Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) Environmental Review Process

Public Scoping Meetings

The San Francisco Planning Department serves as the Lead Agency and will prepare an environmental impact report (EIR) to evaluate the environmental effects of the proposed Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP). The San Francisco Planning Department will hold two public scoping meetings, at the following location, dates, and times:

The purpose of these scoping meetings is to assist the San Francisco Planning Department in reviewing the proposed scope and content of the environmental impact analysis, summarized in the Notice of Preparation (NOP) available at the Web links below, and the information to be contained in the EIR for the TEP. The public will have the opportunity to comment and offer testimony for consideration at these two scoping meetings.

Translation services in Spanish and Chinese will be provided at these meetings. American Sign Language interpreters, sound enhancement systems and/or language translators are available upon request by contacting Lulu Hwang at (415) 558-6318 at least 72 hours prior to the meeting when the service is needed.

To provide comment on the scope of the environmental analysis, attend a scoping meeting or submit comments Nov.10 through Dec. 9 to: TEP, Planning Department, 1650 Mission St., Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94103.

About the TEP Program

In an effort to make Muni service more convenient, reliable and attractive to existing and potential customers, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) and the San Francisco Office of the Controller have launched a detailed analysis of existing travel patterns and a comprehensive review of service options. The resultant Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) represents the first major evaluation of transit service provision in San Francisco since the late 1970s. Although the TEP is called the Transit Effectiveness Project, the TEP is a program within SFMTA that is comprised of individual projects or categories of projects proposed for the Muni System. The TEP proposals include a series of service improvements and concurrent necessary capital investments designed to improve safety and service reliability and reduce travel time. The TEP is comprised of four major categories: service policy framework, service improvements, service-related capital projects, and travel time reduction proposals.

The proposed Service Policy Framework is designed to replace existing transit service standards, and clarify how investments should be made to the Muni System. It establishes guidelines for minimum service levels, crowding, stop spacing and service performance. The Service Policy Framework also organizes Muni services into four distinct service types: Rapid Network, Local Network, Community Connectors, and Specialized Services.

The proposed Service Improvements include: creating new routes, redesigning existing routes, or adding service to new streets; eliminating unproductive existing routes or route segments; changing vehicle type; changing frequency and span of service; changing the mix of local/limited/express service; and other changes, such as new express service stops, expansion of Limited-stop service to include Sundays, and the expansion of other service with the addition of days of operation.

The proposed service-related capital projects include three categories of projects proposed as infrastructure to support service improvements: overhead wire expansion, transfer and terminal point improvements, and systemwide capital infrastructure.

The proposed travel time reduction proposals (TTRP) would implement roadway and bus stop changes to reduce delays on the transit routes in the Rapid Network. Changes include adding transit bulbs/boarding islands; replacing stop signs with traffic signals or other measures; transit stop changes including moving stops, eliminating stops and adding new stops; traffic engineering changes such as adding turn lanes, turn restrictions and transit-only lanes; and pedestrian improvements such as curb extensions and other crosswalk treatments. Collectively, these tools are called the Transit Preferential Streets toolkit (TPS toolkit).

For Information on the TEP Program, please visit the SFMTA Web page for the TEP: http://www.sfmta.com/cms/mtep/tepover.htm

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Contact

If you have general questions regarding the environmental review for this project, please contact Debra Dwyer at (415) 575-9031 or debra.dwyer@sfgov.org.