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Temporary Terminal Referrals
I’ve gotten a couple email notes over the weekend from newer readers, wondering why the Transbay Blog has been apparently silent on an important Transbay-related issue: namely, the planning and upcoming construction of the temporary Transbay Terminal, which will be in use for about five years (from 2009 to 2014), while the new Transit Center … Continue reading
Minty Fresh Plaza
Last Friday, an 18,000 square foot section of pavement was reclaimed for pedestrians, with the official opening of Mint Plaza, on Fifth Street between Market and Mission. The plaza occupies a former section of Jessie Street, right next to the Old Mint building. By 2011, this 1874 Alfred Mullett structure will house the Museum of … Continue reading
Central Subway: Thinking Outside the (Station) Box
This is the last part of a five post series on the Central Subway project. Click here to navigate the table of contents for these posts. The 30-Stockton and 45-Union/Stockton buses are undeniably crowded, with an especially dense crush load in the mile-long stretch between Market Street and Chinatown. The current situation — in which … Continue reading
Central Subway: Visionary Project or Colossal Boondoggle?
This is Part 4 of a five post series on the Central Subway project. Click here to navigate the table of contents for these posts. In the last few posts, we introduced the Central Subway project and its potential alignments and stations. The MTA is fond of explaining why San Francisco so desperately needs the … Continue reading
Central Subway: Stations
This is Part 3 of a five post series on the Central Subway project. Click here to navigate the table of contents for these posts. The previous post outlined the route for the three Central Subway alignments being studied, with mostly cursory mentions of station locations. The purpose of this post is to flesh out … Continue reading
Central Subway: Alternative Alignments
This is Part 2 of a five post series on the Central Subway project. Click here to navigate the table of contents for these posts. Studies carried out for the past several years gave rise to a few different alignments of the Central Subway. Although the SFMTA now prefers a plan that would tunnel under … Continue reading
Central Subway: An Introduction
This is Part 1 of a five post series on the Central Subway project. Click here to navigate the table of contents for these posts. On April 7, 2007, Muni’s 15-Third Street bus was officially retired and replaced with a new light rail line, the T-Third Street, which features over five miles of new track … Continue reading
A Series on the Central Subway
In light of the SFMTA meetings offered this month in connection with the Central Subway, this seemed as good of a time as any to start the discussion here about this major project. Towards that end, there will be a series of posts on the Central Subway this week, starting today: Central Subway: An Introduction … Continue reading
Green Headquarters for the Public Utilities Commission
Last Friday, the Business Times reported that David Metcalf is putting the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission headquarters (140,000 square feet at 1155 Market Street) up for sale. In the meantime, the PUC plans to start constructing its replacement headquarters in March 2008. The new structure, at 525 Golden Gate Avenue (corner of Polk), will … Continue reading
Thank You, San Francisco…
… for valuing world-class transit above world-class parking and traffic; for voting in favor of clean air, not pollution; and most of all, for confirming the conviction that transit-first livability is the path that this city should continue to pursue in the future:
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