Budget for Electrification of Caltrain Hits $2.44B
Originally expected to cost $1.5 billion and be operational in 2019, the projected budget for electrifying Caltrain, which had already ticked up to $2.3 billion earlier this year, has just…
Setting the Stage for Caltrain’s Realignment and SNACS in SF
With the City having selected the Pennsylvania Avenue Alignment as the path by which trains should eventually reach San Francisco’s new Salesforce Transit Center, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority…
San Francisco’s Transit Center Will Reopen on July 1
With the repair and remediation of the fractured beams that resulted in the emergency closure of San Francisco’s new Salesforce Transit Center having been completed ahead of schedule, and a…
Fix of San Francisco’s Fractured Transit Center Nearly Complete
The repair and remediation of the fractured beams that resulted in the emergency closure of San Francisco’s new Salesforce Transit Center has been completed ahead of schedule and all temporary…
What’s Opening in San Francisco’s New Transit Center (And When)
With the fix of San Francisco’s fractured Salesforce Transit Center on track to be completed by the end of next month, we turn our attention to a full accounting of…
Salesforce Transit Center on Track for a Potential June Reopening
While an official re-opening date for San Francisco’s fractured Salesforce Transit Center has yet to be released by the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA), the contractor performing the fix is…
Plan to Stabilize the Sinking Millennium Tower Closer to Reality
With the initial round of testing having proven successful, the plans to permanently stabilize the sinking Millennium Tower by adding a series of 52 new piles around the tower’s perimeter…
Early Re-Activation Sequence for the Salesforce Transit Center
With repairs to the fractured Salesforce Transit Center now officially underway and expected to be completed by the first week of June, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) is expected…
Knock-On Effects of Governor’s Pledge to Slow CA’s High Speed Roll
With Governor Gavin Newsom’s apparent pledge to significantly reduce the scope of California’s high-speed rail (HSR) project, dismissing the current feasibility of connecting San Francisco to Los Angles while touting…
Salesforce Transit Center Repairs Underway
As we first reported last year, the cracked Salesforce Transit Center wasn’t going to reopen in 2018 and we were projecting it would likely remain closed “through the first, if…