So I'm in russian hill area of san francisco and i just got an email stating that it's in construction phase. Is there anyway to figure out where sonic starts the actual construction and when they will be working where I am located, block or two away from lombard (crooked) st?
No, I'm afraid that's just not information we can estimate with any accuracy. There's a lot of variability in the construction, permitting, materials, crew availability and weather that can all impact timing. And when we guess and are wrong by any material amount, folks get upset with us, so we stopped even providing our guesses.
We have been discussing the idea of providing our "earliest delivery" date, which would at least give someone the inside best-case, and we're testing that for customer response now in some regions. We'll see what sort of feedback we get and many increase the transparency if it goes well.