Transit Center The levels of the transit center show the location of the main floor, bus deck and roof park.

SAN FRANCISCO—The Salesforce Transit Center is being touted as the Grand Central Station of the West as it centralizes the region's transportation network. It will help ease traffic congestion, reduce pollution, and make transit more accessible and efficient for Bay Area commuters, especially in the rapidly growing South of Market neighborhood.

The development has a bridge crossing several busy streets to provide direct bus access from the Bay Bridge to the transit center, reducing congestion and improving travel times.

The transit center began serving AC Transit, Greyhound, and other state and regional bus operators this past weekend. MUNI began operating out of the bus plaza or street level in June 2018.

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Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.