Muni Forward
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.
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 |
Implemented: |
None |
New route: Ridership and Boarding Data Not Available |
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F Market & Wharves |
Approved:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 23,208 |
Approved:
|
Proposed: J Church Rapid Project |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 14,767 |
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KT Ingleside |
Implemented:
|
Proposed: |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 33,752 |
L Taraval |
Approved:
|
Approved: L Taraval Rapid Project |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 28,816 |
M Oceanview |
Approved:
|
Proposed: M Oceanview Rapid Project |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 26,920 |
N Judah |
Approved:
|
Proposed: N Judah Rapid Project |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 41,439 |
NX Judah Express |
No changes |
None |
Ridership / Boarding Data Not Available |
1 California |
Implemented:
Approved:
|
Proposed: Implemented: |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 26,028 |
1AX California Express |
Approved:
|
Proposed: Implemented: |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,176 |
1BX California "B" Express |
Implemented:
Approved:
|
Proposed: Implemented: |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,923 |
Implemented:
Approved:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 5,217 |
|
3 Jackson |
Implemented:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 3,443 |
Approved:
|
Approved: 5 Fulton Rapid Project |
5 Fulton: Avg. Weekday Boardings: 17,269 |
|
Implemented:
Approved:
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Approved: 7 Haight-Noriega Rapid Project |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 8,462 |
|
Implemented:
Approved:
|
Approved: 7 Haight/Noriega Rapid Project |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 13,135 (Data is for existing 71 and 71L routes) |
|
7X Noriega Express |
Implemented:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,513 |
|
Approved:
Implemented:
|
Approved: Proposed: |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 25,628 |
8AX Bayshore Express |
Implemented:
|
Proposed: |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 5,902 |
8BX San Bruno Express |
Implemented:
|
Proposed: Geneva Ave & Visitacion Valley Multimodal Improvement Project |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 6,100 |
9 San Bruno |
Implemented:
Approved:
|
Approved: |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 11,451 |
9R San Bruno Rapid |
Implemented:
|
Approved: |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 7,381
|
10 Townsend |
Approved:
|
Approved: 10 Tonwsend contraflow lane |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 5,518 (Data is for existing 10 Townsend route) |
Approved:
|
None |
Ridership / Boarding Data Not Available |
|
Proposed:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 4,244 |
|
14 Mission |
Approved:
|
Approved: 14 Mission Rapid Project |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 19,489 |
14R Mission Rapid |
Implemented
Approved:
|
Approved: 14 Mission Rapid Project |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 17,863 |
14X Mission Express |
Implemented:
|
Approved: 14 Mission Rapid Project |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 2,873 |
18 46th Avenue |
Implemented:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 3,653 |
Approved:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 7,574 |
|
21 Hayes |
Implemented:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 12,426 |
22 Fillmore |
Implemented:
Approved:
|
Approved: 22 Fillmore Transit Priority Project |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 16,818 |
Proposed:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 4,971 |
|
24 Divisadero |
Implemented:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 11,374 |
25 Treasure Island |
Implemented:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 4,215 |
None |
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 7,927 |
|
Implemented:
|
Approved: |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 12,750 |
|
Implemented:
|
Approved: 28 19th Ave Rapid Project |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 3,016 |
|
29 Sunset |
Implemented:
Approved:
|
Implemented: Lincoln Way Left Turn-Only Lane |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 18,795 |
30 Stockton |
Approved:
|
Approved (Chestnut portion): 30 Stockton Transit Priority Project |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 32,353 |
30X Marina Express |
Implemented:
Approved:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 3,011 |
31 Balboa |
Approved:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 7,982 |
31AX Balboa "A" Express |
Approved:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,058 |
31BX Balboa "B" Express |
Approved:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 915 |
|
No longer pursuing proposal |
None | Ridership / Boarding Data Not Available |
33 Ashbury-18th St |
Implemented:
Approved:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 6,233 |
|
Approved:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 892 |
No longer pursuing proposal |
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,529 |
|
Proposed:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 2,109 |
|
38 Geary |
Approved:
|
Proposed: Geary BRT |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 28,123 |
38R Geary Rapid |
Implemented:
|
Proposed: Geary BRT |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 27,147 |
38AX Geary "A" Express |
Approved:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,111 |
38BX Geary "B" Express |
Approved:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,133 |
39 Coit | None | None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 929 |
41 Union |
Approved
|
Implemented: Clay Street Red Transit-Only Lanes |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 3,699 |
Implemented:
|
Approved: Lombard Street Safety Project |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 11,971 |
|
44 O'Shaughnessy |
Implemented:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 16,897 |
45 Union-Stockton |
None |
Proposed: 30 Stockton Transit Priority Project |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 11,735 |
Approved:
|
Approved: Van Ness BRT |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 13,050 |
|
|
Proposed:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 10,591 |
49 Van Ness-Mission |
Approved:
|
Approved: Van Ness BRT |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 26,765 |
52 Excelsior |
Approved:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 2,029 |
Proposed:
Approved:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 6,801 |
|
55 16th Street |
Implemented:
|
Approved: 22 Fillmore Transit Priority Project |
Ridership/ boarding data not available |
No longer pursuing proposal |
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 599 |
|
57 Parkmerced |
Implemented:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 866 |
Proposed:
|
None | Ridership / Boarding Data Not Available | |
66 Quintara |
None |
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 626 |
67 Bernal Heights | None | None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 1,726
|
Approved:
|
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 |
On hold | None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 202 |
|
Proposed:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 605 (Data is for existing 91 Owl route) |
|
Proposed:
|
None |
Avg. Weekday Boardings: 605 (Data is for existing 91 Owl route) |
|
Cable Car | None | None | Ridership / Boarding Data Not Available |
