BART: RIDERSHIP DOWN, HOPES HIGH

This article discusses some of the efforts currently underway or planned by the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to try to meet present and future transportation needs in the San Francisco Bay area and regain the ridership it has recently lost as a result of a 30% fare increase, overburdened station parking lots and overcrowded trains. Included in the article are plans for expanding commuter parking facilities while charging a nominal fee to those who use the free facilities for carpooling as opposed to public transit; adding more cars to ease overcrowding by using a new third track which will allow problem trains to move off the main track without disrupting service at the same time providing storage space for trains; construction of the Daly City Turnback and Storage Yard project which will be able to store 165 cars and will eliminate the need to deadhead trains during revenue service; and BART's integrated control system (ICS) whose completion has been delayed until 1989 due to computer software problems. Also discussed are possible alternative forms of financing BART transit projects such as public/private joint ventures or the like in face of state funding cutbacks, the prospects of a 10-20% cut in federal aid and current operating shortfalls.

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• Publication Date: 1986-8

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 187
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Budgeting; Finance; Financing; Governments; Joint development; Parking; Passenger comfort; Private enterprise; Public transit; Ridership; Sales tax; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• Subject Areas: Finance; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00459636
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 28 2004 4:46AM