Re: [Rescue Muni] Modest Proposal
Tom Wetzel (tom.wetzel@beasys.com)
Thu, 28 Jan 1999 12:20:58 -0800
> With regard to increasing the speed of MUNI. I think the ideas mentioned
>over recent days are good, but also agree that there are a lot of challenges
>with dedicated lanes, loading bulbs, preemptive lights and so on.
>
> I would offer a different proposal. I have long thought that if I were
>King of MUNI the first thing I would do would be to overlay the current
>route structure with an Express Bus Network. This would NOT be just a 38
>express or a 30 express but a network designed to give service with just a
>couple of stops from one side of the city to the other. This network would
>of course intersect with the current network but I would differentiate. For
>one thing, it would run scheduled, particularly scheduled against major
>regional transit connections. In a way you could say that this would be an
>attempt to do for the rest of the city what the BART Mission St. through
>Balboa park to Daly City operation does.
>
This sounds similar to the "Rapid Bus" scheme that our pals at
Booze-Allen recently proposed for L.A.
Tom Wetzel