Recent Streetsblog SF posts about TJPA

A Straighter Extension of Caltrain/HSR Into Downtown SF: Is It Worth It?

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 27, 2013 | 18 Comments

By 2029, San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Center — which has been called the “Grand Central of the West” — will allow people to hop on an electrified Caltrain to San Jose and high-speed rail down to Southern California from the same platform. That’s the vision, at least, of planners working on the extension of Caltrain […]

Protest Over Parking Lot at Transbay Center Site

By Matthew Roth | Feb 5, 2010 | 11 Comments

Teamsters Local 665 workers protest a parking lot at the future site of the Transbay Transit Center. Photos: Matthew Roth. Despite a stated Transit First policy, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) are encouraging solo drivers to bring their cars into San Francisco’s downtown and park all day […]

New Draft San Francisco Transbay Development Plan Unveiled Today

By Matthew Roth | Nov 19, 2009 | 7 Comments

Conceptual rendering of the San Francisco skyline with Transbay towers. Image: SF Planning Department The San Francisco Planning Department will release the Draft Plan for the new Transbay Terminal and development project after the Planning Commission meeting tonight at 5:30 p.m. According to Planning’s Joshua Switzky, the plan will be presented to the commission but […]

The Troubling Discord Between Transbay and High Speed Rail Authorities

By Matthew Roth | Mar 17, 2009 | 14 Comments

Rendering of the Transbay Terminal with one-level train box and mezzanine Let’s hope California rail passengers can look back on the drama playing out between the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) and the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) as a small hiccup on the way to building the nation’s preeminent rail network into one […]