- It takes the T-Third 4 scheduled minutes to travel 3 blocks between 4th and Brannan and 4th and King after exiting the Central Subway. The multi-phase signal with pedestrian islands (seen along Line 3 in Montpellier) to allow absolute transit signal priority is right there as a fix.
- there is an institutional desire at SFMTA to provide pedestrians the ability to cross in a single phase w/o getting stopped at island. The trade off is that the LRV that travels at 45mph in the subway crawls at 4mph when it hits the surface. We might be able to learn from Dutch and French here.
- Interestingly enough SFMTA uses the multi phase signal island design for the E Line. Why can’t this be use for other transit lane intersections…?Feb 2, 2026 22:04
