Some MUNI Routes Temporary Suspended Due to Vaccine-Related Service Changes: SFMTA

Monday is the deadline for San Francisco’s worker vaccine mandate and astatine slightest 1 metropolis bureau said it volition beryllium modifying service.

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency said that opening Monday immoderate MUNI autobus routes volition beryllium suspended.

A spokesperson for the SFMTA told NBC Bay Area Sunday that 123 employees person not complied with the vaccine mandate.

Out, of a workforce of 6,000, that's a tiny percentage, but officials said it's capable to temporarily impact a fewer autobus routes.

The affected routes incudes 1 California abbreviated way from Downtown San Francisco to the Presidio. The 14R Mission Rapid abbreviated way volition beryllium suspended.

Next weekend, the 30 Stockton abbreviated and the 49 Van Ness abbreviated routes volition beryllium suspended. Those are some play services.

SFMTA said they volition re-evaluate those lines precise soon due to the fact that they are inactive getting past infinitesimal vaccine verification documents this weekend.

The suspended routes supplement different existing routes connected the system, passengers volition not suffer the quality to get around.

SFMTA said that passengers should expect buses connected those routes to beryllium much packed than usual.

Some Riders who usage the affected routes told NBC Bay Area’s Sergio Quintana that they were not precise sympathetic to the employees who haven't submitted their vaccine verifications.

"It should beryllium enforced due to the fact that I consciousness that reasons that radical person are not pursuing the science,” said Linda, who uses the 1 California autobus route.

"People whitethorn oregon whitethorn not beryllium acrophobic of the effects of the vaccine. I'm afloat vaccinated myself and I haven't noticed thing frankincense far,” said Welsey Thomas. For astir radical that are moving each day, it's mandatory."

SFMTA is the archetypal metropolis bureau that responded to Sergio Quintana’s questions Sunday. NBC Bay Area besides reached retired to San Francisco police, San Francisco occurrence and different frontline departments astir their worker vaccine compliance.

San Francisco’s section of nationalist works said they don't expect immoderate work interruptions.

The different departments person not responded yet.

San Francisco is not the lone large metropolis that's enforcing the vaccination requirement.

In New York, the occurrence section with 11,000 said they person 2,000 occurrence fighters that are connected aesculapian permission due to the fact that they person not complied with the vaccine mandate.