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

In September 2007, the TJPA (Transbay Joint Powers Authority) Board of Directors selected Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and Hines to design and develop the new Transbay Transit Center and Tower on First and Mission Streets in downtown San Francisco. The Board's unanimous vote culminates an eight-month international design and development competition that was launched to select an outstanding, functional and economically viable design for what will be San Francisco’s newest landmark. Project construction will commence with the groundbreaking of the temporary bus terminal in 2008, followed by the demolition of the current Transbay Terminal in 2009. The construction of the new Transbay Transit Center and Tower is scheduled to be completed in 2014. 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.