Meet the Muni Forward Features in Your Neighborhood

Last fall we launched Muni Forward and over the next several months began making incremental changes and expanding some improvements throughout the Muni system. This spring we are building on these efforts and rolling out the largest service increase in decades.

Along with the increased service and new customer amenities rolling out this month, Muni Forward also includes other street improvements, many of which are already on the street and others that you’ll soon be seeing more of around town.

• In addition to the transit bulbs (Improving Your Walk and Your Ride, Feb. 6, 2015) recently installed on the 5 Fulton at Divisadero and Fillmore, the 28 19^th Avenue Rapid Project includes a dozen new transit bulbs.
• The red lanes (Rolling Out the Red Carpet on Haight Street, Oct. 8, 2014) highlight transit-only lanes to make Muni run faster on Haight Street, 3^rd Street, Market Street, Geary Street, O’Farrell Street and Clay Street. Learn more about how Muni Forward proposes using them for several other routes across town, including the 14 Mission and the 22 Fillmore.
• Transit Signal Priority (Green Lights for Muni, Jan. 9, 2015) won’t get your attention with bright red paint, but an extra few minutes to grab a cup of coffee after your trip might. These will go in along every Rapid Network corridor, which includes the N Judah, J Church and 5 Fulton, as well as other busy Muni routes and lines, like the 30 Stockton. 
• Pedestrian bulbs will make crossing some of our busier streets safer and less intimidating for some seniors and people with disabilities who need extra time to cross. The 71 Rapid project, which was approved in November, includes a handful of them.
• Stop spacing is another technique that will be used to make trips on Muni faster. A good example is the 28 19^th Avenue—eight of the 22 stops on 19^th Avenue will be removed.

A lot of these improvements require additional investment of funds outside of our regular operating budget. Thanks to the overwhelming support shown by the voters of San Francisco in November, we’ll have those funds. The passage of Propositions A and B will provide funds Muni Forward and Vision Zero projects.

The details tab on our projects pages is where you’ll find these handy summaries that let you see quickly what changes and improvements are included for that route.

The details of every feature (.pdf) are uploaded on the Muni Forward implementation page under Documents and Reports.

Tell us what you think by visiting TellMuni.com, and visit www.muniforward.com for more information. 

This diagram provides a summary of all the types of in-street improvements coming with Muni Forward.