<--- thanks pg; good news...
sfgate and
socketsite articles on the release of the final EIR for the project, the former highlighting the $60 million transportation plan. from sfgate:
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...includes plans for a light-rail center boarding platform with “crossover tracks,” similar to the one in front of AT&T Park, that will “increase T-Third transit capacity and reduce walking distance to the arena and hospital,” according to the document.
And it calls for the purchase of four new rail cars for the T-Third line and the creation of two satellite parking lots on Port of San Francisco property south of Mission Bay. All of the improvements, as well as $6 million in annual operating costs, will be funded by fees collected at the arena from special taxes on ticket sales, parking and concessions. ...
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right now the north- and southbound boarding platforms are staggered, separated by South St, with only the southbound one directly in front of the arena site, so I assume this means demo'ing the existing northbound platform and consolidating/reconstructing where the southbound one is
*. I always thought the platforms had originally been laid out staggered because Third St's width didn't easily accommodate center platforms. I imagine the EIR document addresses this - I haven't dared to delve into its thousands of pages!
Mission Bay Alliance of course isn't happy and will appeal, but everyone else involved seems to be. SFMTA says they have gotten more than they need to handle the added capacity demands.
anyway, the vote to certify the EIR is Election Day, Nov 3.
*this would mean moving a platform away from right in front of the new Uber headquarters. so, how on earth are the Uber employees supposed to get to work now? I mean, if you make public transit less convenient for them, what other possible option is left to Uber people for their transportation needs? we don't want to be filling up nearby parking garages... I just don't know what the solution here is. someone needs to come up with a transport idea for people in situations such as these poor Uber folks.