San Francisco – Streetcar to Fort Mason

Rail Transit Online – June 2006

Plans are moving forward for an environmental impact study of a proposed extension of the F-Market and Wharves heritage streetcar line from Fisherman's Wharf to Fort Mason.  The project would include reopening a 1914 trolley tunnel beneath Fort Mason that was closed in 1983.  A seismic study of the tunnel funded by the National Park Service has already been completed and it’s now estimated that necessary upgrades would cost about $8 million.  A technical feasibility study determined there would be no insurmountable roadblocks to the $50-million project, although a final route alignment must still be selected.  The Park Service, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and the FTA are cooperating on the extension.