Editing Third Street Light Rail Project (section)

==History==
In 1993, the San Francisco Municipal Railway published the ''Bayshore Transit Study'', which offered the following seven goals:<ref name=BayshoreTransit>{{cite report |url=https://archive.org/details/bayshoretransits1993sanf |title=Bayshore Transit Study |date=1993 |author=Wilbur Smith Associates |publisher=City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Municipal Railway |access-date=10 March 2017}}</ref>
# Improve transit service to, from and within the Bayshore corridor (decrease transit times and improve ridership)
# Facilitate economic development in the area (stimulate new development and employment)
# Enhance the area's environment (air quality and visual improvements)
# Enhanced current and planned City & regional transportation (connections to other modes of transportation)
# Implement a cost-effective and financially feasible system (minimize operating and capital costs)
# Implement project as soon as possible
# Implement an equitable system (bringing transit service to citywide levels)

The ''Bayshore Transit Study'' presented nine alternatives (including a "do nothing" alternative) ranging from building a trolley coach to expanding the MUNI Metro light rail system.<ref name=BayshoreTransit /> In the two alternative light rail routes proposed, rail service would be extended south to Caltrain's Bayshore Station along Third Street from the [[Financial District, San Francisco|Financial District]]. Potential future extensions studied included lines along Hunter's Point, in [[Little Hollywood, San Francisco|Little Hollywood]] (to [[Candlestick Park]]), and along Bayshore and Geneva to the [[Balboa Park station]].<ref name=BayshoreTransit />

The project was initially budgeted at $667&nbsp;million. As of July 2006, the budget increased by $120&nbsp;million.<ref name=SFC-070113  />