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Transbay Transit Center to Fill Downtown With People, Not Cars
The new Transbay Transit Center is expected to transform San Francisco's downtown core by focusing new development around a massive regional transit hub in eastern SoMa. Scheduled to open in 2017, it will link 11 transit systems and eventually CA High-Speed Rail. Some have called it the "Grand Central of the West."
June 1, 2012
Debunking NIMBY Math on California HSR
"California High Speed Rail will forever need an operating subsidy." That is the latest claim from an anti-HSR group called the Community Coalition on High Speed Rail.
April 25, 2012
Mapping a Fully Transit-Connected Bay Area
Imagine the freedom of being able to hop on a nearby train or bus to reach virtually any place in the Bay Area (and beyond) on an integrated network of reliable transit.
March 27, 2012
Will SF Tear Down That Freeway? 280 Removal Study for HSR Moves Forward
The San Francisco Examiner, in typical tabloid fashion, picked up on a story this morning that we first reported nearly a year ago. The city is seriously studying demolishing the northernmost segment of Interstate 280 to accommodate four tracks for high-speed rail, and prevent the depressing of several city streets, including 16th Street, which Mission Bay residents and institutions fear would further divide and isolate their neighborhood.
May 19, 2011
Bay Area Won’t Likely Get First High Speed Rail Segment
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CAHSRA) Board of Directors won't make a decision on where to start building California's first high-speed rail segment until December, but nearly everyone can see the writing on the wall.
November 5, 2010