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New Transit Lanes for Muni’s 1 California Customers

New Transit Lanes for Muni’s 1 California Customers
By Jonathan Streeter

Photo of 1 California bus using transit lane

Muni’s 1 California travels the new transit lane on Sacramento Street

You may have seen SFMTA’s Paint, Sign or Meter shops putting the finishing touches on almost three miles of new and expanded transit lanes serving the 1 California. These transit improvements are part of the 1 California Temporary Emergency Transit Lanes project that was approved last April to help maintain travel time and reliability for the over 10,000 daily customers who depend on this vital east-west connector.  

In April 2020, when traffic levels were reduced during the shelter-in-place, we saved so much time on the 1 California that we were able to provide the same service frequency while reducing the number of buses on the line—requiring two to three fewer buses per day. Nearly two-thirds of households along the 1 California route in Chinatown and Nob Hill do not own cars, and prioritizing transit is critical to their daily transportation needs.

The new temporary emergency transit lanes on Clay and Sacramento streets downtown and on California Street west of Steiner help lock these service improvements in place by protecting the bus from delays as the city reaches pre-pandemic traffic congestion levels. Ridership on the 1 California has begun to increase as public health orders ease and we move into greater levels of economic reopening. This makes it all the more important to continue assisting those customers whose primary mode of transportation is Muni.

On Clay and Sacramento streets, we made part-time transit lane hours more consistent and focused on expanding lanes at locations where the data has demonstrated the greatest potential benefit. We also implemented transit lanes on California Street from Steiner to Presidio without removing parking.

And remember: please observe parking signs on Clay and Sacramento streets where transit lanes are located, as tow-away restrictions are now being enforced.

We want to hear from you

Earlier this winter and spring, we conducted extensive outreach and revised the final project design based on what we heard. Now that the transit improvements are in place, we are reaching back out to the community for feedback on their direct experience with the new transit lanes. Public input, along with our technical analysis of traffic patterns, Muni performance and other factors will help determine whether transit lanes for the 1 California should be kept in place once the final public health restrictions are lifted.

What do you think about the new transit lanes? Take the 1 California transit lane survey now.

 



Published August 05, 2021 at 11:30PM
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