot buses. The route will run every 10 minutes. The larger buses will provide more room than the route had before the\u202fFebruary\u202f2026 service changes.\u202f<\/p>\n Muni trips on several other routes including the\u00a022 Fillmore\u00a0and\u00a029 Sunset\u00a0will see added some capacity\u00a0hours. This is also true for the\u00a038R Geary Rapid\u00a0and\u00a049 Van Ness-Mission\u00a0during morning peak hours. And the\u00a029 Sunset\u00a0will notice some added capacity in the evening.<\/p>\n Read about all the route changes on SFMTA\u2019s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n Woodstock blows a gasket<\/p>\n People who have come to depend on Woodstock, the Oakland-Alameda water shuttle<\/a>, were in for a disappointment this week: no service, thanks to a damaged engine. \u201cThe water shuttle experienced an internal component failure; we think it is a head gasket but decided to change it out with our spare,\u201d explained Alexis Matsui with San Francisco Bay Ferry. \u201cWe anticipate \u2026 Woodstock can resume service on Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Woodstock celebrated its two-year anniversary last month. The \u201cpilot\u201d service also got extended until 2028, thanks to its stellar total ridership of 251,000 passengers and 60,000 bicycles so far (on a boat that only holds 31 people). Plans are now afoot<\/a> to go beyond a pilot and extend the service for ten years. That would no doubt require two boats instead of one, so breakdowns don\u2019t result in a total suspension of service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are three quick updates about two big transit services and one itty-bitty one. 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One of Muni\u2019s Siemens LRVs. Photo: SFMTA<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20240717_141018874.jpg\")
Woodstock shuttling between Jack London Square and Alameda. Photo: Streetsblog\/Rudick<\/p>\n