BART Board Joint Administrative Committee Meeting – Oakland Airport Connector
Agenda [PDF]
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BART Accessibility Task Force Meeting
By Robert Prinz |
Agenda [pdf] On the agenda: e-BART construction briefing Oakland Airport Connector Project committee report New BART Car Design committee report
MTC Public Hearing on Proposed Oakland Airport Connector
By Michael Rhodes |
MTC proposes to redirect savings in Regional Measure 2 funds from the BART Tube Seismic Strengthening project to the Oakland Airport Connector project. At this meeting, MTC’s Programming and Allocations Committee will hold a public hearing and review the public comments received on the proposed RM2 funding change. Public Hearing notice
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, […]
This Week in Livable Streets Events
By Bryan Goebel |
This week, the BART Board could decide whether to fire GM Dorothy Dugger and the East Bay Bicycle Coalition holds a key fundraiser to support the Bay Bridge Pathway and help make the East Bay more bicycle friendly. Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday: The SFCTA’s Citizens Advisory Committee on Van Ness […]
CANCELLED: Metropolitan Transportation Commission – Special Meeting
By Michael Rhodes |
"The MTC has called a special meeting to hear from BART if they have completed work to comply with the Federal Transit Administration’s requirement for an equity analysis for the wasteful project, the Oakland Airport Connector project. If BART has been unable to meet the deadline, the MTC will be forced to reallocate the $70 […]
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 […]