SPUR Lunchtime Forum: The new Central Subway corridor

By Abigail Shull
Jun 21, 2010

"Fourth Street in San Francisco’s South of Market district is slated to
be a new $1.3 billion transit investment in the form of the new Central
Subway corridor. The project is near the Fourth and King Caltrain rail
yards, a major opportunity site. How will this transit investment shape
land-use decisions? With planners Peter Albert, Sarah
Dennis-Phillips and Michael Yarne."

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