We're celebrating 10 years of Muni Forward! Pick up a limited-edition Muni Forward Passport at a Transit Month event or participating business while supplies last during the month of September 2024. Use the passport to explore ten of Muni Forward’s project corridors, including the 7 Haight/Noriega.
The 7 Haight Noriega Rapid Project improved transit reliability, travel time and safety for people walking along the 7 Haight/Noriega route between Stanyan and Market streets. This segment serves the Haight-Ashbury, Lower Haight and Western Addition neighborhoods, where many lower-income residents depend more on transit to access jobs, health care and food hubs.
This project was delivered in partnership with the SF Planning Department’s Haight Ashbury Public Realm Plan that outlines a community-supported vision for the neighborhood’s streets, sidewalks and public places. Key features include:
- A new eastbound transit lane between Laguna and Market streets to allow Muni buses to travel in both directions, making the route more direct and reducing transit travel time
- Wider sidewalks at transit stops and other corners to improve the boarding experience for riders and support pedestrian safety.
- Consolidating some closely spaced transit stops to reduce delay.
- New traffic signals with transit signal priority to reduce delay.
- Completed
Before Muni Forward, traffic caused major delays for riders between Stanyan and Market streets. Crossings on Haight Street were unwelcoming for people strolling and rolling. Haight Street was one-way westbound between Laguna and Market, adding an unnecessary two-minute detour to the 7 Haight/Noriega’s route. The Muni Forward program installed an eastbound contraflow transit lane in 2014.
New landscaping, lighting, seating and other transit and safety improvements were also included along the length of Haight Street. With these changes, the 7 Haight/Noriega improved travel times by 11%. Collisions involving people walking and bicycling decreased by 64%.
- Project improvements included:
- Transit and pedestrian bulbs
- Traffic signals
- Right turn pockets
- Stop consolidation
- Streetscape improvements in collaboration with SF Public Works to accompany the new sidewalk extensions