Re: Another BART outrage

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From: chobbs
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 16:20

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Merritt Mullen wrote:
> Another example of BART always having billions for expansion, but not the
> millions needed for operation.

Capital and operations funds often come out of different "pots" and
are not interchangeable. Nothing new.

The fact remains though, that this implementation of airport
service is very expensive to operate, for the ridership obtained.
Also, running all trains through the airport wye track must add 10+
minutes
to the schedule, and is hurting commute ridership from Millbrae.

And while people do ride BART from SFO, I've never seen lots of people
really do so consistently throughout the day, unlike at Oakland with
it's
clumsy "AirBart" bus shuttle....

I wonder now with all the Baby Bullets, does Caltrain get you to
downtown
SF faster, even with the forced transfer to a bus or light rail at
4th/Townsend.

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