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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sun May 21 02:50:48 2017, in response to Re: Running the SAS to LaGuardia?, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Sun May 21 01:28:59 2017. Right you are. I even drew a diagram for a BART Director once showing a six track station w/four platforms so that Air Train users could exit to either BART or Caltrain roll on roll off under a full weather shield. But a cranky politician led a referendum in SF demanding BART into an SFO terminsal. So BART spent $1.5 billion on this monument to its tradition of misdesigned opverpriced crap.And the fares to the airport are veryu high, while Sam Trans (SFO is in San Mateo Cty) was coerced into axing the express buses which honored their passes. Not long after that, there was a piece in the SF paper abou a baggage handler (IIRC) who could not afford BART so his local bus commute exploded from an hour to 3 RT. Fun details; during that fiasco, the MTC (local MPO) "re-programmed" $91 million which was supposed to cover repairingthe SP Dumbarton Bridge in order to give people in Fremont (and S and E) access to the Peninsuls by a shorter route. That money "covered" a cost overrun. Then while the consultants had originally told BART they needed 28 new cars to cover the extended service require,ments, someone at BART figured ifthey just upped their maintenance game, they could get by without more fleet. The result in the last several years has been persisent car shortages leading to trains nearly as full as standard NYC subways in rush hour. BART has actually lost daily ridership over the last couple of years because of crowding, breakdowns,etc. |
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