TRAFFIC SIGNAL TREATMENTS OF TRANSIT VEHICLES IN SAN FRANCISCO

The San Francisco 1960s "Freeway Revolt" which led to deletion of most of the proposed freeways in San Francisco, was a turning point in the history of public transportation in San Francisco. Since then the city has sought to put greater emphasis on mass transportation to meet its transportation needs rather than relying on freeways and automobiles. In the mid-1970s, the city started the Transit Preferential Street (TPS) program. Later in 1973, the Board of Supervisors adopted the City's Transit First policy, which states that public transit vehicles will be given priority over automobiles on city streets, and directs the responsible city departments to develop a transit preferential streets plan which would include such elements as transit signal priority, exclusive bus lanes, reserved right-of-ways for streetcars and cable cars, automobile turn restrictions, construction of bus bulbs (sidewalk extensions) at bus stops, and targeted enforcement of bus lanes. This paper describes efforts to reduce traffic signal delay to transit vehicles in San Francisco.

• Supplemental Notes:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Mirabdal, J
• Conference:
  • Institute of Transportation Engineers 67th annual Meeting
  • Location: Boston, MA
  • Date: 1997-8-3 to 1997-8-7
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus lanes; Bus priority; Bus stops; Public transit; Right of way (Land); Streetcars; Traffic signal preemption; Transit vehicle operations
• Geographic Terms: San Francisco (California)
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00751602
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1998 12:00AM