BART Board Joint Administrative Committee Meeting – Oakland Airport Connector
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The Oakland Airport Connector: BART’s Little Engine that Could?
By Matthew Roth |
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 […]
Board Challengers Hope to Change Culture at BART
By Matthew Roth |
With the anti-incumbency narrative dominating elections this fall, it shouldn’t be a surprise that two of the longest-serving BART board directors are facing stiff competition from upstart challengers who claim they have lost touch with the electorate they serve. Far from the anti-government Tea Party rhetoric, however, the two candidates providing the greatest challenge to […]
Advocates, Unions Call for BRT Connector Service to Oakland Airport
By Matthew Roth |
Rendering of the BRT proposal to connect BART to the Oakland Airport, courtesy TransForm In a rally held at the Oakland Coliseum BART station yesterday, transportation and social justice advocates joined with transit and public health unions to call on the BART Board of Directors to study a full-BRT line connecting BART to Oakland Airport, […]
MTA Board Vote on Service Cuts and Fare Hikes Confirmed for Friday
By Michael Rhodes |
Riders could soon be waiting longer for buses and trains. Flickr photo: burpsean It’s official: The MTA Board will be voting on a ten percent cut to Muni service and a ten dollar increase in the senior/youth/disabled monthly Fast Pass price this Friday. Facing a $16.9 million end-of-year budget deficit, and having seen a plan […]
BART Selects Parsons Transportation Team for Oakland Airport Connector
By Matthew Roth |
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 […]
Advocates Want Oakland Airport Connector Funds for Transit Operations
By Matthew Roth |
Image: TransForm With the civil rights imbroglio between BART and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) making news last week, a problem that could imperil $70 million in federal stimulus funds obligated to the Oakland Airport Connector (OAC), advocates are calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to give the stimulus money to cash-strapped transit operators […]