Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Muni Forward

How Public Q&A Sessions Can Obscure Support for Street Changes

By Aaron Bialick | | 44 Comments
When it comes to gauging support for changes on our streets, it’s easy to get the impression at community meetings that a handful of vocal critics represent significant opposition. But as preliminary survey results from a recent Inner Sunset meeting on improvements for the N-Judah show, public forums can often be a poor reflection of the actual level of […]

TEP Update: Muni Behind on Transit Signal Priority, But the N Is Near

By Aaron Bialick | | 35 Comments
Half of San Francisco’s traffic signals were supposed to have transit priority installed by this spring, according to the ambitious schedule set out by managers of the Muni Transit Effectiveness Project two years ago. This may not come as much of a surprise, but the SFMTA isn’t quite meeting its target. Of the 600 signals to […]

5-Fulton Upgrades to Include Limited Service, Road Diet, and Stop Removal

By Aaron Bialick | | 20 Comments
The 5-Fulton could get less crowded this fall after Muni launches a package of speed improvements [PDF] in a pilot of the Transit Effectiveness Project. The SFMTA plans to launch a 5-Fulton Limited line, remove some excess stops, move stops across intersections for smoother loading, and extend the length of bus zones to make room […]

Red Transit Lanes on Church Have Made Muni Faster and More Reliable

By Aaron Bialick | | 36 Comments
Seven weeks after the SF Municipal Transportation Agency painted red transit-only lanes on several blocks of Church Street, Muni reports that the J-Church and 22-Fillmore lines are moving faster and more reliably. On the stretch between Duboce Avenue and 16th Street, travel times on the two lines have dropped by 5 percent, and the buses […]
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