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Planning Commission initiates Potrero Yard modernization, framing up to about 513 housing units above rebuilt bus facility
Summary
The Planning Commission voted unanimously Oct. 19 to initiate general-plan and zoning steps for the Potrero Yard modernization, an SFMTA-led rebuild of the 4.4-acre bus yard that officials say could add roughly 513 housing units in partnership with a private developer; the project team also described a paratransit variant that would reduce housing to about 103 units if rooftop housing proves infeasible.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Oct. 19 voted unanimously to initiate general-plan and zoning actions needed for the Potrero Yard modernization project, a multiagency effort to rebuild the city’s 4.4-acre bus yard and pursue housing above and adjacent to the new facility.
"Before you today is the Potrero Modernization Project, an initiation of general plan amendments associated with that project," said Matt Snyder, a planning department staff member, introducing the informational item and the project’s sequencing. SFMTA public-affairs staff framed the work as part of a broader $2-plus-billion Building Progress program to modernize transit facilities and electrify vehicle storage and maintenance.
Why it matters: Project proponents described a combined infrastructure and housing approach intended to modernize an aging bus yard — replacing a more-than-100-year-old facility — while maximizing transit and affordable-housing benefits on a public land site. The team said the currently proposed design would increase…
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