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Moving People by Combining the Strengths of DOTs & Transit Agencies NACTO Designing Cities Conference September 27, 2016
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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
Julie Kirschbaum Deputy Director of Operations Support
