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Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-is-san-franciscos-new-transit-center-worth-it San Francisco opened the Salesforce Transit Center in 2019, and currently serves buses only. It does not connect to local transit trains and will not serve longer-distance trains until at least 2033. Does that make this station a failure? Or maybe it's forward-thinking? Resources on this topic: - https://www.tjpa.org/ - https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot/get-involved/hou/real-plan/011223-salesforce.pdf - https://hal.science/hal-02098131/document - https://sfocii.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/2022 Transbay Redevelopment Plan Area Basemap for Website (002).pdf - https://sfocii.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/TB Redevelopment Project Map_current_06.15.22.pdf - https://www.sfmta.com/sites/default/files/agendaitems/2014/12-2-14 Item 15 T-Third Phase 3 Concept Study.pdf - https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/report-the-portal-project-advances-in-california/ - https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/transit/san-francisco-high-speed-rail-connection-boosted-by-billions/article_5caf2088-0f23-11ef-91d9-934fe4357d4c.html - https://blog.bayareametro.gov/posts/portal-project-celebrates-338-billion-federal-transit-administration-funding - https://www.capitolcorridor.org/route-map/ - https://sfyimby.com/2023/10/ceqa-approval-for-san-francisco-transbay-downtown-rail-extension.html - https://link21program.org/en/program/concepts Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Written by Dave Amos. Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights.