John Rahain, Director Planning, San Francisco
Sustainable Urban Systems Symposium
Stanford University, June 2016
San Francisco Planning, in partnership with the Transbay Joint Powers Authority and the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure
1. San Francisco Planning, in partnership
with the Transbay Joint Powers
Authority and the Office of Community
Investment and Infrastructure
TRANSIT CENTER
DISTRICT PLAN
Sustainable Urban Systems Symposium
Stanford University June 2016
7. Highest Allowed
Heights prior to
plan adoption
(550’)
Development
Transfer
District
Downtown Plan: Extending the Office District South of Market
Transbay Terminal
15. Transit Center District Plan Area
Private and
Public parcels
around
Transit Center,
including
Transbay
Redevelopment
Area
Zone 2
16. High Density Land Use at Major Transit Center:
Capitalize on new major transit investment with appropriate land use
response in the downtown core
Building on the Urban Design Element and Downtown Plan,
analyze:
Analyze the downtown form
Identify opportunities and set guidelines and standards to build a high-
quality public realm and provide public amenities
Generate more revenue to support the complete Transbay
Transit Center/Downtown Rail Extension project and other
public improvements
Ensure the district is an example of comprehensive
environmental sustainability
Objectives
Transit Center District Plan
25. Plan Area Buildout Potential
Net Additional Space Increment over
Existing Zoning
Office Space 6.35 million gsf +2.2 million gsf
Housing Units 1,300 +800
Hotel Rooms 975 +800
Retail Space 85,000 gsf --
Total Space 9.39 million gsf +4.02 million gsf
26. Affordable Housing
State law requires 35% of all units built in the Transbay
Redevelopment Area be affordable.
City is building as many 100% affordable projects as
possible on public parcels to help meet this requirement.
Lack of available sites makes off-site BMR impractical in
Redevelopment Area for private developments, hence on-site
requirement.
TCDP development projected to generate up to $117M from
Jobs-Housing Linkage Fees for affordable housing citywide
27. Urban Design Controls and Guidelines
Active ground floor
uses
Defining the
streetwall
Separation of
towers
29. Plan Open Space
City Park 5.4 ac
Transbay Park 1.1 ac
Natoma Street Plaza 1.3 ac
2nd/Howard Plaza 0.6 ac
Mission Square 0.5 ac
Shaw Plaza 0.1 ac
Living Streets 0.6 ac
Oscar Park 1.4 ac
Essex Street 0.25 ac
Plan Would Help Create and Fund
11+ Acres of New Open Space…
…and provide an additional $12.5+ million
for open space improvements
outside of the Plan Area.
31. Public Improvement Costs
Streets and Pedestrian Circulation (est. $278m)
o Sidewalk widening and mid-block crossings
o Streetscape improvements
o Underground TTC-BART/Muni pedestrian connector ($125M)*
Transit and Other Transportation (est. $2.6B)
o Downtown Rail Extension ($2.54B)*
o BART station capacity improvements
o Additional Traffic and Congestion Studies
Open Space (est. $117m)
o Transit Center Park ($50M)*
o 2nd/Howard Plaza
o Connections to Transit Center Park
o Improvements to other downtown parks
Sustainable Resource District Utilities (est.
$159m/TBD)
o District Energy or CHP
o Recycled/Non-Potable Water
*Transit Center Program-related
32. Existing Fee Requirements & Revenues
Affordable Housing: $117M
o Jobs-Housing Linkage (Commercial) -- $20/sf
o Inclusionary Housing (Residential) – 15% on-site/20% off-site
Transit: $60M
o $12/sf (SFMTA only)
Downtown Open Space: $12M
o $2/sf (Commercial only; for Recreation & Parks Dept.)
Childcare: $6M
o $1/sf (Commercial only)
Water and Wastewater Capacity: $5M
Schools
33. Funding Program from Additional Fees
and Special Taxing District
Public Improvements -- except transit system costs-
- fully funded through new Plan-related revenues and
existing dedicated funding sources
TJPA Revenue :
$700+/- M NPV for Downtown Rail Extension, City
Park
(from Mello-Roos and Impact Fees)
What’s amazing about this image is that the relatively dainty and low rise city in 1915 held a dramatically higher share of the region’s people and jobs than the 1986 image at the bottom.