Streetsblog SF reports on the Open House held at Balboa Park Bart, Wednesday morning, June 15th. [Source: http://sf.streetsblog.org/2016/06/15/balboa-park-station-open-house/]

Note: You can still give your feedback to BART about Balboa Park Station by completing this survey.   There is also a survey on passenger drop-off/pickup zones.

Balboa Park Station Open House

by Roger Rudick

This morning from 7 to 10 am BART officials, consultants, and even a legislative aide for Supervisor John Avalos’s office answered questions and heard comments from the public about plans to modernize Balboa Park Station, one of the busiest in both BART and Muni’s networks.

From BART’s webpage on the project:

The goal of the project is to develop and prioritize potential station improvements to upgrade and modernize the station’s function, safety and security, capacity, sustainability, appearance, and improve the customer experience. BART is also partnering with the City to identify plaza improvements to support the Upper Yard Affordable Housing Project.

It would be hard to argue that Balboa Park station doesn’t need improvements. A confluence of three Muni trains, seven buses, and the southernmost transfer station for four BART lines, it seems an obvious place for intense transit-oriented real estate development. But with I-280 on one side and a Muni Light Rail maintenance facility on the other, developing the area is challenging. “It doesn’t work for cars, pedestrians, or cyclists,” said Frances Hsieh, the legislative aide for Supervisor Avalos.

“It’s an aging station desperately in need of an upgrade,” said Tim Chan, manager of station planning and development for BART.

Members of the public who stopped by seemed to agree.

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[From the SF Planning Department.]

Dear Members of the Balboa Community,

Thank you to all those who attended the May Balboa Reservoir Community Advisory Committee (CAC) meetings on Transportation and Transportation Demand Management (TDM). You can review the recordings, presentations and materials from all CAC meetings at http://sf-planning.org/brcac.

June 13, 2016 at 6:15 p.m.

Location & Address: City College of San Francisco, Multi-Use Building Room 140, 55 Phelan Ave, San Francisco

Topic: RFP Parameters regarding Transportation, Public Realm, Sustainability, Additional Public Benefits and Housing

At the next CAC meeting on Monday, June 13th, the CAC will review the latest round of revisions to the Balboa Reservoir RFP. The CAC will review transportation parameters as well as those regarding public realm, sustainability, and “additional public benefits” not captured in the other six sections of the RFP. The revisions reflect CAC direction and discussion from recent discussions and earlier meetings as far back as January. Also on Monday, Supervisor Yee will present updates that are meant to clarify and strengthen the housing parameters in the RFP.

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[Source: http://www.bart.gov/about/planning/balboa-park]

OPEN HOUSE: BART Staff will be holding two in-station events at Balboa Park Station to discuss the future of the station.  BART is looking into improving how the station functions and the overall customer experience as part of the BART Station Modernization projects.  Please join us for the following In-Station Event at Balboa Park Station:

Wednesday, June 15, 2016, 7 – 10 am & 4 – 7 pm

You can download the display boards explaining the proposed Balboa Park Modernization Plan by clicking here. (In Chinese (Simplified) | 简体中文) (In Spanish | En Español)

SURVEYS: BART also wants your input! Please help shape the future of Balboa Park BART Station by sharing your thoughts on the Balboa Park Station Modernization Plan and potential changes to Balboa Park Station Passenger Drop Off/Pick Up locations by clicking on the following links to take two short surveys:

• Balboa Park Station Modernization Plan Survey
• Balboa Park Station Passenger Drop Off/Pick Up Location Survey

Residents Get New Online Tools to Help Shape Bay Area’s Future

[Source: http://mtc.ca.gov/whats-happening/news/residents-get-new-online-tools-help-shape-bay-areas-future]

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) this week unveiled two new online tools to make it easier for Bay Area residents to weigh in on the policies and strategies shaping Plan Bay Area 2040, the long-range regional transportation and housing roadmap.

The Build a Better Bay Area website is an interactive quiz that introduces residents to three alternative scenarios—Main Streets, Connected Neighborhoods, and Big Cities—being considered by MTC and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and helps residents see which alternative scenario (or scenarios) for the future of the Bay Area align most closely with their own personal priorities. Quiz questions mirror the tough decisions facing the Bay Area as the region adapts to the challenges of future population growth.

The Plan Bay Area Open Forum offers residents information about the three scenarios and asks them to provide input by answering four quick questions. Comments and responses are published and publicly viewable on the forum, with the hope of sparking a conversation online.

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