San Francisco Metblogs » Transbay Terminal http://sf.metblogs.com Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:59:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 ‘Temporary Transbay Terminal’ will be a block farther from Market St. http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/09/11/temporary-transbay-terminal-will-be-a-block-farther-from-market-st/ http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/09/11/temporary-transbay-terminal-will-be-a-block-farther-from-market-st/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:04:46 +0000 Mark Pritchard http://sf.metblogs.com/?p=4390
Map showing present TransBay Terminal and Temporary Transbay Terminal

Map showing present TransBay Terminal and Temporary Transbay Terminal

The Transbay Joint Powers Authority, charged with replacing the present Transbay Terminal with a new, intermodal terminal possibly including a bullet train terminus, has revealed plans to relocate operations to a “Temporary Transbay Terminal” one block farther south and a block and a half east, to a spot bounded by Howard, Main, Folsom and Beale Streets. Click the thumbnail for a graphic showing the present terminal and the temporary new location.

The present Transbay Terminal primarily serves AC Transit buses for East bay commuters; Greyhound also has its San Francisco terminal there. Both these services will move to the temporary location.

Judging from drawings showing “prospective” appearance, the temporary terminal will be a circle of bus shelters with a few planters. The temporary terminal will displace a large parking lot whose customers are urged to consider alternatives, including not driving into the city at all. The parking lot will close Oct. 31, 2008 for construction of the temporary affair.

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