A new report provides transit performance and traffic safety data for the Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit (BRT).
The Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) was recently ranked among the top BRT corridors in the world for providing a “world class customer experience." Now, a detailed report backs up the claim. A full project evaluation provides key transit performance and traffic safety data.
Read the Van Ness Evaluation Report on our Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit webpage (SFMTA.com/VanNess).
BRT corridors feature dedicated transit lanes and transit signal priority that gives green lights to transit vehicles. They also include features that make boarding quicker, like all-door and level boarding.
Here's how the Van Ness BRT measures up:
- Bus travel is now up to 36% faster, shaving up to 9.5 minutes off trips.
- Transit is 45% more reliable.
- Injury traffic collisions are down by 50%.
And, Muni riders on the Van Ness BRT are noticing!
Over 86% of riders said their travel time improved on Van Ness Avenue between North Point and Mission streets.
The report paints a bright future for the Van Ness corridor! The wide avenue has no more room to add capacity for private cars. But, we could help more people get where they need to go on Muni. Running more buses on Van Ness could expand ridership capacity there by as much as 500%. Although that’s not possible now, because of our limited budget. In the future, this could help reduce emissions as the city works to meet its climate action goals. The Van Ness BRT makes the best kind of trip possible: low-carbon, fast and reliable.
The Van Ness BRT is part of our broader program of transit priority improvements across the city, called Muni Forward. We've made 100 miles of reliability upgrades in the past decade. You can read more about Muni Forward program accomplishments on our Muni Forward webpage (SFMTA.com/MuniForward).
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