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By: railing against the darkness in Sacramento - The Capricious Commuter - Getting around the Bay Area with Erik N. Nelson

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:38:59 +0000

[...] here’s where you AC Transit devotees need to pay attention: I called Amtrak’s automated train information line, told it I [...]

By: david

david — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 04:07:53 +0000

a. the tracks to Davis were laid a century ago b the BART @ huge cost was started 3 years after an essentially similar route structure was scrapped c while I use BART regularly
Carson &co are correct. Contrast the use of BART within SF to in CC co. If VART stopped running past Rockridge abd whacked the Dinlin service the daily costs would drop faster than the lost riders. Do I want this, NO, but the point is that the trains to the far flung areas run empty over long distances. On a net $$ out riders carried Mino is #1 AC # ub the region.

As to MTC apologists for sprawl, office parks in the extreme urbs, the San Jose model along 237 need to be undone. Until the office density is corrected transit will seem impractical. and land wasted on huge parking lots cannot be used for nearby housing.

By: Michael Sarabia

Michael Sarabia — Thu, 25 May 2006 02:44:26 +0000

I read your “Alameda supervisors rail on transit system funding”.
We are about to have a 25% fare increase in Tri-Delta Transit buses. I did not know about the gross disparatity on the subsidies for BART and CalTrain. Thanks.

I intend to repeat your number, with proper credit, of course, at the Transportation Forum, by Supervisor DeSaulnier on the 25th, at the Concord City Council Chambers 7-9 pm.

I also plan to present it at our Bay Point MAC Meeting on the first Tuesday of June, at 7pm. A representative of the County is normally present.
Thanks for your good work. Both busses and trains are being ignored in preference to BART, cars and trucks, while gas prices continue to go up.

By: art weber

art weber — Wed, 24 May 2006 18:25:25 +0000

Apparently elected officials don’t like to be reminded of the planning decisions of the past half century that have put so much new development in places that are accessible and functional for motorists only. When he had his talk show on KPFA I asked Jerry Brown what he thought of prohibiting any new development that is not at least as accessible and functional for non-motorists as it is for those who drive. He replied that developers will oppose it, but offered no opinion of his own.

If driving a car is a privilege and not a fundamental right why can’t we have a planning process that assures equal and functional access to all urban and suburban development for everyone, whether they drive or not?