Just as the historic streetcars are slated to resume service after being suspended during the COVID pandemic, a city plan to stop Muni's F Line service to the Castro for up to four years is eliciting strong negative reactions in the neighborhood.
The streetcars — which traverse from Fisherman's Wharf to the Castro — have been replaced by bus service for much of the health crisis.
They are scheduled to restart service May 15 along with the resumption of some subway service on the K and N lines. But as part of the multi-agency Better Market Street project, the F Line is slated to be substituted by bus service again "for the duration of phase I construction, which is anticipated to take approximately two to four years," Coma Te, public affairs