We are pleased to be welcoming John Funghi, Program Director with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), to discuss the Central Subway Project on Tuesday, November 13.

The Central Subway Project will construct a modern, efficient light-rail line that will improve public transportation in San Francisco. This new 1.7-mile extension of Muni's T Third Line will provide direct connections to major retail, sporting, and cultural venues while efficiently transporting people to jobs, educational opportunities and other amenities throughout the city. With stops in South of Market (SoMa), Yerba Buena, Union Square, and Chinatown, the Central Subway will vastly improve transit options for the residents of one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the country, provide a rapid transit link to a burgeoning technology and digital-media hub, and improve access to a premier commercial district and tourist attraction.

The Central Subway Project will extend the T Third Line from the 4th Street Caltrain Station to Chinatown, providing a direct, rapid transit link from the Bayshore and Mission Bay areas to SoMa, Union Square, and downtown. Four new stations will be built along the 1.7-mile Central Subway Project alignment, three of them underground.

About our Speaker:

John Funghi, P.E., has served as a Program Director for SFMTA since late 2006, managing the Central Subway Program. He is a licensed Civil Engineer and licensed General Contractor with 29 years of vast, hands-on project manager/engineer experience. He is an honors graduate in Civil Engineering from California State University - San Luis Obispo. His career and experience has been developed primarily through private practice overseeing major capital improvement projects from conceptual design through construction build-out in the states of California, Hawaii, and Alaska.

DATE:  Tuesday, November 13, 2012