Comments on: TJPA Considers CHSRA Requirements for the Transbay Terminal http://transbayblog.com/2009/03/12/tjpa-considers-chsra-requirements-for-the-transbay-terminal/ Transportation and urban planning in the San Francisco Bay Area Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:20:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Trans-Beale Terminal « Transbay Blog http://transbayblog.com/2009/03/12/tjpa-considers-chsra-requirements-for-the-transbay-terminal/#comment-7807 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:21:45 +0000 http://transbayblog.com/?p=3220#comment-7807 [...] necessary, and that 4th & Townsend was a perfectly suitable high-speed rail terminal, or like earlier this year, when the CHSRA suddenly demanded significant additional platform capacity at Transbay to support [...]

]]> By: peter a. http://transbayblog.com/2009/03/12/tjpa-considers-chsra-requirements-for-the-transbay-terminal/#comment-7785 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:49:57 +0000 http://transbayblog.com/?p=3220#comment-7785 i am retired railroad and an ad hoc Cal HSR advisor.
i recommended a few years ago to HSR project a further revenue contributor and added service to the Los Angeles/San Francisco route. They were:
1) a rail/auto service as Amtrak has between Lorton Va and Sanford Fl that allows passengers to take their vehicles with them in each direction so these passengers have their own vehicles with them at arrival at either San Francisco or Los Angeles. The benefits are several among them no use of petroleum fuels or immissions from driving.
2) Allow HSR to transport trailers or containers on HSR trains between the points served.
this would take diesel trucks off the highway between the points, reducing immissions and also use of fuel.
It would also increase service for companies that needed products at the opposite points in far less time than by traditional highway transit.

Both of these projects would make it necessary to alter the main station plans for Los Angeles Union Station and the Transbay Terminal in the City or outlying stations closeby which would probably be more doable and functional using less valuable land and development.

]]> By: Peninsula Investments « Transbay Blog http://transbayblog.com/2009/03/12/tjpa-considers-chsra-requirements-for-the-transbay-terminal/#comment-7420 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:35:14 +0000 http://transbayblog.com/?p=3220#comment-7420 [...] platforms at the Transbay Transit Center, in response to the CHSRA’s demand for 1,312 feet of fully tangent platform (see schematic below, which shows the curvature on the western side of the platforms, and the [...]

]]> By: Al_Pal http://transbayblog.com/2009/03/12/tjpa-considers-chsra-requirements-for-the-transbay-terminal/#comment-6986 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:40:15 +0000 http://transbayblog.com/?p=3220#comment-6986 Wow. I really hope things get fixed before they break ground!!!

]]> By: Evan http://transbayblog.com/2009/03/12/tjpa-considers-chsra-requirements-for-the-transbay-terminal/#comment-6879 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:15:27 +0000 http://transbayblog.com/?p=3220#comment-6879 @Eric, that’d be awesome! Thanks.

]]> By: Eric http://transbayblog.com/2009/03/12/tjpa-considers-chsra-requirements-for-the-transbay-terminal/#comment-6834 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:49:27 +0000 http://transbayblog.com/?p=3220#comment-6834 Hi Andy, thanks for posting that notice about the meeting here, I hope to be able to attend.

]]> By: Andy Chow http://transbayblog.com/2009/03/12/tjpa-considers-chsra-requirements-for-the-transbay-terminal/#comment-6833 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:46:04 +0000 http://transbayblog.com/?p=3220#comment-6833 BayRail Alliance general meeting

SF Caltrain Downtown Extension/Transbay Terminal Update

Time/date:
Thursday, March 19, 2009
6-8:30 PM

Staff from the Transbay Joint Powers Authority will provide an update on the progress of the program to extend the Caltrain rail alignment for Caltrain and California High Speed Rail to a new Transbay Transit Center in downtown San Francisco. Joining us will be Robert Beck and Bradford Townsend.

6 PM – 6:45 PM order your own meal, cafeteria style, at Panera Bread. We will be seated in the back area.

6:45 PM Program starts

Location:
Panera Bread
301 King Street (across the street from the 4th & King Caltrain stop, next to Muni light rail)
San Francisco

]]> By: Richard Mlynarik http://transbayblog.com/2009/03/12/tjpa-considers-chsra-requirements-for-the-transbay-terminal/#comment-6830 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:24:44 +0000 http://transbayblog.com/?p=3220#comment-6830 The problem is the access to the lines. While there are some switches, the current design is basically three bi-directional tracks, one per island, which means each pair of passenger arrival/departure areas share a single track.

Hard to imagine.

]]> By: Streetsblog » The Troubling Discord Between Transbay and High Speed Rail Authorities http://transbayblog.com/2009/03/12/tjpa-considers-chsra-requirements-for-the-transbay-terminal/#comment-6829 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:28:48 +0000 http://transbayblog.com/?p=3220#comment-6829 [...] took the ridership numbers and the 12 trains per hour demand and calculated that trains would be running 12 to 43 percent full out of San Francisco, when most operators want 65 percent [...]

]]> By: Eric http://transbayblog.com/2009/03/12/tjpa-considers-chsra-requirements-for-the-transbay-terminal/#comment-6816 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:44:43 +0000 http://transbayblog.com/?p=3220#comment-6816 Oh, and I should probably add, re: Caltrain/HSR segregation. My comment above to bikerider was more directly related to the Peninsula HSR stops, Millbrae and RWC/PA, at least pending some sort of rational redesign of Transbay.

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