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Release date: March 28, 2012 *** Press Release ***The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which oversees all transportation in the city, including the Municipal Railway (Muni), today announced the proposals for the two corridors, the N Judah line west of Cole Street and the 28 19th Avenue Route between Lincoln Way and Junipero Serra Boulevard, that will be covered in the March 31 Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) workshop. The SFMTA will host a total of 10 outreach workshops for the next phase of the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP), a joint effort by the SFMTA and the City Controller’s Office that aims to transform Muni so that people can get where they want to go more quickly, reliably and safely. The SFMTA will host the community workshops to review the TEP travel time reduction proposals, facilitate future community involvement and inform the final recommendations. Input from community stakeholders will also shape the TEP environmental review currently underway. “The TEP has been and will continue to be a powerful prioritizing tool for improving Muni,” said Tom Nolan, Chairman of the SFMTA Board of Directors. “Public input will be vital to this process as the TEP provides a road map for Muni’s transformation during the coming decade.” “The good work underlying the TEP provides us with the first opportunity in a generation to systematically improve Muni service,” said Edward D. Reiskin, SFMTA Director of Transportation. “As a Transit First city, we need to be smart about how we improve transit to make it an attractive, reliable choice for San Franciscans. The TEP is a significant part of how we’ll get there.” The TEP travel time reduction proposals that will be covered in the workshops include various traffic engineering and transit stop treatments. When combined with other initiatives such as new and ongoing Muni Operations improvements (e.g. all-door boarding) and transit signal priority, these proposals are expected to reduce Muni travel times by 15 to 30 percent and improve service reliability. 28 19th Avenue Route between Lincoln Way and Junipero Serra Boulevard The 3.4-mile 28 19th Avenue corridor between Lincoln Ave and Junipero Serra Boulevard carries almost 50 percent of the daily ridership of this route and has a travel speed of less than 10 miles per hour. Several proposals to improve travel time and reliability, as listed below, will be reviewed with workshop attendees at small group roundtable discussions:
These proposals are anticipated to reduce the corridor travel time by about 11 minutes, a 26 percent reduction. N Judah Line from Carl and Cole streets to La Playa The N Line, with more than 40,000 boardings on an average weekday, is Muni’s busiest rail line. There are 21 stops within the 3.4-mile corridor under review, and the average speed is eight miles per hour. This corridor is also served by the Nx Judah Express bus which was implemented in 2011 providing supplemental service during peak periods. The need to better coordinate traffic stops with Muni stops and to update the boarding islands to accommodate longer trains are the focus of staff proposals. Several proposals to improve travel time and reliability, as listed below, will be reviewed with workshop attendees at small group roundtable discussions:
These proposals are anticipated to reduce the corridor travel time by about 10 minutes, a 19 percent reduction. The details of these proposals can be found at sfmta.com/tep and are attached. For updates and additional information, please visit sfmta.com/tep. Updated TEP Workshop Schedule
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