Recent Streetsblog SF posts about BART

BART Scrambles on Oakland Airport Connector Equity Review Failure

By Matthew Roth | Jan 20, 2010 | 13 Comments

Image: BART BART hoped it could put debate over the Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) in the past as it lined up funding, got approval from local governments, and received lower than expected construction bids, but now a scathing letter from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has sent BART scrambling to meet a March 5th deadline […]

eBART Extension Nears Bid, Rep Garamendi Tours Station Sites

By Matthew Roth | Jan 7, 2010 | 20 Comments

Images: BART With bids for the eBART extension project expected in early February, newly elected Congressman John Garamendi from California’s 10th District conducted a tour of the planned station sites of BART’s 10-mile extension from Pittsburg Bay Point to Antioch. Garamendi joined BART Director Joel Keller, Brentwood Mayor Robert Taylor, and representatives from the Contra […]

Transit Agencies Upset by Governor Schwarzenegger’s Plan to Divert Funds

By Matthew Roth | Jan 4, 2010 | 11 Comments

Photo: mark & his nikon Despite California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pledge to be a good steward of his state’s environment, the governor is expected to release a budget proposal this week that would gut transit funding and contravene both a state Supreme Court ruling and numerous public referendums mandating secure transit funding, a slap in […]

Another Court Decision in Favor of California Transit Agencies

By Matthew Roth | Dec 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

Photo: Thomas Hawk In another rebuff to California’s practice of moving spillover funding from the State Transit Assistance (STA) fund to fill the hole in the state’s General Fund, a Superior Court ruled on Monday that the state had to pay back the approximately $1.2 billion it diverted from transit operators in the 2007-2008 budget […]

New Website Prompts Transit Agencies to Open Data to the Public

By Matthew Roth | Dec 16, 2009 | 1 Comment

The software developers and open data advocates at Front Seat, known more familiarly for their Walk Score rankings of the most walkable U.S. cities, have turned their focus on transit agencies that have resisted opening transit data to third-party, open-source developers. Their new website, City-Go-Round, is an effort to encourage agencies to release their schedules […]

BART Selects Parsons Transportation Team for Oakland Airport Connector

By Matthew Roth | Dec 10, 2009 | 19 Comments

Image: BART BART staff has announced the selection of the Parsons/Flatiron development team for the construction of its Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) and will ask its board today to approve the $492 million dollar contract to build the 3.2–mile elevated people mover. Due to the recession and lower construction costs, the OAC proposal comes in […]

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