Recent Streetsblog SF posts about DTX

The "Grand Central Station of the West," is built. Now the bottom level needs its trains. Image: CAHSR.

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Op-Ed: For Downtown Rail Extension To Make Sense, 280 Has To Go

By Jon Bate | Dec 9, 2021 | No Comments

Removing the last mile of I-280 is not just a smart move to make this project more affordable, it’s a step towards rectifying the mistakes of the past and building a city that is livable for all of its residents.

Rendering of the Transbay Transit Center with trains. Image: Transbay Construction Authority

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Can Shift in D.C. Get Trains into Transbay?

By Roger Rudick | Jan 12, 2021 | No Comments

With Biden and Democrats in narrow control of the Senate, San Francisco is in a race to get cash for its next big transit project

Another look at the basement of Transbay, waiting for its trains. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

Eyes Under the Street: A Tour of the Transbay Train Box

By Roger Rudick | Aug 17, 2018 | 35 Comments

This wraps up the first week of operations for the new Salesforce Transit Center, phase 1. Reviews are in, and most people seem to love the rooftop park and the grand design of the facility. But what about phase 2, the train station below it–and the thing that makes it the future Grand Central Station of […]

The lower level of Berlin's main railway station. The Transbay Transit Center could look something like this--if trains ever get there. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Update on Plans to Get Trains into Transbay

By Roger Rudick | Jun 16, 2017 | 60 Comments

The San Francisco Planning Department will be presenting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors with updated plans for getting trains from the Caltrain corridor into the lower level of the Transbay Transit Center.

A rendering of the Transbay terminal with Caltrain and HSR. Image: Transbay Authority

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Is the Caltrain Downtown Extension in Jeopardy too?

By Roger Rudick | Feb 27, 2017 | 7 Comments

Today, the San Francisco Chronicle ran a story that made it appear that San Francisco County Transportation Authority (CTA) Chairman Aaron Peskin wants to shelve the downtown extension of Caltrain, now that the Trump Administration seems to have jammed up funding for Caltrain electrification. From the Chronicle story: …without an electrified Caltrain line, there can […]

Guest Editorial: Millennium Tower Latest Excuse to Delay Caltrain Connection

By Gerald Cauthen | Sep 30, 2016 | 4 Comments

Earlier this week, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority Commission voted to delay nearly $7 million slated towards design and construction of the Caltrain downtown connection (DTX) to the Transbay Transit Center, citing concerns, among other things, over the leaning of the 58-story Millennium Tower. The woes of the Millennium Tower are unrelated. There is no […]