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0 pointstaatof1y ago0 comments

While I'm obviously exaggerating by saying "never", the list is much smaller than it needs to be, and you have some misleading things on that list.

Chinatown subway station is great. Better connects SF residents and it's exactly what I want to see more of in SF.

- Van Ness BRT? That project started in 2003. It took 20 years to complete. Not exactly the poster child of solid transit improvements in SF, except if you ignore how it got there.

- The Caltrain electrification project is great for the environment, but doesn't help SF much as far as improving transit availability. It's slightly faster, at least.

- BART expansion to Berryessa is a bit separate from SF transit improvements, which is what I'm talking about.

- Salesforce transit center is fine and has good vision, like expanding caltrain downtown. But doesn't add a massive amount of transit availability that wasn't already nearby (yet).

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maxwellg1y ago

I provided a list of the biggest ticket items from the past few years. If you want to only look at projects that increase transit availability, reliability, or speed within SF County, check out the Muni Forward projects. Usually half a dozen lines are prioritized each year. https://www.sfmta.com/projects/muni-forward

I live in the Richmond, so I've been positively affected by the improvements to the 38/38R (although I still would strongly prefer a BRT system) and the new-ish-but-not-really 1X. In the next year I can expect transit improvements to the 1 and the 5/5R. Pretty much every bus I take on a weekly basis has seen transit improvements since I've first moved here.

ardit331y ago

Geary BRT is still not complete. 25 years in the making, and it is just a half assed solution. SF is very inefficient into completing mass transit infrastructure.

what1y ago

What actually improved about the 38? They moved the stops to the other side of the intersection, which saves maybe 1 minute along the entire route.

maxwellg1y ago

- Stops moved to be after the light, so bus isn't stuck waiting after people board

- Stops moving after the light mean Transit Signal Priority works better. GPS on the bus can "hold" the green light for longer - https://www.sfmta.com/blog/green-lights-muni

- Red painted lanes decrease private car use in bus lane, so bus can go faster

- Speeding fell by 80%, so fewer accidents mean transit is more reliable

There have been a few different projects on different sections of Geary over the years. The bus now runs 10-20% faster depending on direction and variability decreased by 25-40%.

Check out pages 15-19 of https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-docume...

asdff1y ago

Doesn’t the bus just stop before people board now? Seems to me the issue is the bus isn’t capable of preempting green lights not where it stops and hits the red light on its route. When the police want to get to lunch quicker they are allowed to preempt the lights with the tooling they are given.

tuukkah1y ago

Better Caltrain means less road congestion in SF so benefits everyone.

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maxwellg1y ago

ardit331y ago

Geary BRT is still not complete. 25 years in the making, and it is just a half assed solution. SF is very inefficient into completing mass transit infrastructure.

what1y ago

What actually improved about the 38? They moved the stops to the other side of the intersection, which saves maybe 1 minute along the entire route.

maxwellg1y ago

- Stops moved to be after the light, so bus isn't stuck waiting after people board

- Stops moving after the light mean Transit Signal Priority works better. GPS on the bus can "hold" the green light for longer - https://www.sfmta.com/blog/green-lights-muni

- Red painted lanes decrease private car use in bus lane, so bus can go faster

- Speeding fell by 80%, so fewer accidents mean transit is more reliable

There have been a few different projects on different sections of Geary over the years. The bus now runs 10-20% faster depending on direction and variability decreased by 25-40%.

Check out pages 15-19 of https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/reports-and-docume...

asdff1y ago

tuukkah1y ago

Better Caltrain means less road congestion in SF so benefits everyone.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse