A HISTORY OF THE KEY DECISIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT

The report describes the key decisions in the planning and implementation of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) during the period 1947 through 1974. The decisions are evaluated in terms of the influences brought to bear upon the decision-making process to determine decision outcomes.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., and McDonald and Smart, San Francisco, Calif.
• Corporate Authors:

  Metropolitan Transportation Commission

  303 Sacramento Street
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94705

  Department of Housing and Urban Development

  451 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20410

  McDonald and Smart Incorporated

  303 Sacramento Street
  San Francisco, CA  United States  94108
• Authors:
  • GREFE, R
  • SMART, R
• Publication Date: 1975-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 229 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Evaluation; Financing; Government funding; Governments; History; Legislation; Local government; Planning; Problem solving; Programming (Planning); Public opinion; Public transit; Rapid transit; Regional planning; Socioeconomic factors; Systems engineering; Taxes; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• Old TRIS Terms: Government planning; Rapid transit railways
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Highways; History; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00093471
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FR-3-14-75 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-30176
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 14 1981 12:00AM