Movements are underway for the new Transbay Terminal in San Francisco. This new hub for transportation is being modeled after other cities like London, Tokyo and New York. It will create a centralized place for all our transportation to merge and allow change over to the various transportation services. Caltrain will be extended underground from the 4th Street & King station to this hub. BART, MUNI and even a future high speed light rail will converge in this epicenter. Overall it will connect 8 transportation operations from 9 Bay Area Counties.
The terminal itself will have 5 levels including the Rail, concourse, ground, mezzanine, bus and a roof top park. The park will be a stretch of public open space and at the end will the a future tower of residential and commercial units (most likely). Construction is expected to last through 2018 (which means most likely longer) and will happen in phases (the last of which will most likely be the high speed light rail connecting SF to LA in 2 1/2 hours) .
The transportation is not all that goes along with this tremendous project. The neighborhood will continue to grow with new commercial businesses and residential units built up around the area. We have already seen some of the development with The Millennium Tower, The Infinity Towers and One Rincon. There will be other residential buildings slated to be constructed after the Transbay Terminal development in the respective areas.
The temporary terminal is under construction at the corner of Main and Folsom. Storage for many of the buses (particularly the ones that come from out of the city who normally go back prior to the end of the day and will now stay in the city to cut down on expenses and carbon emissions) will be stored during the day under the freeway overpass at 4th street between Harrison and Bryant.
For more informaiton and updates visit www.transbaycenter.org.
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