SFMTA: Church Street Colored Transit Lanes Coming This Weekend

After months of apparent weather delays, the SF Muncipal Transportation Agency said today that it will implement red-colored transit-only lanes on Church Street between Duboce Avenue and 16th Street this Saturday and Sunday.

The project, a pilot in the Muni Transit Effectiveness Project, is expected to reduce delays on Muni's J-Church and 22-Fillmore lines by keeping cars out of Church's center lanes, where they can slow down Muni vehicles, prevent them from loading passengers at boarding islands, and block turning trains at the busy Duboce and Church intersection, according to the SFMTA.

The transit lanes were originally scheduled for installation in September, but the SFMTA said it needs "three days of no precipitation and 24-hour temperatures above 55 degrees so the paint will dry properly," and the forecast for this weekend apparently fits the bill.

During construction this weekend, the J-Church route won't run north of Market Street, and riders will have to transfer.