SFMTA Board of Directors Meeting: Upper Haight Bulb-Outs

By Aaron Bialick
Jun 1, 2015

Of note:

11. Approving the installation of various traffic and parking modifications along the 6 HaightParnassus/7 Haight-Noriega Muni transit corridor included in the Muni Forward Service-Related Capital Improvements and Travel Time Reduction Proposals

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Eyes on the Street: Muni Bus Rolls Into Parked Car, Bike Rack in the Haight

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 23, 2011

A Muni bus that had stopped on Masonic and Haight streets at 7:50 this morning lost control, and rolled backwards, crashing into a parked car and a bicycle rack that had a bike locked to it in front of Coffee to the People Cafe. The 37-Corbett stopped on the sidewalk after colliding with the car, […]

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Eyes on the Street: 3 Blocks of Bus Lane on Haight — How About One More?

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 9, 2015

The SFMTA extended the red Muni-only lane on the east end of Haight Street last week, adding a third block to the red carpet rolled out for the 6-Parnassus and 71-Haight/Noriega lines in November. The lane, which includes a contra-flow block connecting directly to Market Street, lets Muni riders headed downtown bypass the queue of […]

Two-Way Haight Street Project Would Speed Up 6, 71 Muni Bus Lines

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 21, 2011

Just about any of the roughly 20,000 regular Muni riders who take the 6 or 71 lines every day can tell you their bus can come to a crawl as they make the turns at Laguna Street. Decades ago, the easternmost block of Haight Street was turned into a one-way street in the opposite direction, forcing […]

New Muni-Only Lanes Streamline Buses on Haight, Lincoln at 19th Avenue

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 2, 2014

Muni riders have just gotten some sweet new transit-only lanes to speed up their commutes. Red paint is on the ground for two new bus lanes: One at Lincoln Way and 19th Avenue, and another on the east end of Haight Street. A new left-turn lane, exclusively for Muni buses, went into operation this week […]

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Tomorrow: Hearing on Traffic Signals to Speed Muni on Haight, McAllister

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 4, 2014

On the agenda [PDF] for tomorrow’s SFMTA public engineering hearing are proposals to speed up Muni lines with transit-priority traffic signals and bus bulb-outs along Haight and McAllister Streets. These types of changes are central to the Muni Transit Effectiveness Project, but some residents have voiced concerns about replacing stop signs with traffic signals and […]

Latest Haight Street Plans Replace Most Stop Signs to Speed Up Muni

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 25, 2014

The Planning Department has an online survey about the Haight Street proposals, available until July 3. City planners recently presented their latest plans for Haight Street, which include two overlapping projects from two agencies. The Haight-Ashbury Public Realm Plan is the Planning Department’s effort to expand sidewalks and add aesthetic treatments along the Upper Haight […]