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Central Subway

Index Central Subway

The Central Subway is an extension of the Muni Metro light rail system under construction in San Francisco, California, from the Caltrain commuter rail depot at 4th and King streets to Chinatown, with stops in South of Market (SoMa) and Union Square. [1]

72 relations: Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Bayview–Hunters Point, San Francisco, Bus rapid transit, California, Caltrain, Catherine Wagner (artist), Chinatown station (Muni Metro), Chinatown, San Francisco, Chinese paper cutting, Clare Rojas, Direct current, Dogpatch, San Francisco, Ed Lee (politician), Electrification of Caltrain, Embarcadero (San Francisco), Embarcadero station, Erwin Redl, F Market & Wharves, Federal Transit Administration, Financial district, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, Float (project management), Interstate 80, James Leong, Jim Campbell (artist), K Ingleside, Kota Ezawa, KPIX-TV, Leslie Shows, Light rail, List of San Francisco Municipal Railway lines, Margaret Chung, Market Street (San Francisco), Market Street Subway, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (San Francisco Bay Area), Mission Bay, San Francisco, Moscone Center, Muni Metro, New Austrian tunnelling method, North Beach, San Francisco, One Hundred Years: History of the Chinese in America, Overhead line, Pagoda Palace, Powell Street station, Pyrite, Rapid transit, Rose Pak, Roxy Paine, San Francisco, ..., San Francisco 4th and King Street Station, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco County Transportation Authority, San Francisco Municipal Railway, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, South of Market, San Francisco, Sunnydale station, T Third Street, The San Francisco Examiner, Third Street Light Rail Project, Tom Otterness, Tomie Arai, Tunnel boring machine, Tutor Perini, Union Square, San Francisco, Union Square/Market Street station, Visitacion Valley, San Francisco, Volt, Washington Square (San Francisco), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena/Moscone station, 4th and Brannan station. Expand index (22 more) »

Alma de Bretteville Spreckels

Alma de Bretteville Spreckels (March 24, 1881 – August 7, 1968) was a wealthy socialite and philanthropist in San Francisco, California.

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Bay Area Rapid Transit

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), is a rapid transit public transportation system serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California.

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Bayview–Hunters Point, San Francisco

Bayview–Hunters Point, simply known as The Bayview, or most commonly known as Hunters Point, is a neighborhood in the southeastern corner of San Francisco, California, United States.

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Bus rapid transit

Bus rapid transit (BRT, BRTS, busway, transitway) is a bus-based public transport system designed to improve capacity and reliability relative to a conventional bus system.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Caltrain

Caltrain (Reporting mark JPBX) is a California commuter rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley).

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Catherine Wagner (artist)

Catherine Wagner is an American conceptual artist whose process involves the investigation of what art critic David Bonetti called "the systems people create, our love of order, our ambition to shape the world, the value we place on knowledge, and the tokens we display to express ourselves." Wagner has created large-scale, site-specific public artworks for the cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Jose, and Kyoto, Japan.

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Chinatown station (Muni Metro)

The Chinatown Station is an underground light rail station of the San Francisco Municipal Railway's Muni Metro system, currently under construction as part of the Central Subway Project.

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Chinatown, San Francisco

The Chinatown centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, is the oldest Chinatown in North America and the largest Chinese enclave outside Asia.

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Chinese paper cutting

The art of paper-cutting (jiǎnzhǐ 剪纸) in China may date back to the second century C.E., since paper was invented by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty in China.

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Clare Rojas

Clare Rojas (born 1976 in Columbus, Ohio) is an artist, currently based in San Francisco and is part of the Mission School.

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Direct current

Direct current (DC) is the unidirectional flow of electric charge.

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Dogpatch, San Francisco

Dogpatch is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, roughly half industrial and half residential.

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Ed Lee (politician)

Edwin Mah Lee (May 5, 1952 – December 12, 2017) was an American politician and attorney who served as the 43rd Mayor of San Francisco, and was the first Asian American to hold the office.

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Electrification of Caltrain

The Caltrain Modernization Program (CalMod) is a $1.9 billion project that will add a positive train control (PTC) system and electrify the main line of the U.S. commuter railroad Caltrain, which serves cities in the San Francisco Peninsula and Silicon Valley, as well as transition from its current diesel-electric locomotive powered trains to electric multiple units (EMU).

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Embarcadero (San Francisco)

The Embarcadero is the eastern waterfront and roadway of the Port of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, along San Francisco Bay.

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Embarcadero station

Embarcadero is a BART and Muni Metro station in the Financial District of San Francisco.

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Erwin Redl

Erwin Redl (born 1963) in Gföhl, Lower Austria is an Austrian-born artist currently living in the United States.

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F Market & Wharves

The F Market & Wharves line is one of several light rail lines in San Francisco, California.

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Federal Transit Administration

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transportation systems.

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Financial district

A financial district is the central area in some large cities where banks, insurance companies and other large corporations have head offices.

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Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco

Fisherman's Wharf is a neighborhood and popular tourist attraction in San Francisco, California.

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Float (project management)

In project management, float or slack is the amount of time that a task in a project network can be delayed without causing a delay to.

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Interstate 80

Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental limited-access highway in the United States that runs from downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

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James Leong

James Leong (November 27, 1929 – April 15, 2011) was an influential Chinese American artist from San Francisco, California who used his paintings to convey his struggles and revelations with racial identity.

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Jim Campbell (artist)

Jim Campbell (born 1956 in Chicago, Illinois) is a contemporary San Francisco based artist who is known for his LED light works.

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K Ingleside

The K Ingleside is a Muni Metro line in San Francisco, California, mainly serving the West Portal and Ingleside neighborhoods.

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Kota Ezawa

Kota Ezawa (born 1969, Cologne, Germany) is a Japanese-German artist and educator, based in San Francisco, California.

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KPIX-TV

KPIX-TV, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 29), is a CBS owned-and-operated television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States and serving the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Leslie Shows

Leslie Shows (born 1977) is an American artist who is recognized for expanding the boundaries of landscape painting.

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Light rail

Light rail, light rail transit (LRT), or fast tram is a form of urban rail transport using rolling stock similar to a tramway, but operating at a higher capacity, and often on an exclusive right-of-way.

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List of San Francisco Municipal Railway lines

The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) is the public transit system for San Francisco, California.

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Margaret Chung

Margaret Jessie Chung (&ndash), born in Santa Barbara, California, was the first known American-born Chinese female physician.

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Market Street (San Francisco)

Market Street is a major thoroughfare in San Francisco, California.

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Market Street Subway

The Market Street Subway is a double-decker subway tunnel that carries Muni Metro and BART train traffic in San Francisco, California.

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Metropolitan Transportation Commission (San Francisco Bay Area)

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is the government agency responsible for regional transportation planning and financing in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Mission Bay, San Francisco

Mission Bay is a neighborhood on the east side of San Francisco, California.

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Moscone Center

The George R. Moscone Convention Center (popularly known as the Moscone Center, pronounced) is the largest convention and exhibition complex in San Francisco, California.

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Muni Metro

The Muni Metro is a light rail system serving San Francisco, California, operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), a division of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).

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New Austrian tunnelling method

The New Austrian tunneling method (NATM), also known as sequential excavation method (SEM), is a method of modern tunnel design and construction.

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North Beach, San Francisco

North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, the Financial District, and Russian Hill.

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One Hundred Years: History of the Chinese in America

One Hundred Years: History of the Chinese in America is a 1952 mural painting by James Leong.

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Overhead line

An overhead line or overhead wire is used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains.

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Pagoda Palace

Pagoda Palace was a movie theater in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood on Columbus Avenue opposite Washington Square.

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Powell Street station

Powell Street is a shared Muni Metro and Bay Area Rapid Transit station near the intersection of Market Street and Powell Street in downtown San Francisco.

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Pyrite

The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS2 (iron(II) disulfide).

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Rapid transit

Rapid transit or mass rapid transit, also known as heavy rail, metro, MRT, subway, tube, U-Bahn or underground, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas.

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Rose Pak

Rose Lan Pak was a political activist in San Francisco, California, noted for her advocacy for the Chinatown community and her influence on city politics.

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Roxy Paine

Roxy Paine (born 1966,http://kavigupta.com/artist/roxypaine/cv New York City) is an American artist.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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San Francisco 4th and King Street Station

San Francisco 4th and King Street, 4th and King (previously 4th & Townsend), or Caltrain Depot is the north end of the Caltrain commuter rail line to the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley, and is a major area transit hub.

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San Francisco Chronicle

The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California.

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San Francisco County Transportation Authority

The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) is a state chartered sub-regional transportation planning and programming agency for San Francisco County.

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San Francisco Municipal Railway

The San Francisco Municipal Railway (SF Muni or Muni) is the public transit system for the city and county of San Francisco, California.

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San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA or San Francisco MTA) is an agency created by consolidation of the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), the Department of Parking and Traffic (DPT), and the Taxicab Commission.

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South of Market, San Francisco

South of Market (or SoMa) is a relatively large neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States which is located just south of Market Street, and contains several sub-neighborhoods including: South Beach, Mission Bay, and Rincon Hill.

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Sunnydale station

Sunnydale Station, 2007, access date July 10, 2008 is an island platform light rail station of the San Francisco Municipal Railway's Muni Metro system located in the median of Bayshore Boulevard at Sunnydale Avenue in Visitacion Valley, San Francisco, California.

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T Third Street

The T Third Street is a Muni Metro line in San Francisco, California.

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The San Francisco Examiner

The San Francisco Examiner is a longtime daily newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California.

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Third Street Light Rail Project

The Third Street Light Rail Project was the construction project that expanded the Muni Metro system in San Francisco, California, linking downtown San Francisco to the historically underserved southeastern neighborhoods of Bayview-Hunters Point and Visitacion Valley along the eastern side of the city.

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Tom Otterness

Tom Otterness (born 1952) is an American sculptor best known as one of America’s most prolific public artists.

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Tomie Arai

Tomie Arai (born 1949) is an Asian American artist and community activist who was born, raised, and is still active in New York City.

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Tunnel boring machine

A tunnel boring machine (TBM), also known as a "mole", is a machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section through a variety of soil and rock strata.

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Tutor Perini

Tutor Perini Corporation (formerly Perini Corporation) is one of the largest general contractors in the United States.

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Union Square, San Francisco

Union Square is a public plaza bordered by Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton Streets in downtown San Francisco, California.

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Union Square/Market Street station

Union Square/Market Street station is an under construction underground light rail station of the San Francisco Municipal Railway's Muni Metro system.

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Visitacion Valley, San Francisco

Visitacion Valley (homophone of visitation), is a neighborhood located in the southeastern quadrant of San Francisco, California.

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Volt

The volt (symbol: V) is the derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force.

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Washington Square (San Francisco)

Washington Square is a park in the North Beach district of San Francisco, California, and is one of the city’s first parks, established in 1847.

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is a multi-disciplinary contemporary arts center in San Francisco, California, United States.

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Yerba Buena/Moscone station

The Yerba Buena/Moscone Station is an underground light rail station of the San Francisco Municipal Railway's Muni Metro system that is under construction.

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4th and Brannan station

4th and Brannan Station is an at-grade light rail station of the San Francisco Municipal Railway's Muni Metro system that is under construction.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Subway

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