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Next month the SFMTA will paint three blocks of Church Street red and restrict them to only transit and taxis as part of a pilot project.

This proposal aims to reduce delays and improve service reliability for Muni’s J Church trains and 22 Fillmore buses by allowing Muni vehicles to bypass traffic congestion and access transit stops more quickly.

Some of the traffic congestion is created by the trains and busses themselves which block the traffic behind them while boarding, even if it means missing the green light.

The inverse of this is car traffic waiting for the like blocks busses and trains from being able to reach the platform.

During peak hours it can take as much as 5 minutes for Muni vehicles to make it those three blocks, but not for much longer and this pilot is the beginning of a much larger program to transform the Muni system.