A New Street Grid and a Protected Bikeway
The Balboa Reservoir site sits across Frida Kahlo Way from the City College of San Francisco Ocean Campus on former reservoir land. The SFMTA project page states that the reservoir development proposes up to 1,100 units, and the buildout carries new streets, parks and bikeway connections. Coaches working the Ocean Avenue and Geneva Avenue corridor meet that construction on roads they already run.
The Frida Kahlo Way Quick-Build Project added a two-way protected bikeway on the east side of Frida Kahlo Way and the south side of Judson Avenue. The SFMTA project page sets the project area on Frida Kahlo Way and Judson Avenue west of Foerster Street and names the 43 Masonic bus route as the line in scope.
Lane Changes, Curb Changes and the Parking Ledger
The protected bikeway takes road space and on-street parking. The SFMTA Citizens' Advisory Council paper of 2 May 2024 records 95 general vehicle spaces before the project and 66 after, a reduction of 29. The same paper counts motorcycle parking down from 55 spaces to 46 and bikeshare docks up from 53 to 93.
That paper records the conversion of one yellow commercial loading zone to general vehicle parking, and the City College version of the same briefing records two. Neither document publishes a designated coach loading bay inside the project limits.
The Bus Stop That Moves on Frida Kahlo Way
The project consolidates closely spaced stops on Frida Kahlo Way, adds transit boarding islands and reviews signal timing, the SFMTA states. Two elements slipped. A bus boarding island at Cloud Circle South and a lead-in northbound bikeway from Ocean Avenue were delayed in 2025 by construction of the Student Success Center on the City College campus. The agency expects both in summer 2026 and plans a focused follow-up evaluation in autumn 2026.
Utility Work Beside the Balboa Park Transit Hub
The city's Upcoming Development Projects Forecast, last updated on 14 September 2026, lists a Balboa Reservoir infrastructure package for new streets and utilities under general contractor Nibbi, with BRIDGE as developer and a 25 percent small business and local business enterprise goal. The sheet gives an estimated start of October 2025, an estimated end of January 2027 and an estimated value of $38 million.
The sheet states that its details are projections subject to change. A shuttle schedule built on the January 2027 end date therefore rests on a planning document.
A Half-Day Route That Keeps City College and Ocean Avenue Workable
Frida Kahlo Way carries the campus on its east side and the reservoir site on its west side, and Ocean Avenue meets it at the southern end of the project limits. The Balboa Park transit hub at Geneva Avenue sits about 0.33 miles from 11 Frida Kahlo Way on a straight-line measure. The campus frontage sits about 0.14 miles from the same point on the same measure.
A half-day route that holds both stops works the Ocean Avenue corridor, calls at the campus frontage and uses Frida Kahlo Way to reach the transit hub. A guide who builds the commentary around the campus facades and the Ocean Avenue frontage keeps the vehicle off the construction frontage on the reservoir side. The transit context supports the plan. The SFMTA paper records regional BART access at the hub and major improvement work under way on the J, K and M lines.
The Lee Avenue Link and the Street Grid Ahead
Frida Kahlo Way will link to an extended Lee Avenue and new traffic-calmed neighbourhood streets through the reservoir site, the SFMTA states. The same paper places the full street grid years away, describes the quick-build work as the near-term walk and bike connection to Lee Avenue, and lists key bottlenecks at I-280, Ocean and Geneva, and Mission as already at capacity.
Construction Windows Through 2028
Three forecast packages frame the period. Building E, 128 affordable rental units, is estimated at March 2026 to March 2028 and $85 million. Building A, 159 affordable rental units, is estimated at June 2026 to May 2028 and $106 million under general contractor Guzman Construction Group. The infrastructure package runs to January 2027.
City College projects sit in the same window. The board presentation places substantial completion of the STEAM building and the Student Success Center in mid 2025 and substantial completion of the Diego Rivera Theatre in early 2027, and states that construction activity continues through 2027.
What the Corridor Sources Do Not Settle
No document in this set gives a coach drop-off point inside the project limits, a revised stop list for the 43 Masonic, or a dated completion notice for the lead-in bikeway beyond the summer 2026 expectation. Operators holding 2027 and 2028 itineraries should confirm boarding positions with the SFMTA and with City College before they print a stop list.