Muni Riders Walk Out of Tunnel Following Malfunction

• Actually, Muni should be run properly- there are good articles saying this, so I won't go on. Bryan is right about the subway. Can the lines be run back on Market St in an emergency? That would help. can Market have a reserved right of way for all trolleys? That would help.

• Bryan pointed out one of the key issues which leads to Muni meltdowns--the poor design of the rail system. The system carries too much traffic to feed it all onto a single track tunnel, not only does this lead to frequent backups in the tunnel, but it also ensures that the whole system will be affected by a single train break down. Throwing more money will-nilly at Muni is NOT the answer--already, there is too much money thrown down a bottom-less pit. Instead, a well-thought-out, long-term capital improvement plan needs to be developed and funded. There should be double-tracks going in each direction, so that if there is a breakdown on one track, other trains can by-pass the problem by switching over to use the second track.

• The problem is that our subway system was designed wrong from the beginning. All the subway lines share multiple single points of failure. In any complex system, failures must be expected. But it is a mistake to design a system where one failure can bring down all six subway lines. Just because Key System lines went down Market Street was not a good reason to run them all down the same track under Market Street.

• Though this may not have to do with this particular incident, maybe the writer should investigate the tunnels at 17th/Market/Castro that lead from the underground to above ground as an alternative in case Castro station gets clogged like last time. The rails already exist and leads from Castro to Church along 17th st. and then goes wherever the J-Church goes.

• ummm...isn't BP privately owned? i can't imagine why anyone would think privatization is a fix. what we need to do is FUND muni.

• I am tired of muni failures being such a regular happening. Not only is it an embaressment that our transit systm is so unreliable, but with such frequent failures you would think we would have some sort of plan b when a failure occurs. Yet there is never any communication on the failure and promises of replacement buses or options are always a lie. Why can't we privatize muni? The economics and management of the entire system clearly need an overhaul.

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