Net STUDY - Transbay Transit Center - San

Francisco , US

NAME : P.CHANDRA LEKHA

CLASS : B.ARCH (5th YEAR)

 Transbay Transit Center

Transbay Transit Center is a multimodal transportation centre under construction in San

Francisco in the US. The project will replace the outdated Transbay Terminal and integrate
11 transit systems to operate in the city under one roof.

The $4.2bn project, which will serve 45 million passengers annually, is being executed by
Transbay Joint Power Authority (TJPA), a consortium of the Bay Area government and
various transportation agencies. TJPA will be responsible for designing, building, operating
and maintaining the facility.

Ground breaking for the project took place in December 2008 and is scheduled for
completion in 2017.

Transbay Transit Center construction :

Transbay Transit Center is being constructed on the same site of the old Transbay Terminal,
which was built in 1939. The project started with the construction of the temporary terminal
building in December 2008, which was put into operation by August 2010. Demolition of the
old terminal started in December 2010 and was carried out in four phases, and completed
by September 2011.

According to the Transbay Joint Powers Authority(TJPA) , Livermore-based Evans Brothers

is the demolition contractor, a joint venture of Webcor/Obayashi is the general contractor
for the new transit center construction and Turner is the construction manager.

The Transbay Temporary Terminal, located on Howard and Main streets, will serve as the
temporary bus facility until the completion of the new Transbay Transit Center at First and
Mission streets in 2017.

Transbay Temporary Terminal - plan and view

Principals involved in the temporary terminal construction project were McGuire Hester of
Oakland, general contractor; Townsend Management Inc. of San Francisco, construction
manager; and the Oakland office of Jacobs Carter Burgess, engineering/consulting.

Besides the bus terminal, the temporary terminal will include an AC Transit site office, a
customer service/security building, public amenities (canopies, seating, lighting, restrooms,
bike racks, etc.) and driver restrooms.

PROJECT GOALS :
Improved access to rail and bus services

Modernization of the Transbay Terminal that meets future transit needs

Reduced non-transit vehicle use

Accommodating projected growth in travel demand in the San Jose-San Francisco

corridor

Reduced traffic congestion on US Highway 101 and I-280 between San Jose and San
Francisco and reduced vehicle hours of delay on major freeways in the Peninsula
corridor

Improved regional air quality by reducing auto emissions

Direct access to downtown San Francisco for future intercity and high-speed rail service

Alleviation of blight and revitalization of the Transbay Terminal Area

Support of local economic development goals.

Transbay Transit Center project :

Transbay Transit Center is part of the Transbay Redevelopment Project, which aims to
regenerate a 40-acre site surrounding the centre. It includes the construction of the centre,
100 ft-tall transit tower, 2,600 residential houses, three million square feet of commercial
and office spaces and 100,000ft of retail spaces.
The Transbay Transit Center project will replace the transbay terminal located at First and
Mission streets and create a new, multi-modal transit center that will eventually serve more
than 100,000 passengers per day.

The centre will provide a transportation hub for eight Bay Counties and the California State.
It will integrate various transit systems including AC Transit, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Caltrain,
Golden Gate Transit, Greyhound, Muni, SamTrans, WestCAT Lynx, Amtrak and Paratransit.

Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli, the Transbay Transit Center project will transform the area
surrounding the new transit center into a new mixed-use neighborhood that will include
2,600 new homes (35% affordable), shops, public parks and plazas, widened sidewalks
with new street trees and lights, and commercial space next to the new transit center.

The block of downtown San Francisco that will be occupied by the temporary terminal will,
at the end of the project, be transformed into 732 new residential units and a one-acre
public park. Folsom Street, the southern boundary of the temporary terminal, will emerge
as the centerpiece of the new Transbay Neighborhood with widened sidewalks, cafes,
markets and views of the San Francisco Bay.

The new transit center will display an iconic glass-and-steel structure that will serve 12
transit systems, including Caltrain and future California High Speed Rail. Designed to be the
focal point of a new transit-oriented neighborhood, the transit center will be a destination
for both transit users and the general public.
The second phase of the project, scheduled for completion later this decade, will provide
rail access to the new Transit Center via an underground tunnel from the existing rail
terminal at 4th and King Streets.
Design of the Transbay Transit Center :
The new transit centre will be spread over five storeys and cover an area of one million
square feet. The five levels of the centre are train station platform, lower concourse level,
ground level, second level, bus deck level and City Park.
The train station platform level will be located underground. It will include three passenger
platforms and six train tracks serving Caltrain and the future California High-Speed Rail.

The lower concourse level will serve as a link between the ground level and underground
level. It will be used for passenger circulation and include retail spaces.
The ground level is a concourse area and will serve as the main circulation hub for the
centre. It includes the Great Hall with a main entrance from Mission Square.This level will
include an information centre, escalators and automated ticketing facilities.

The second level will be located over the ground level and will be used for passenger
circulation. It will include administrative offices, support services and potential retail
facilities.

Located above the second level, the bus deck level will include a central island where buses
will load and off-load passengers. It will be mainly used by AC Transit, MUNI, Amtrak and
Greyhound.

The upper level includes the 5.4-acre city park (rooftop urban park), which will serve as a
green roof for the transit centre. It will contain gardens, trees, an open-air amphitheatre,
running and walking track, space for evening film screenings, cafes and restaurants, lily
ponds and grass areas for picnics. providing recreational experiences to the public.
The 5.4-acre park on the roof will contribute not only to the sustainability of the center by
acting as a living roof, but will also enhance the quality of the environment for neighboring
buildings.

The top most levels of the Transbay Transit Center include a city park.
sustainable features :
The Transit Center is also slated to be among the greenest buildings in the U.S. and will
meet the current LEED gold level standards. Some of its sustainable features include a
geothermal system to assist in substantially reducing energy consumption and a greywater
recycling system that will manage and re-use waste water in the facility.

The transit center will be entirely naturally ventilated, and, to a large extent, natural light.
Various green building techniques and LEED energy efficiency techniques are included in the
design of the building.

Other than the park, other green features include maximum use of daylight, storm water
runoff reduction and water conservation.

Overall design aspects of the terminal include:

 Regional transportation hub containing more than one million square feet , Serving 11
transportation systems

Featuring City Park, a 5.4-acre rooftop public park. The 1,400-foot-long elevated linear
park will include a variety of activities and amenities.

Pedestrian bridges that connect the Transit Centers rooftop park to surrounding
development.

Featuring a Light Column, which will allow natural daylight into the Transit Center

Including sustainable design features, which will allow the facility to achieve LEED gold
certification

Construction of the Transit Center is currently underway. Construction is expected to

be complete in late 2017.
SOURCES OR REFERENCES :
http://www.justinsfrealestate.com/transbay-terminal/

http://www.sfcta.org/transbay-transit-center

http://transbaycenter.org/project/transit-center

http://www.enr.com/articles/19237-demolition-of-san-francisco-s-old-transbay-terminal-to-begin-
aug-7