This study examined a proposed 2.2 mile transit priority corridor in San Francisco that would incorporate many features of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) including transit only lanes, transit priority signals, reduced stop frequency, and other bus stop and pedestrian improvements.

The 22 Fillmore Transit Priority Project included both service changes and capital investments on 16th Street, from Church Street to Third Street. The transit priority and pedestrian safety improvements included transit-only lanes, transit bulbs, new traffic and pedestrian signals, and new streetscape amenities. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) planned to paint the transit-only lanes with red paint to clearly delineate the lanes. The proposed corridor also included extending the overhead contact system (OCS) on 16th Street from Kansas Street to Third Street to allow for zero-emission transit service into Mission Bay.

The SFMTA engineering staff developed capital costs for the project scheduled to open in 2019.

The table below provides the costs for each of the phases and elements of the project features including the number of units and the unit costs for each feature. The SFMTA engineering personnel also developed maintenance costs for the project. Each maintenance item included the unit cost, units, number of units, and year of implementation. A benefit-to-cost analysis arrayed all construction and maintenance costs by year and discounted them to present value.
 

Phase	Features	Units	Unit Cost ($)	Extension ($)
Construction Only	Transit Bulbs	25	200,000	5,000,000
Construction Only	Streetscape elements on bulbs	25	75,000	1,875,000
Construction Only	Pedestrian bulbs	25	70,000	1,750,000
Construction Only	Curb Ramps	5	5,000	25,000
Construction Only	Relocate Hydrants	7	50,000	350,000
Construction Only	Catch basins	50	7,260	363,000
Construction Only	Signal upgrade	5	200,000	1,000,000
Construction Only	New signal	8	400,000	3,200,000
Construction Only	Streetscape	1	2,000,000	2,000,000
Construction Only	Overhead Contact System (OCS) duckbank underground	1	3,150,000	3,150,000
Construction Only	OCS- foundation and poles	1	1,367,300	1,367,300
Construction Only	OCS- overground	1		3,149,420
Construction Only	Repave Church to 7th			5,000,000
Construction Only	Final striping	500,000	1	500,000
Construction Only	Bike Share Stations			100,000
Construction Only	17th Street bike lanes			200,000
Construction Only	Others- Allowance, mob/demod, hazard material management, traffic control, permits (15%)			4,324,458
Construction Only	Core Project Costs			33,354,178
Soft Costs	Environmental and Planning outreach - 5%			1,667,709
Soft Costs	Predevelopment – 2%			667.084
Soft Costs	CER – 7%			2,334,792
Soft Costs	Detail Design – 15%			5,003,127
Soft Costs	Construction Support – 20%			6,670,836
Soft Costs	Project Contingency – 35%			17,394,204
Total	TOTAL Project Costs			67,091,929