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Board approves Third Street Transit & Safety plan to shift transit lane, add boarding islands; cyclists urge protected lanes
Summary
The SFMTA board approved the Third Street Transit & Safety Project to move the transit lane toward the center, build larger boarding islands, remove one stop and implement related pedestrian improvements. Supporters praised transit and pedestrian benefits; several cyclists and residents opposed the plan as insufficient for bike safety.
The SFMTA board voted to approve the Third Street Transit & Safety Project, a redesign of Third Street in South of Market intended to improve transit reliability and pedestrian safety on one of the city’s busiest bus corridors.
Project manager Steve Boland told the board the corridor carries five of Muni’s busiest routes with combined daily ridership nearing 70,000 and that existing transit lanes are regularly blocked by right‑turn traffic. The approved plan moves the existing transit lane one lane to the left in the segment between Brannon and Folsom, builds large boarding islands and sidewalk bulbouts at key stops (designed to accommodate…
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