Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Transbay Highspeedrail topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Supervisors back Transbay Transit Center as high‑speed rail terminus; item filed for June ballot
Summary
Supervisor Chris Daly led a successful committee filing of a policy statement declaring the Transbay Transit Center should be California High‑Speed Rail’s northern terminus, arguing a Beale Street alternative would displace housing and undermine the project.
Supervisor Chris Daly presented a policy declaration endorsing the Transbay Transit Center—under construction at First and Mission—as the northern terminus for California High‑Speed Rail. Daly said the project will create jobs, new housing and a world‑class transit facility, and he criticized a conceptual Beale Street alternative as duplicative and likely to displace existing and projected housing.
Daly noted recent federal and state funding news, including a $400 million allocation expected to support construction of the train box at Transbay, and argued the city has repeatedly endorsed the Downtown rail extension and Transbay as the right location.
Public witnesses including advisory committee members and the Chamber supported the filing and noted anticipated federal funding would allow construction to begin soon. The committee filed the item for the June ballot without objection.
