Service Expansion Committee: "Phase 0" Service Plan Draft
Submitted by Peter Ehrlich, 9/28/01
SUMMARY OF PHASE 0 RESCUE MUNI RECOMMENDATIONS
Here are Rescue Muni recommendations to Muni for Phase Zero transit improvements, which can be implemented quickly and easily, at relatively modest incremental cost:
A. Reroute of 28 from Fort Mason to Fisherman廣 Wharf; all-daytime 28L service on full route, with
locals running between California Street and SF State
B. Reroute of 43 from Chestnut/Fillmore to Fort Mason, replacing 28
C. Cutback of 29 to Golden Gate Bridge Toll Plaza (alternate daytime trips)
D. Institution of new line 46-Presidio/46X-Presidio Express, to be combined with
current line 82X and 29 from Golden Gate Bridge to Letterman Hospital.
46X to run weekdays, daytime only; 46 on weekends, daytime only.
E. Institution of new line 87-Geneva, from Cow Palace to City College, weekday rush
hours only
F. Bi-directional service of 5 between Hyde and Market. Evening and owl service to/
from Market & 4th/Grant
G. Extension of 6 from 14th Avenue/Quintara to West Portal Station
H. Extension of 71 to Ferries during all service hours
I. Extension of 35 from Addison/Bemis to Glen Park BART
J. Institution of F outbound stop at Steuart & Market at all times
K. Institution of 76 service on Saturdays
L. Establishment of Golden Gate Transit/Muni transfer and pass arrangements at
selected stops within San Francisco
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A. REROUTE OF 28 FROM FORT MASON TO FISHERMAN嘯 WHARF; ALL-DAYTIME 28L SERVICE ON
FULL ROUTE, WITH LOCALS RUNNING BETWEEN CALIFORNIA STREET AND SF STATE
Route: Existing route from Daly City BART to Lombard/Laguna, then continue via Lombard, L-Van Ness, R-North Point, L-Larkin, L-Beach to existing 19 line terminal opposite Ghirardelli Square. Return via Beach, L-Polk, R-North Point, L-Van Ness, R-Lombard, etc.
ALTERNATE TERMINAL: Proposed route extension to Larkin/Beach, then R-Beach, L-Leaven-
worth, L-Jefferson, L-Hyde to old 32 line terminal on Hyde at Jefferson. Return via Hyde, R-Beach, L-Polk, etc.
Limited Stops for 28L on 19th Avenue and Lombard:
Daly City BART [14L/14X, 54; BART; SamTrans]
19th Avenue/Holloway (SF State University) [M, 17, 26, 28 Local, 29)
19th Avenue/Winston (Stonestown) [M, 17, 18, 29]
19th Avenue/Sloat [23]
19th Avenue/Taraval [L]
19th Avenue/Quintara[48, 66]
---> optional stop: 19th Avenue/Noriega [71, 3-4 blocks away]
19th Avenue/Judah [N]
--> optional stop: 19th Avenue/Irving [29 IB only]
19th Avenue/Lincoln [29, 71/71L, 16AX, 16BX]
Park Presidio/Fulton [5]
--> optional stop: Park Presidio/Balboa [31, 31AX, 31BX]
Park Presidio/Geary [28 Local, 38/38L, 38BX]
Park Presidio/California [1, 1AX, 1BX]
Golden Gate Bridge Toll Plaza [29, 46/46X; Golden Gate Transit]
Richardson/Baker [30, 30X; 45 2 blocks away; 43, 46/46X, 1 block away]
Lombard/Fillmore [22, 43, 46/46X, 30; 30X, 1 block away; Golden Gate Transit]
SUMMARY OF PHASE 0 RESCUE MUNI RECOMMENDATIONS (continued)
A. Reroute of 28 from Fort Mason to Fisherman廣 Wharf (cont.)
Lombard/Laguna [43, 46X]
Van Ness/Chestnut [30, 30X, 47, 49]
Van Ness/North Point [10, 49]
North Point/Polk [10, 19, 30, 47]
Larkin/Beach
If extended to Jefferson/Hyde:
Beach/Hyde [Powell/Hyde cable car]
Leavenworth/Jefferson [F 1 block away]
Hyde/Jefferson
Service hours: 28L Weekdays, 6:00a-6:30p; weekends, 9:00a-6:00p.
28 Local between SF State and Park Presidio/California: Weekdays, 6:00a-6:30p;
weekends, 9:00a-6:00p.
At all other times, 28 Local covers entire route, making all stops on 19th Avenue and Lombard.
Headways: 28L Weekdays, 6:30a-8:30a, every 6-10 minutes; 8:30a-2:30p, every 12 minutes; 2:30p-5:45p, every 8-10 minutes; 5:45p-6:30p, every 12 minutes. Weekends, every 12 minutes.
28 Local: 5:30a-6:30a (full route), every 15 minutes; 6:30a-8:30a, every 6-10 minutes (short route); 8:30a-2:30p, every 12 minutes; 2:30p-5:45p; every 8-10 minutes; 5:45p-6:30p, every 12 minutes; 6:30p-8:00p, every 15 minutes (full route); 8:00p-end of service, every 20 minutes. Weekends: 5:30a-9:00a, every 15 minutes (full route); 9:00a-6:00p, every 12 minutes (short route); 6:00p-8:00p, every 15 minutes (full route); 8:00p-end of service, every 20 minutes.
Timed transfers between southbound 28L and 28 Local southbound at Park Presidio/ Geary (not California), northbound at SF State.
Vehicle requirements: Currently, 28/28K requires 16 vehicles AM peak, 9 base, 12 in PM peak, 5 evenings, 10 weekends. Proposed service requirements: 16 vehicles AM peak, 14 base, 17 in PM peak, 6 evenings. 14 weekends.
JUSTIFICATION: Currently, it is a complicated procedure for visitors and residents to reach the Golden Gate Bridge, a major tourist attraction, from the Northern Waterfront and Downtown San Francisco. Riders aspiring to reach the Bridge must make two trans-fers, a complicated, time-consuming procedure, or take Golden Gate Transit from downtown, whose fare is double that of Muni. Both of these prospects are a big turn- off. Not only does extension of the 28 line to the Wharf make this a simpler and faster procedure, but it also provides a fast, direct service for residents of the western part of the city to access the Wharf. In addition, making the 28L run the full route provides faster service overall.
19th Avenue/Park Presidio and Lombard are both parts of Rescue Muni廣 proposed Bus Rapid Transit plan for fast transit corridors in the city.
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B. REROUTE OF 43 FROM CHESTNUT/FILLMORE TO FORT MASON, REPLACING 28
Route: Existing route from Lombard and Webster continuing via Lombard, L-Laguna, R-into Fort Mason. Return via L-Laguna, R-Lombard, etc.
Service hours: No change.
Headways: No change.
Vehicle requirements: Currently, line 43 requires 17 vehicles AM, 13 base, 15 PM, 7 evenings, 9 weekends. No change anticipated.
JUSTIFICATION: With the 28/28L extended to the Wharf, service to Fort Mason is replaced by Line 43. This has an advantage of bringing more riders from the central north-south spine of the city into the Fort Mason recreational area.
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C. CUTBACK OF 29 TO GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE (Alternate daytime trips)
Route: The 29 would no longer serve The Presidio east of the Toll Plaza, but will still provide access to points west of the Golden Gate Bridge, to Baker Beach, West Lincoln Blvd. and other points. Currently, every other trip operates north of Sea Cliff/Baker Beach to Letterman Hospital (now being demolished). The new 46/46X-Presidio/Presidio Express will take over the winding route through The Presidio, with improved connections from the northeastern and downtown areas of the city.
Service Hours: No change.
Headways: No change.
Vehicle requirements: Currently, the 29 requires 11-13 vehicles during the daytime. With cutback to the Toll Plaza, one fewer coach will be required.
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D. INSTITUTION OF NEW LINE 46-PRESIDIO/46X-PRESIDIO EXPRESS, TO BE COMBINED WITH
PRESENT LINE 82X AND 29 FROM GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE TO LETTERMAN HOSPITAL. Daytime
service; 46X to run downtown, weekdays only, with expanded service; 46 to
Fisherman廣 Wharf weekends
Route: From Golden Gate Bridge Toll Plaza via Lincoln Blvd., L-McDowell, R-Crissy Field Avenue, Mason, R-Halleck, R-Lincoln Blvd., L-Montgomery, L-Moraga, L-Funston, R-Presidio Blvd., Letterman Drive, Lombard, L-Van Ness, R-North Point, R-Embarcadero, R-Battery, R-Washington, L-Sansome, L-Bush, R-Battery, 1st Street, L-Harrison, R-Main, L-Bryant, R-Embarcadero, R-Brannan, L-4th to Townsend. Return via 4th, L-King, L-3rd Street, R-Brannan, L-Embarcadero, L-Bryant, R-Main, L-Harrison, R-Fremont, Front, L-Pine, R-Sansome, L-Embarcadero, L-North Point, L-Van Ness, R-Lombard, Letterman Drive, Presidio Blvd., R-Funston, R-Moraga, R-Montgomery, R-Lincoln Blvd., R-Halleck, L-Mason, Crissy Field Avenue, R-Lincoln Blvd. to Toll Plaza.
Local stops within Presidio, and on Lombard Street. Then express stops from Van Ness/Chestnut to Sansome/Battery/Lombard:
Lombard/Laguna [43, 28/28L]
Van Ness/Chestnut [30, 30X, 47, 49]
North Point/Polk [10, 19, 28/28L, 30, 47]
North Point/Stockton [10, 15, 39; F, 1 block away]
Battery/Lombard (IB) [F, 1 block away]
Sansome/Lombard (OB) [F, 1 block away]
Then local stops on remainder of route.
Service hours: 46X 6:15a-6:00p weekdays; 46 8:00a-6:00p weekends
Headways: Every 15 minutes at all times. 12-minute rush hour service to be consi-dered.
Vehicle requirements: 7 vehicles on weekdays; 3 weekends.
JUSTIFICATION: Provides all-daytime weekday express service between downtown and The Presidio (an improvement over current off-peak direction service), with service between the Wharf and Presidio on weekends. More frequent service within The Presidio. Supplements Line 10 on North Point and Battery/Sansome; restores weekday service lost to housing developments at South Beach when Line 10 replaced Line 42 in February 2001.
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E INSTITUTION OF NEW LINE 87-GENEVA, FROM COW PALACE TO CITY COLLEGE, WEEKDAYS,
Route: New route from Cow Palace (Geneva/Santos) via Geneva, L-Ocean to City College/Phelan Loop. Return via L-Ocean, R-Geneva, R-Velasco, R-Pasadena, R-Geneva to terminal at Santos. Supplements Geneva Avenue services on lines 15, 29, 43 and 91 to relieve overcrowding.
RUSH HOURS ONLY
Service hours: 5:30a-8:45a toward Balboa Park and City College, AM; 7:00a-8:30a toward Cow Palace AM (deadhead at other times in AM); 4:15p-6:45p toward Cow Palace PM (no service in other direction).
Headways: Every 10-15 minutes, AM; every 8-15 minutes, PM. First two AM trips begin at Bayshore & Arleta; last three PM trips terminate at Arleta & Bayshore.
Vehicle requirements: 3, AM; 3, PM.
JUSTIFICATION: Westbound coaches coming toward Balboa Park BART Station, the fourth-busiest station in the entire BART system and the busiest outside of downtown San Francisco, have crush loads even at 5:30a. Coaches on line 43, 29 and 54 arrive at Balboa Park every 20 minutes in the early morning; line 43 begins service at 5:15a; the first coaches on lines 15, 29 and 54 don廠 begin arriving at Balboa Park until 6:15a--too infrequent and often bunched together. This new line will relieve overcrowding. Line extended to City College to handle students riding there. Morning eastbound service between 7:00a and 8:30a provides service for school-bound kids.
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F. BI-DIRECTIONAL SERVICE OF 5 BETWEEN HYDE AND MARKET. EVENING AND OWL SERVICE TO
MARKET/4TH ST/GRANT, WITH INNER TERMINAL AT MARKET/GRANT
Route: Inbound from McAllister and Hyde continuing via McAllister (contraflow lane, buses only), L-Market. Evening and Owl loop via Market, R-4th Street, L-Mission, L-3rd Street, L-Market to new terminal at Grant.
Service hours of new evening and owl inner terminal: 6:45p-5:00a.
Headways: No change.
Vehicle requirements: 1-2 additional vehicles required for evening service; no change in owl service requirements.
JUSTIFICATION: New bi-directional routing on McAllister restores original service prior to BART construction in 1967, and saves up to 3 minutes of running time over existing round-the- block route. Relocation of evening and owl inner terminal improves service of riders to/from downtown who are now forced to make an inconvenient and sometimes dangerous transfer at current McAllister/7th Street North night terminal. Cost of erecting necessary overhead wires relatively small (approx. $1.5 million).
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G. EXTENSION OF 6 FROM 14TH AVENUE/QUINTARA TO WEST PORTAL STATION
Route: From 14th Avenue/Quintara via L-14th Avenue, L-Taraval, R-Lenox to Ulloa. Return via Ulloa, 14th Avenue, R-Quintara, etc.
Service hours: No change.
Headways: No change.
Vehicle requirements: 1-2 additional vehicles required weekdays, daytime and Saturdays; 1 additional vehicle required nights and Sundays.
JUSTIFICATION: Extension of the 6 line to West Portal Station has been desired by Muni Planning and many residents of the Golden Gate Heights neighborhood for 20 years, but has been resisted by the West Portal Merchants Association and others in that area. It廣 time to make this transit improvement, despite the $6-8 million capital costs for the electrification.
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H. EXTENSION OF 71 TO FERRIES DURING ALL SERVICE HOURS
Route: No change in route.
Service hours of new evening and weekend terminal: 7:00p-end of service weekdays; all day weekends.
Headways: No change.
Vehicle requirements: 1-2 additional vehicles required.
JUSTIFICATION: Currently, night and weekend service on the 71 begins at 2nd & Market, with the majority of outbound passengers boarding at 4th Street. With the recent reroutes of Market Street services going to the Ferries, two routes--9 and 31--no longer run the full length of Market Street. After 7:00p, only lines 21 (not accessi- ble) and F (accessible only at certain Market Street stops) operate from Steuart Street. Extending the 71 to Steuart Street improves service for riders making Ferry connections and provides accessible service presently only provided by lines F, 31 (turns at Spear, goes to Mission/Main) and 9 (terminates at 2nd Street evenings and weekends).
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Route: Extended from Moffitt and Bemis continuing across Bemis via Roanoke, R-Chenery, L-Natick, R-Arlington, R-Bosworth to terminal at Diamond (IB 44/52 stop). Return via R-Diamond, R-Chenery, L-Roanoke (or Mateo), R-Bemis, L-Addison, etc.
I. EXTENSION OF 35 FROM MOFFITT/BEMIS TO GLEN PARK BART
Service hours: No change.
Headways: No change.
Vehicle requirements: Will require 1 additional vehicle during all hours of service due to longer route (except in PM peak). Possible solution is to not operate Glen Park service at 8:00p weeknights and all day on weekends, with nearby 52 line available.
JUSTIFICATION: This improvement has been sought by the lower Diamond Heights neighborhood for many years.
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J. INSTITUTION OF OUTBOUND F LINE STOP AT STEUART/MARKET
Route, Service hours, Headways, Vehicle requirements: No change.
JUSTIFICATION: Since the opening of F-Line service from Fisherman廣 Wharf in March 2000, streetcars have never stopped at the Steuart/Market passenger stop because it is not accessible. However, with the rerouting of lines 9 and 31 away from Steuart Street, outbound service in daytime has been cut by a third. With F streetcars making the outbound flag stop at Steuart/Market, this adds more service and convenience for transferring Ferry riders and others. Although the stop is not accessible for F streetcars, handicapped platforms are available nearby at Ferry Plaza, the Ferry Building and Market/Drumm/Main. (No change in inbound stops.)
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K. INSTITUTION OF 76 LINE SERVICE ON SATURDAYS
Route: No change.
Service hours: 10:30a-6:30p--same as Sundays.
Headways: No change.
Vehicle requirements: 2, same as on Sundays.
JUSTIFICATION: The GGNRA currently funds Sunday service on this popular scenic route. Funds are being sought from GGNRA or other sources to introduce Saturday service, which is desired.
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L. ESTABLISHMENT OF GOLDEN GATE TRANSIT/MUNI TRANSFER ARRANGEMENTS AT
SELECTED STOPS WITHIN SAN FRANCISCO
JUSTIFICATION: Currently, there is no interagency transfer arrangement between Golden Gate Transit buses and Muni vehicles within San Francisco. Nor can GGT pick up and discharge San Francisco local passengers, except at the Golden Gate Bridge Toll Plaza. Rescue Muni proposes an agreement whereby passengers coming from Marin County be able to use Golden Gate transfers at the Toll Plaza to connect with lines 28/28L, 29 and 46/46X, for a single continuous ride (no transfer issued by the Muni operator. Similarly, passengers presenting a valid Fast Pass or transfer be given a ride credit toward the applicable GGT fare to Marin County, but only at the Toll Plaza. Also, passengers boarding at 7th Street N. & Market or Van Ness/Geary ONLY can board with a Muni Fast Pass or valid Muni transfer to go to the Golden Gate Bridge Toll Plaza OR Richardson/Baker ONLY, or at the Toll Plaza or Richardson/Baker ONLY to go inbound, without paying a fare above the standard Muni fare. As with BART, an appropriate funding formula needs to be arranged. Rescue Muni urges the two systems to work out such an agreement to improve transit usage and connectivity.
Locations of Muni/GGT transfer arrangements:
7th Street North/Market [from any Market Street line to GGT, travel within San Francisco to
Richardson/Baker or GG Bridge Toll Plaza only, or $1.00 credit toward GGT fare to Marin/Sonoma
Counties)
Van Ness/Geary OB [from 38/38L, 47, 49, same as 7th St. North/Market]
Lombard/Fillmore [from 22, 30, toward Marin/Sonoma only]
Richardson/Baker [discharge only OB, pick up only IB. Muni passes/transfers or payment of $1.50
fare valid on GGT IB]
GG Bridge Toll Plaza [discharge OB for local passengers, $1 credit toward GGT fare for boarding
passengers. Discharge for transferring passengers to Muni lines, with GGT transfer or pass
valid for Muni (no transfers issued); pickup IB for local passengers, Muni transfers and
passes or payment of $1.50 cash fare valid on GGT IB]
Passengers boarding IB at Toll Plaza or Richardson/Baker can alight at any GGT bus stop.
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Submitted by Peter Ehrlich to Rescue Muni Expansion Committee, 29 September 2001