Drastic cut in travel times part of Muni’s ambitious long-term vision

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3. I think you make a common mistake in understanding the standard for MUNI stops

first, to be within 2 blocks of a city address, doesn't require a stop every 2 blocks, but often, every 3 or 4.

second, MUNI's stop frequency was studied in recent years and found that there are too many stops, far too many, when compared to that standard.

third, yes, i support more express routes, but also crosstown routes that are even more "express" than current ones. for example, a bus that bypasses traffic and stops in downtown once or twice, then North Beach then some point in the Richmond. buses that start in the Excelsior and outer Mission and make one stop enroute afterwards and then a stop downtown.

to really speed things up. this is a 7x7 city, yet people really use their cars to go across town. some major express routes would deal with that. it's also a great excuse to have physically separated bus lanes in places, a form of Bus Rapid Transit (though it doesn't need to be that precisely).

and yeah, the Van Ness BRT makes a ton of sense since buses get tied up there so much by traffic, while Geary buses do move well. but Geary is a corridor so heavily traveled that it can support BRT, Rail, Subway, etc. the rail systems on that route are justified by the level of travel.

thanks for talking transit to me, so few people here like to discuss it in depth!