Recent Streetsblog SF posts about BART

BART Board Reaffirms Commitment to Build Airport Connector

By Matthew Roth | Sep 16, 2010 | 7 Comments

At a hastily scheduled board meeting today, BART’s directors once again voted to approve the Oakland Airport Connector (OAC), this time granting General Manager Dorothy Dugger the flexibility to proceed with the contract, despite several outstanding sources of funding still unresolved. BART needed to send strong signals to the contracting team of Parsons/Flatiron that the […]

California Reps Urge FTA to Show Support for OAC Ahead Of Board Vote

By Matthew Roth | Sep 16, 2010 | No Comments

On the eve of another significant vote to proceed with the contract to build the controversial Oakland Airport Connector, BART and project supporters received a positive indication from Federal Transit Administration (FTA) head Peter Rogoff of his agency’s commitment to give BART $25 million in New Starts funds for the project, a necessary step to […]

Despite Cost, Clipper Card Promises Convenience

By Matthew Roth | Sep 15, 2010 | 35 Comments

As the Bay Area’s larger transit agencies transition away from paper passes to the universal fare payment smart card, Clipper, transit operators and planners insist the card will lead to greater convenience and simplicity, which they hope will increase ridership and enhance the attractiveness of transit. At its simplest, in theory, a transit passenger would […]

The Oakland Airport Connector: BART’s Little Engine that Could?

By Matthew Roth | Sep 8, 2010 | 40 Comments

The fatigue is palpable, but the battle over BART”s Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) is nowhere near its conclusion. That’s the message coming out of yet another marathon hearing today at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the region’s transportation planning body, over the merits of the airport connector, which I would argue has now become the […]

FTA Probes MTC Civil Rights Policy, Casts Shadow on Funding Practices

By Matthew Roth | Aug 18, 2010 | 13 Comments

MTC’s Executive Director Steve Heminger, foreground, listens to public testimony against MTC’s plan to use federal stimulus funds for the Oakland Airport Connector last year. Photo: Matthew Roth The Federal Transit Administration has increased the likelihood the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the Bay Area’s regional transportation planning and funding body, will undergo a full civil […]

BART Board Declines to Vote on Fare Rollback, Considers 2012 Relief

By Matthew Roth | Aug 12, 2010 | 10 Comments

Flickr photo: Thomas Hawk. In an unusually short discussion this morning, the BART Board of Directors decided not to vote on a long-debated proposal to conduct a temporary six-month fare rollback, which was brought forward by Board Chair James Fang, but has received a chilly response from the public in polling and feedback. Rather than […]

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