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A $130 million state grant will upgrade the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s train control system after 30 years of relying on floppy disks.
The grant announced Thursday will mean improved service with fewer delays, Mayor London Breed said.
“Making Muni more reliable, faster, and safer are all key to bringing back riders, supporting workers and neighborhoods, and continuing our long-term growth,” Breed said in a news release. “San Francisco must have well-functioning and efficient transportation to thrive.”
State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, said a modernized train control system was crucial.
“We worked hard to secure billions in the state budget for transit upgrades,” Wiener said, “and we protected those funds from budget cuts.”
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The grant will be used to implement Phase 2 of the Train Control Upgrade Project, which will replace the outdated, 30-year-old automatic train control system currently in use.
The system will extend beyond the subways to all the on-street Muni Metro corridors, said Jeffrey Tumlin, SFMTA’s director of transportation.
The system will be installed in phases starting with on-street rail between Embarcadero and Mission Bay, followed by the subways, and finally the remaining on-street rail segments in the south and west sides of the city, SFMTA said.
Work will commence in 2025. Phase 2 will start in 2026 and is expected to be completed in early 2030.
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