Muni Forward

Project Introduction

Muni Forward aims to make getting around San Francisco more reliable and safer. Through improvements to Muni service and transit projects, Muni Forward makes upgrades where they are needed most to provide excellent transit service.

For more information about Muni Forward, click here. The full Muni Forward Implementation Workbook is located here.

Service Improvements:

Providing a whole new level of more frequent and reliable service, Muni Forward’s implementation and expansion of the Muni Rapid Network of core routes serves nearly 70 percent of all Muni customers. Additionally, service improvements are helping to reduce crowding and improve system-wide neighborhood connectivity.

As Muni replaces and expands its fleet of buses, light rail vehicles and paratransit vans, it will go from having the oldest fleet in the nation to the newest -- and one of the greenest -- by 2019.

Transit Priority Projects:

On 40 miles of San Francisco streets, Muni Forward improvements that prioritize transit riders are on the way. These Transit Priority Projects help to improve reliability and increase the safety and comfort of customers on Muni’s most heavily used routes by addressing the root causes of delay.

Projects feature street design changes such as transit-only lanes, new traffic signals that keep the light green for Muni, consolidating some closely spaced stops and adding safety improvements for people walking.

Project Details, History or Features

Implementing Muni Forward

Below is a list of every service change and transit priority project currently planned as part of Muni Forward.

Full project details can be found in the full Muni Forward Implementation Workbook or in the individual project pages linked below.

LEGEND:

Implemented: The service change or transit priority project is in effect.

Approved: The service change or transit priority project has been approved by the SFMTA Board of Directors but has not yet been implemented. (Please note: Approved service changes may not always be implemented pending additional outreach and community feedback.)

Proposed: The service change or transit priority project is pending.

Route	Service Change	Transit Priority Project	Ridership / Boarding Data
E Embarcadero	Implemented: New route	None	New route: Ridership and Boarding Data Not Available
F Market & Wharves	Approved: Frequencies would be reduced in the morning due to the additional capacity provided by the new E Embarcadero Line Midday frequency would change from 6 to 5 minutes	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 23,208
J Church	Approved: Increased frequency during AM peak from 9.5 to 8 minutes	Proposed: J Church Rapid Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 14,767
KT Ingleside	Implemented: Increased frequency during AM and PM peak from 9 to 8 minutes	Proposed: KT Inglesdie Rapid Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 33,752
L Taraval	Approved: Increased frequency during AM peak from 8 to 7.5 minutes	Approved: L Taraval Rapid Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 28,816
M Oceanview	Approved: Increased frequency during AM and PM peak from 9 to 8.5 minutes	Proposed: M Oceanview Rapid Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 26,920
N Judah	Approved: Increased frequency during AM peak from 7 to 5.5 minutes and during PM peak from 8 to 6 minutes	Proposed: N Judah Rapid Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 41,439
NX Judah Express	No changes	None	Ridership / Boarding Data Not Available
1 California	Implemented: Increased daytime weekend frequency from 8 minutes to 7 minutes Approved: PM peak increased frequency: West of Presidio Ave from 7 to 6 minutes East of Presidio Ave from 3.5 to 3 minutes	Proposed: 1 California Transit Priority Project Implemented: Clay Street Red Transit-Only Lanes	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 26,028
1AX California Express	Approved: New transit stops at Pine St (PM) and Bush St (AM) at Van Ness Ave	Proposed: 1 California Transit Priority Project Implemented: Clay Street Red Transit-Only Lanes	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,176
1BX California "B" Express	Implemented: Change to route alignment Approved: New transit stops at Pine St (PM) and Bush St (AM) at Van Ness Ave	Proposed: 1 California Transit Priority Project Implemented: Clay Street Red Transit-Only Lanes	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,923
2 Clement	Implemented: Increased frequency east of Presidio Avenue during AM and PM peak from 12 to 7.5 minutes via 2 Sutter (short line) Approved: Change to route alignment	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 5,217
3 Jackson	Implemented: Reduced frequency during AM and PM peak from 12 to 15 minutes Reduced evening frequency after 7 p.m. from 20 minutes to 30 minutes until 11 p.m.	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 3,443
5 Fulton 5R Fulton Rapid	Approved: New route Increased frequency west of Eighth Ave during PM peak from 9 to 7 minutes Increased frequency east of Eighth Ave during AM peak from 4 to 3 minutes, and during PM peak from 4.5 to 3.5 minutes	Approved: 5 Fulton Rapid Project	5 Fulton: Avg. Weekday Boardings: 17,269
6 Haight-Parnassus	Implemented: Route renamed to 6 Haight-Parnassus Approved: Reduced frequency during AM and PM peak from 10 to 12 minutes	Approved: 7 Haight-Noriega Rapid Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 8,462
7 Haight/Noriega	Implemented: Change in route alignment: Route renumbered from 71 to 7 Haight-Noriega Approved: Increased frequency during AM and PM peak from 10 to 7.5 minutes Midday frequency will change from 12 to 8 minutes	Approved: 7 Haight/Noriega Rapid Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 13,135 (Data is for existing 71 and 71L routes)
7X Noriega Express	Implemented: Change to route alignment Route renumbered from 16X to 7X Noriega Express	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,513
8 Bayshore	Approved: Increased frequency during AM peak from 7.5 to 6 minutes, and PM peak from 7.5 to 7 minutes Implemented: Route renamed to 8 Bayshore Midday frequency increase from 9 to 7 minutes Peak period frequency increase from 7.5 minutes to 6 in the AM and 7 in the PM	Approved: San Bruno Ave Multimodal Improvement Project Proposed: Geneva Ave & Visitacion Valley Multimodal Improvement Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 25,628
8AX Bayshore Express	Implemented: Increased frequency during AM peak from 8 to 6 minutes, and PM peak from 7.5 to 7 minutes	Proposed: Geneva Ave & Visitacion Valley Multimodal Improvement Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 5,902
8BX San Bruno Express	Implemented: Change to route alignment Increased frequency during AM peak from 8 to 6 minutes, and during PM peak from 7.5 to 7 minutes	Proposed: Geneva Ave & Visitacion Valley Multimodal Improvement Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 6,100
9 San Bruno	Implemented: Change in route alignment Approved: Increased frequency during AM and PM peark from 12 to 10 minutes	Approved: 9 San Bruno Rapid Project San Bruno Ave Multimodal Improvement Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 11,451
9R San Bruno Rapid	Implemented: Increased frequency during AM and PM peark from 12 to 8 minutes Change in route alignment	Approved: 9 San Bruno Rapid Project San Bruno Ave Multimodal Improvement Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 7,381
10 Townsend	Approved: Change to route alignment Contraflow transit-only lane on Sansome Street Increased frequency east of Van Ness Avenue during AM and PM peak from 20 to 6 minutes Midday frequency would change from 20 to 10 minutes	Approved: 10 Tonwsend contraflow lane	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 5,518 (Data is for existing 10 Townsend route)
11 Downtown Connector	Approved: New route	None	Ridership / Boarding Data Not Available
12 Folsom Pacific	Proposed: Route will be discontinued	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 4,244
14 Mission	Approved: Conversion from trolley service to motor coach service	Approved: 14 Mission Rapid Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 19,489
14R Mission Rapid	Implemented Increased weekday frequency from 9 to 7.5 minutes Increase service span on weekends to 8AM - 6:47PM from the current span of 9AM - 5:10PM Service extended all day to Daly City Bart Approved: Conversion from motor coach service to trolley service	Approved: 14 Mission Rapid Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 17,863
14X Mission Express	Implemented: Increased frequency during AM peak from 8 to 7.5 minutes and during PM peak from 10 to 7.5 minutes	Approved: 14 Mission Rapid Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 2,873
18 46th Avenue	Implemented: Change to route alignment Increased weekend frequency from 25 minutes to 20 minutes	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 3,653
19 Polk	Approved: Change to route alignment	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 7,574
21 Hayes	Implemented: Increased frequency during AM peak from 9 to 8 minutes and during PM peak from 10 to 8.5 minutes	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 12,426
22 Fillmore	Implemented: New motor coach service between Mission Bay and 16th St BART Increased frequency during AM peak from 9 to 7 minutes, and during PM peak from 8 to 7 minutes Approved: Change to route alignment Midday frequency change from 10 to 7.5 minutes	Approved: 22 Fillmore Transit Priority Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 16,818
23 Monterey	Proposed: Change to route alignment	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 4,971
24 Divisadero	Implemented: Increased frequency during AM and PM peak from 10 to 9 minutes	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 11,374
25 Treasure Island	Implemented: Route renumbered from 108 to 25 Treasure Island	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 4,215
27 Bryant	None	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 7,927
28 19th Avenue	Implemented: Change to route alignment Midday frequency change from 12 to 10 minutes	Approved: 28 19th Ave Rapid Project Lombard Street Safety Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 12,750
28R 19th Avenue Rapid	Implemented: Change to route alignment Service to operate seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. with 10 minute headways	Approved: 28 19th Ave Rapid Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 3,016
29 Sunset	Implemented: Change to route alignment Approved: Increased frequency during AM peak from 9 to 8 minutes	Implemented: Lincoln Way Left Turn-Only Lane	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 18,795
30 Stockton	Approved: Increased frequency east of Van Ness Ave during AM peak from 4 to 3.5 minutes and west of Van Ness Ave from 8 to 7 minutes Conversion of all service to 60' buses	Approved (Chestnut portion): 30 Stockton Transit Priority Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 32,353
30X Marina Express	Implemented: Conversion of AM peak service to 60' buses Approved: Increased frequency during AM peak from 4.5 to 4 minutes and during PM peak from 7.5 to 7 minutes	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 3,011
31 Balboa	Approved: Increased frequency during PM peak from 14 to 12 minutes	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 7,982
31AX Balboa "A" Express	Approved: New transit stop at Van Ness Ave	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,058
31BX Balboa "B" Express	Approved: New transit stop at Van Ness Ave	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 915
32 Roosevelt	No longer pursuing proposal	None	Ridership / Boarding Data Not Available
33 Ashbury-18th St	Implemented: Route renamed to 33 Ashbury-18th St Approved: Changes to route alignment Increased frequency during AM and PM peak from 15 to 12 minutes	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 6,233
35 Eureka	Approved: Changes to route alignment Increased frequency during AM peak from 30 to 20 minutes	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 892
36 Teresita	No longer pursuing proposal	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,529
37 Corbett	Proposed: Increased frequency during PM peak from 20 to 15 minutes	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 2,109
38 Geary	Approved: Increased frequency west of 33rd Ave during PM peak from 13 to 12 minutes Increased frequency east of 33rd Ave during AM and PM peak from 6.5 to 6 minutes Midday frequency change from 16 to 15 minutes west of 33rd Avenue	Proposed: Geary BRT	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 28,123
38R Geary Rapid	Implemented: Increased frequency during AM and PM peak from 5.5 to 4-5 minutes Sunday Rapid service every 8 minutes	Proposed: Geary BRT	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 27,147
38AX Geary "A" Express	Approved: Stop pair added to improve transfer connection at Van Ness Ave	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,111
38BX Geary "B" Express	Approved: Stop pair added to improve transfer connection at Van Ness Ave	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,133
39 Coit	None	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 929
41 Union	Approved Increased frequency during AM and PM peak from 8 to 7 minutes	Implemented: Clay Street Red Transit-Only Lanes	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 3,699
43 Masonic	Implemented: Change to route alignment Increased frequency during AM peak from 10 to 8 minutes, and during PM peak from 12 to 10 minutes	Approved: Lombard Street Safety Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 11,971
44 O'Shaughnessy	Implemented: Increased frequency during AM peak from 10 to 7.5 minutes, and during PM peak from 9 to 8 minutes	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 16,897
45 Union-Stockton	None	Proposed: 30 Stockton Transit Priority Project	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 11,735
47 Van Ness	Approved: Changes to route alignment: Increased frequency during AM and PM peak from 10 to 7.5 minutes	Approved: Van Ness BRT	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 13,050
48 Quintara 24th Street	Proposed: Changes to route alignment Combined frequency with new 58 service on 24th Street between Connecticut and Diamond during AM and PM peak: every 7.5 minutes	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 10,591
49 Van Ness-Mission	Approved: New 49 Rapid service 49R frequency during AM and PM peak of 7.5 minutes	Approved: Van Ness BRT	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 26,765
52 Excelsior	Approved: Changes to route alignment	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 2,029
54 Felton	Proposed: Changes to route alignment Approved: Increased frequency during AM and PM peak from 20 to 15 minutes	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 6,801
55 16th Street	Implemented: New motor coach service between Mission Bay and 16th St BART	Approved: 22 Fillmore Transit Priority Project	Ridership/ boarding data not available
56 Rutland	No longer pursuing proposal	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 599
57 Parkmerced	Implemented: Change to route alignment Increased frequency during peak from 30 to 20 minutes Route renumbered from 17 to 57 Parkmerced	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 866
58 24th Street	Proposed: New route	None	Ridership / Boarding Data Not Available
66 Quintara	None	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 626
67 Bernal Heights	None	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,726
76X Marin Headlands	Approved: Changes to route alignment Route to run on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays (currently Sundays and holidays only)	None	Ridership / Boarding Data Not Available
81X Caltrain Express	None	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 198
82X Caltrain Express	None	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,029
88 BART Shuttle	None	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 464
90 San Bruno Owl	On hold	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 202
91A Owl	Proposed: Changes to route alignment	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 605 (Data is for existing 91 Owl route)
91B/N Owl	Proposed: Changes to route alignement	None	Avg. Weekday Boardings: 605 (Data is for existing 91 Owl route)
Cable Car	None	None	Ridership / Boarding Data Not Available

Contact Information

Michael Rhodes

michael.rhodes@sfmta.com