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Streetsblog Editorial: BART Needs to Kill the Freeway Widening, Livermore Extension
The BART Board of Directors is scheduled to vote on a $1.6 billion investment on an extension to Livermore that would still not connect BART riders to downtown Livermore nor other regional rail.
May 24, 2018
Decision time: Sustainable and Equitable Transportation or a Bankrupt BART?
Build the BRT, address the needs of current riders, and grow ridership by investing in improved reliability and affordability so that all Bay residents have better access to equitable and sustainable transportation now and in the future.
May 15, 2018
State Funds Meant for “Transformative” Transit Projects Will Go For an Unwanted Parking Lot
BART came up with a less expensive, more environmentally appropriate way to accommodate riders at a terminus station, but the state said: nah, build a parking structure.
May 4, 2018
BART Gets Elevator Attendants at Civic Center and Powell
BART is stationing attendants in the lifts at Civic Center and Powell Street as part of a six-month pilot to put an end to the "puddles and surprises in the elevators."
May 1, 2018
BART Board Gets Closer to Dublin/Pleasanton Line Extension Decision
The BART Board of directors spent two and a half hours this morning debating and hearing from staff and constituents about a proposed $1.6 billion extension of the Dublin/Pleasanton branch to Livermore.
April 27, 2018
Gas Tax Funding Announced for Transit, Highway, and Local Priority Projects
All kinds of transportation projects will get funding from the gas tax. Both CalSTA and the CTC are ready to make allocations.
April 26, 2018
Screen Doors Coming to Oakland BART Station
Could this be the first step towards driverless trains?
February 21, 2018
BART Managers Suss Out Long Term Plans at Annual Workshop
A second Transbay tube or tunnel crossing, the extension to Silicon Valley, and Communications-Based Train Control were some of the topics discussed today and yesterday at BART's annual board workshop.
February 12, 2018
Bay Area Transit Update: BART Signs, Caltrain Electrification, Amtrak, SFMTA Annual Report
Small but significant announcements came out of several large transit agencies last week.
February 5, 2018
1966 BART Headline Gives Perspective and Context on High-Speed Rail
HSR's cost overruns are real: but so were overruns on systems that are now vital to the economic life of the region.
January 31, 2018
