There's the obvious alternative of just building a regular terminal instead of an overdone mall-like thing with an artificial park on top. What they did was excessively costly and time-consuming, and during its long construction (effectively 9 years) the area was much less ped and bus friendly. It's like they wanted an iconic transportation structure like GG Bridge, except GG Bridge's form actually serves its function.
Since $2.6B can be too big to think about, Salesforce Tower (tallest building in SF) cost $1.1B to build around the same time and in the same location. It took 5 years to build.
Why did I mention Covid, to illustrate the point that things are more valuable now rather than later, cause you don't know what's going to happen. I don't want to hear that it's going to be useful eventually when they could've KISS'd and made something useful years ago.
Since $2.6B can be too big to think about, Salesforce Tower (tallest building in SF) cost $1.1B to build around the same time and in the same location. It took 5 years to build.
Why did I mention Covid, to illustrate the point that things are more valuable now rather than later, cause you don't know what's going to happen. I don't want to hear that it's going to be useful eventually when they could've KISS'd and made something useful years ago.