Transbay

OVERVIEW

The Joint Development Division serves as the City’s main liaison to the Transbay Joint Powers Authority—the entity charged with building the Transbay Transit Center, which is being billed as the “Grand Central Station” of the West Coast. The Transbay Project’s primary goals are to design, build, operate and maintain a new transportation hub at the current site of the Transbay Terminal. The proposed hub will connect regional bus lines, MUNI, BART, Caltrain and eventually, High Speed Rail; in addition, the Caltrain commuter route will be extended 1.3 miles into the new downtown Transit Center. The Transbay Project will also serve as a catalyst for revitalizing the surrounding area by providing parks, 2,400 new housing units (35% at below market rates) and 1.2 million square feet of office, hotel and other commercial space in the surrounding area.

PROJECT UPDATE

The first phase of the Transbay Transit Center Project commenced in December 2008 with the groundbreaking of the Temporary Terminal. Construction of the new Transit Center is scheduled to begin in spring 2010 and be completed in 2015. The Caltrain Downtown Rail Extension is estimated to begin in 2012 and be completed in 2016. For more information, visit www.transbaycenter.org

PARTNERS

Several agencies have joined forces to improve the transportation needs of the Bay Area region and State. TJPA (Transbay Joint Powers Authority) partners include the SF Municipal Railway (MUNI), OEWD’s Joint Development  Division, the SF Board of Supervisors, as well as the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board-Caltrain, and development and design team Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and Hines. In addition, TJPA is working closely with the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency and other city agencies to create a new neighborhood with homes, parks, offices and shops surrounding the Transit Center.