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Supervisors hear operational progress and start planning steps for Central Subway extension to North Beach
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee received SFMTA and SFCTA briefings on Central Subway operations — citing rising ridership and signal-priority gains — and discussed next steps to resume an alternatives study and environmental work for a potential extension to North Beach and Fisherman’s Wharf.
Supervisor Aaron Sauter convened the committee hearing on the Central Subway on Jan. 26, asking SFMTA and SFCTA to report on current performance and the feasibility of a northern extension to North Beach and Fisherman’s Wharf.
SFMTA Chief Planning and Delivery Officer Sean Kennedy said the T line now averages over 20,000 riders a day, making it the agency’s second-highest rail ridership line, and argued the line is inducing new trips into the system rather than simply shifting existing bus riders. Kennedy highlighted near-term operational improvements already underway: a transit lane on 4th Street that cut travel time on a key segment by about 20%, and a pilot transit-signal-priority program that showed up to a 35% travel-time improvement where tested. He also said vertical-transportation (elevator/escalator) uptime at deep stations is now in the high-80s to low-90s percentage range…
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