Balboa Park Station / Green Yard — San Francisco

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Grounded summary

Balboa Park Station and its adjacent Curtis E. Green Light Rail Center rail yard appear across transit-planning and board records. The 2002 Balboa Park Station Area Plan aims to remake the underutilized station into a transit hub; a 2009 SFMTA project follows up on pedestrian and bicycle access. A 1994 Budget Committee memo places the Green Light Rail Center at 425 Geneva Street as the primary storage for light rail vehicles, holding a maximum of 142. MTA board records authorize Contract No. 1249 for track replacement, not to exceed $31,197,197, and accept a $702,921.38 emergency switch-replacement contract. The station and yard are operated by the Municipal Transportation Agency, whose FY2025 budget line totals about $1.5B.

Built from: 5 archive documents, city budget data — no outside knowledge added.

The money

Operated by the Municipal Transportation Agency (Muni) — department budget $1.5B, 6,381 staff citywide (FY2025), not this place’s own.

Sources in the archive

The 5 documents behind the summary above, held at the Internet Archive — Democracy’s Library plus IA’s San Francisco Public Library partnership scans. Every link opens the scanned page with the match highlighted.

Meetings & resolutions

Minutes · 2000 ↗
MTA board minutes accepting the $702,921.38 Curtis E. Green Light Rail Center emergency switch-replacement contract and funding Balboa Park Station public-access improvements.
San Francisco (Calif.). Municipal Transportation Agency. Board of Directors,San Francisco (Calif.). Parking Authority
Internet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scans

Other records

Balboa Park Station pedestrian and bicycle connection project : executive summary · 2009 ↗
The SFMTA's 2009 Balboa Park Station pedestrian and bicycle connection project, aimed at improving walking and cycling access around the Geneva Division streetcar depot.
San Francisco (Calif.). Municipal Transportation Agency,California. Metropolitan Transportation Commission,Bay Area Toll Authority (Calif.),Safe Routes to Transit
Internet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scans
Balboa Park station area plan : public review draft · 2002 ↗
The 2002 public-review draft of the Balboa Park Station Area Plan, a Better Neighborhoods effort to remake the station into a transit hub.
San Francisco (Calif.). Planning Dept
Internet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scans
Notice of meeting and calendar · 2000 ↗
An MTA board calendar authorizing Contract No. 1249 for Green Light Rail Center track replacement (up to $31,197,197) and discussing sale of the Green Division's Upper Yard.
San Francisco (Calif.). Municipal Transportation Agency. Board of Directors,San Francisco (Calif.). Parking Authority
Internet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scans
Calendar : meeting of Budget Committee, Board of Supervisors, City and County of San Francisco · 1993 ↗
A 1994 Budget Committee memo identifying the Green Light Rail Center at 425 Geneva Street as the primary LRV storage site, with room for a maximum of 142 vehicles.
San Francisco (Calif.). Board of Supervisors. Budget Committee
Internet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scans

Sources

City budget & payments: SF Controller open data (budget, vouchers, contracts) · Historical documents: Internet Archive — SFPL partnership scans + Democracy's Library

Also from the Municipal Transportation Agency

Cable Car Barn & Powerhouse