San Francisco Transit Effectiveness Project

Welcome to the web site of the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP) — a partnership between the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) and the Controller’s Office to increase the effectiveness of the City’s public transit system. The TEP is the first comprehensive effort in over 25 years to review Muni and recommend ways to transform it into a faster, more reliable and more efficient public transit system for San Francisco. Launched in May 2006, the TEP has gathered an unprecedented level of ridership data, studied best practices from other transit systems, and conducted extensive public outreach to community stakeholders, policy makers and SFMTA employees.

The SFMTA is now refining TEP draft proposals into specific staff recommendations, with plans to submit them to the SFMTA Board of Directors in late summer. We will be posting a summary of the proposed revisions to the draft TEP route changes before they are presented to the Board. Additionally, everyone on the TEP mailing or email list will receive notice about this information (to join the mailing list, send an email to info@sftep.com with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line). Following any requisite environmental assessments, approved changes could be implemented as early as July 2009.

TEP Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) meetings are open to the public and are held at One South Van Ness, Room 3074. A final CAC meeting is planned for late July. Visit Meetings for more information.

Spring 2008 Community Meetings

From April 19th – May 17th, the TEP held 11 community meetings across the City to collect public input on draft proposals to transform Muni. At each meeting, the TEP presented strategies to improve on-time performance and reliability system wide and discussed proposed changes to routes. Over 1,200 people attended and we have since received over 3,000 comments through the web and through the City’s 311 Customer Service Center. The formal public comment period on the draft TEP proposals ended June 15, 2008 to enable the project team to further refine the proposals to incorporate stakeholder input.

Watch the video of the last TEP community meeting. Community meeting materials are posted in Available Documents.

TEP Proposals Available

The TEP proposals aim to transform Muni so people can get where they want to go quickly, reliably, and safely. The TEP’s preliminary service and route proposals remain available for public review. The draft proposals and related materials are posted under Available Documents.

Muni Ridership Data Now Online

Ridership data for each weekday service bus and rail line is now available online at www.sfmta.com/tepdata. From October 2006 to June 2007, the SFMTA captured a tremendous amount of information on its bus and rail lines, including exactly where customers are boarding vehicles and how many people are riding the system throughout the day.

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To receive updates and other notifications about the TEP, send an email to info@sftep.com with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line.