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L Taraval Rapid Project

Webinar

We’re actively working to make it safer and

and more reliable to get around

San Francisco.

Muni Forward brings together the long list of

of projects underway to achieve this vision,

vision, such as new vehicles, increased

frequency, and route improvements for better

better service.

WHY TARAVAL?

» Taraval Street is one of the most dangerous streets in

the city for pedestrians

» In the past 5 years, 46 people have been hit by a

vehicle while walking

» 22of those hit were getting on or off the train

WHY TARAVAL?

» The L Taraval

also carries

nearly 30,000

people

» Slow and

unreliable

» Leads to long

waits at the

stop, crowded

trains

L TARAVAL PROJECT GOALS

1. Improve state of good repair of our transit system

– Track and overhead replacement

– Surface repaving

– Water and sewer replacement

– Curb ramp upgrades

2. Improve safety on Taraval

– Eliminate injuries, in support of Vision Zero

3. Improve transit reliability and comfort

– Reduce long waits for the train

DEVELOPING A SOLUTION

2006-2014: Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP)

March 4, 2014: Taraval-specific open house

March 28, 2014: TEP is environmentally cleared, draft proposal is developed for Taraval

September 2015-now: outreach to Sunset community to share draft proposal and gather feedback

» Sept 22, 2015: Focus group 1

» Sept 28, 2015: Focus group 2

» Oct 7, 2015: 1st open house

» Nov 4, 2015: “Pop-up” open house

» Dec 14, 2015: 2nd open house

» Feb 4, 2016: Walking tour

» Feb 17, 2016: Third open house

» April 13, 20, 27, 2016: Series of

small group meetings with Taraval

stakeholders

PROPOSED SOLUTION

» Boarding islands

» Stop removal and relocation

» Traffic signals

» Transit-only lanes

» Pedestrian bulbs

BOARDING ISLANDS

Giving riders a

place to stand

Boarding islands

provide transit riders a

safe place to get on

and off the train, and

will eliminate most

collisions.

Result in parking to be

converted to a travel

lane. Judah Street boarding island

Taraval/23rd Ave. boarding island

Add angled parking on side streets

PARKING RELOCATION STRATEGIES TO

SUPPORT PROPOSED SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

Manage nearest spaces on side

streets to encourage turnover

PARKING RELOCATION PLAN

L BOARDING ZONE PILOT

PILOT LOCATION CRITERIA

Low-risk stop

• No crashes during study period (2009-2013)

• Fewer than 300 daily alighting's (95% of

crashes happen when passengers are alighting, not

boarding)

Located in commercial area of Taraval

PILOT EVALUATION

Evaluation criteria:

• % of drivers complying with requirement to stop

• Any crashes at pilot locations (related to

boarding)

Install boarding islands if pilot is not

successful.

Intersection-level details

Proposal Detail: 46th Ave toto 43rd Ave

East to Downtown

Taraval St

Sou

th to

SF

Zoo

-8

New Boarding Islandsat 46th and 44th Ave

-7

-5

N

-1 indicates parking changes resulting from improvement

Ulloa St

45th

Ave

44th

Ave

43rd

Ave

46th

Ave

Proposal Detail: 43rd Ave toto 40th Ave

East to DowntownWest to SF Zoo

-3

-4

New Boarding Islands w/ high-level accessible platformat 42nd Ave

New Boarding Islandsat 40th and 42nd Ave

N

-7-7-7-7 44-4

-10-10 10-101010

-1 indicates parking changes resulting from improvement

40th

Ave

41st

Ave

42nd

Ave

43rd

Ave

Taraval St

Proposal Detail: 39th Ave toto Sunset Ave

East to DowntownWest to SF Zoo

Sun

set B

lvd

37th

Ave

38th

Ave

39th

Ave

Taraval St

N

Extend Transit Island with Accessible Platformat 37th Ave

-1 indicates parking changes resulting from improvement

No Left Turnonto Taraval Street from 37th Ave

-1

-111

Right Turn Onlyonto Taraval Street from 37th Ave

New Pedestrian Bulbsat 38th Ave

Proposal Detail: 36th Ave toto 33rd Ave

East to DowntownWest to SF Zoo

N

Extend Accessible Platform Transit Islandat 36th Ave

-1 indicates parking changes resulting from improvement

No Left Turnonto Taraval from 36th Ave

-5-5

-1

-1

-1

Right Turn Onlyonto Taraval Street from 36th Ave

New Pedestrian Bulbsat 33rd Ave

Remove Stopat 35th Ave outbound

33rd

Ave

34th

Ave

35th

Ave

36t

h Av

e

Taraval St

Proposal Detail: 32nd Ave to 29th Ave

East to DowntownWest to SF Zoo

N

New Boarding Islandw/ high-level accessible platformat 30th Ave (inbound)

New Boarding Islandsat 32nd and 30th Ave

-1 indicates parking changes resulting from improvement

77-7

-9-999-8

888-8

30th

Ave

31st

Ave

32n

d Av

e

Taraval St

Proposal Detail: 28th Ave toto 25th Ave

N

East to DowntownWest to SF Zoo

-1 indicates parking changes resulting from improvement

44-4-9-9-9

99-9

New Boarding Islandsat 26th Ave

New Traffi c Signalat 28th Ave

Remove Stopat 28th Ave

New high-level accessible platformat 28th Ave (outbound)

25th

Ave

26th

Ave

27th

Ave

28th

Ave

29th

Ave

Taraval St

East to DowntownWest to SF Zoo

Proposal Detail: 24th Ave toto 21st Ave

New Pedestrian Bulbsat 21st Ave, at 22nd Ave and at 24th Ave

-2

-3-3

1-1

-1111-1

-1-11

-1

-1

-2

N

No Left Turnonto Taraval Street from 23rd Ave

New Traffi c Signalsat 22nd Ave and at 24th Ave

Extend Transit Islandat 22nd Ave and at 23rd Ave

Remove Stopsat 22nd Ave and at 24th Ave

Right Turn Onlyonto Taraval Street from 36th Ave

-1 indicates parking changes resulting from improvement

21st

Ave

22nd

Ave

23rd

Ave

24th

Ave

Taraval St

Proposal Detail: 20th Ave toto 17th Ave

East to DowntownWest to SF Zoo

New Boarding Islands w/ high-level accessible platformat 19th Ave

Remove Stopsat 17th Ave

New Pedestrian Bulbsat 20th Ave

N

-9

-7

-1

-1

New Traffi c Signalsat 17th Ave and at 18th Ave

-1 indicates parking changes resulting from improvement

17th

Ave

18th

Ave

19th

Ave

20th

Ave

Taraval St

Proposal Detail: 16th Ave toto 14th Ave

New Transit Bulbat 15th Ave & Taraval

Relocate Stopat 15th Ave & Taraval

Remove Stopat 15th Ave & Ulloa

East to Downtown

West to SF Zoo

N

N

4-4

-1 indicates parking changes resulting from improvement

15th

Ave

16th

Ave

Ulloa St

Taraval St

Questions?

Reach out to muniforward@sfmta.com

More information:

muniforward.com/L