Muni Riders, Your Long Cell-Free Underground Nightmare May Be Over

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Muni's Van Ness stop is one of the underground stations that would get cellular coverage under a proposal announced Wednesday. Creative Commons image by

By Dan Brekke, KQED News Fix
Cell service could be coming soon to one of the last places in the truly civilized world that still lacks it: San Francisco Muni’s tunnels and underground stations.

That’s the bottom line of a proposal announced Wednesday under which BART, which finished installing cell service in its tunnels and the Transbay Tube in 2010, will partner with Muni to extend coverage to the city-run transit system. 

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix. 

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