Moving People by Combining

the Strengths of DOTs & Transit Agencies

NACTO Designing Cities Conference

September 27, 2016

Moving People by Combining

the Strengths of DOTs & Transit Agencies

NACTO Designing Cities Conference

September 27, 2016

All-in-one Transportation Agency

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“Transit First City”

• Safe and efficient movement of

people and goods

• Promote public transit, bicycle and

pedestrian travel as attractive

alternatives

• Encourage innovative solutions to

meet public transportation needs

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Muni Forward

Vision Zero High Injury Network

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12% of street miles*

Severe/Fatal Injuries:

70% People in Vehicles

76% People on Motorcycles

72% People Walking

74% People Riding Bikes

* non-freeway

Through Vision Zero, San Francisco has committed to working together to prioritize street safety and eliminate traffic deaths in San Francisco by 2024

Delivering on Affordability and Access

• All San Francisco

residents within ¼ mile

of a transit stop

• Affordable Service –

100,000 residents

benefit from free or

reduced fares

• Muni Equity Strategy

Transportation Demand Management (TDM)

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Public Transit Complete Streets Vehicle Sharing

Integrated programs with the goal to reduce the need for single occupant driving and car ownership

Demand Pricing Customer Information Mixed Land Use

2015 Travel Decision Survey Findings

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• Muni carries over 225 million

boardings annually

• Service Area:

47 square miles

• Service Area Population:

825,000 residents

• 5 distinct transit modes (bus, trolley, cable car,

light rail, historic streetcar)

• 24 hour core network;

most service 18 hours

per day

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Muni Service

Safer & More

Reliable Transit

Transit Engineering

Transit Planning

Muni Forward: Working Together

How We Work Together

• Addressing issues identified by front line staff

• Supporting the Collision Reduction Program

• Integrating multimodal needs into state-of-good

repair projects

• Implementing Citywide transit signal priority

• Delivering Muni Forward and Vision Zero

• Issue: Left sideswipes at bus terminal

• Solution: Reduce side swipes by dropping

an auto lane; reconfigure bus stops, add

right turn pocket to reduce turn conflicts

Collision Reduction Program: Mission/Main

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Project integration tested 14

Church & Duboce Before

Complete Streets Integration

Church & Duboce After

Complete Streets Integration

Transit Network Enhancements

Redesigning Streets to Prioritize Transit

• Red transit-only lanes

– 12 miles board-approved, 5 on the ground

• Transit Signal Priority

– 480 installed across city

• Stop removal and optimization

• Transit and pedestrian bulbs

– Furthering Vision Zero city policy to improve safety

Integrating Vision Zero

Muni Forward

Capital

Improvements

also further

the goals of

Vision Zero

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Mission Street Pre-Muni Forward Challenges

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Most people walk or take transit to Mission St

20 83% of people ride transit or walk to Mission Street

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SF hasn’t figured everything out…

Current Challenges:

• Growing population

• Increasing need for

enforcement

• Competition for limited ROW

– No modal hierarchy

– Increasing number of Uber/Lyft

• Tradeoffs between modes

• Fire Department review

• Public support

“City’s Complete Streets Policy Lacks a Modal

Hierarchy”

The number of jobs is projected to grow 34% between 2010 and2040. 4,600 housing units are under construction, with 43,000+ in the pipeline

Population Growth and Affordability Challenges

PM auto

speeds

decreased by

25% from

2013 to 2015

Average SF Auto Speeds in the PM Peak

Congestion is Increasing Map of Transit Speeds in

PM Peak

Enforcement Challenges

Coordinating with Fire Department

Competition for Street Space

Design Benefits and Tradeoffs

• Many transit priority toolkit elements also

benefit people who walk or cycle

• Some transit priority treatments have

tradeoffs (e.g., right turn pockets)

• Pedestrian and bicycle treatments can also

have transit tradeoffs (e.g., traffic calming)

Building Support

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Image: Streetsblog

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Minutes saved

Travel time savings

Mission St. Intercept Survey

49%

25%

26% Support

Neutral

Don't Support

Overall support for

transit/roadway changes

Questions?

Tom Maguire

Director of Sustainable Streets

tom.maguire@sfmta.com

Julie Kirschbaum Deputy Director of Operations Support

julie.kirschaum@sfmta.com