Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project
7 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2007092059
Lead Agency
San Francisco County Transportation Authority
Document Title
Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Varies from commercial to retail to housing
Document Description
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority adopted as part of the 2004 Countywide Transportation Plan and its investment component, the New Expenditure Plan for San Francisco, a BRT strategy for expanding rapid transit service in San Francisco. The BRT network is intended to address the following purpose:
1. Support the city's growth and development needs
2. Better serve existing transit riders and stem and reverse the trend toward transit mode share loss
3. Improve the operational efficiency and cost effectiveness of the transportation system.
A BRT network can meet those goals by:-
- Improving transit levels of serve cost effectively;
- Strengthening rapid transit services;
- Raising the cost effectiveness of Muni service and operational efficiency of transit preferential streets; and
- Contributing to livability of BRT corridors.
Contact Information
Name
Rachel Hiatt
Agency Name
San Francisco County Transportation Authority
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
San Francisco
Counties
San Francisco
Cross Streets
Van Ness Avenue, Approximately Mission Street to Lombard Street
Zip
94102
Parcel #
various
State Highways
Route 101 (U.S. 101)
Railways
Union Pacific
Schools
various
Waterways
San Francisco Bay
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC)
Development Types
Other (Transitway and Stations for Bus Rapid Transit on Van Ness Avenue)
Local Actions
Transit Capital Improvement
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Transportation
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