Post by mattapoisett on May 16, 2011 22:50:09 GMT -8
Something to think about.
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=89089
Muni's plan to help the 'lost souls' -- N-Judah express bus
Starting next month, N-Judah rail passengers riding between the Outer Sunset and downtown will have another option: an express bus. Muni officials plan to start the new service on June 13 during the morning and afternoon rush hours, as a six-month experiment.
The goal is to reduce crowding on the N-Judah -- Muni's most heavily used rail line with about 38,000 boardings a day -- and improve reliability.
''We've been tracking the N constantly and we need to improve service,'' Muni operations chief John Haley said this afternoon. ''When your riders start to refer to themselves as the lost souls of Carl and Cole, we had to do something.''
The lost souls Haley was talking about are the commuters waiting for a train at the stop at Carl and Cole streets in Cole Valley, who regularly get passed up by packed N-Judah trains because there's no room for more riders.
Under the plan, which will be presented to the Municipal Transportation Agency board of directors Tuesday, the morning express buses will pick up passengers at 11 stops on Judah Street between 48th Avenue and 19th Avenue and then high-tail it to Bush and Montgomery streets in the Financial District.
The first bus will leave Ocean Beach at 6:30 a.m. and the last trip of the morning will depart at 9:30 a.m. The trip is expected to take 39 minutes from start to finish -- a minute faster than the train.
On the reverse trip in the evening, the first westbound bus will leave Sutter and Sansome streets at 4 p.m. and not pick up more passengers until it reaches Judah Street and 19th Avenue, the first of 11 stops in the Outer Sunset. The last bus will leave the Financial District at 6:30 p.m.
The total westbound express bus run time during the p.m. commute is set for 38 minutes, compared to 40 minutes for the train.
The buses will run every 10 minutes during the rush hours.
The annualized cost of the service will be $1.8 million, Haley said.
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=89089
Muni's plan to help the 'lost souls' -- N-Judah express bus
Starting next month, N-Judah rail passengers riding between the Outer Sunset and downtown will have another option: an express bus. Muni officials plan to start the new service on June 13 during the morning and afternoon rush hours, as a six-month experiment.
The goal is to reduce crowding on the N-Judah -- Muni's most heavily used rail line with about 38,000 boardings a day -- and improve reliability.
''We've been tracking the N constantly and we need to improve service,'' Muni operations chief John Haley said this afternoon. ''When your riders start to refer to themselves as the lost souls of Carl and Cole, we had to do something.''
The lost souls Haley was talking about are the commuters waiting for a train at the stop at Carl and Cole streets in Cole Valley, who regularly get passed up by packed N-Judah trains because there's no room for more riders.
Under the plan, which will be presented to the Municipal Transportation Agency board of directors Tuesday, the morning express buses will pick up passengers at 11 stops on Judah Street between 48th Avenue and 19th Avenue and then high-tail it to Bush and Montgomery streets in the Financial District.
The first bus will leave Ocean Beach at 6:30 a.m. and the last trip of the morning will depart at 9:30 a.m. The trip is expected to take 39 minutes from start to finish -- a minute faster than the train.
On the reverse trip in the evening, the first westbound bus will leave Sutter and Sansome streets at 4 p.m. and not pick up more passengers until it reaches Judah Street and 19th Avenue, the first of 11 stops in the Outer Sunset. The last bus will leave the Financial District at 6:30 p.m.
The total westbound express bus run time during the p.m. commute is set for 38 minutes, compared to 40 minutes for the train.
The buses will run every 10 minutes during the rush hours.
The annualized cost of the service will be $1.8 million, Haley said.
