BART IMPACT PROGRAM. IMPACTS OF BART ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; INTERIM SERVICE FINDINGS

The report documents the study done on the impacts of BART on the natural environment. The general subject area is divided into three categories which define its limits and organize its many aspects. The categories are: (a) Biota (Wildlife and Vegetation) (b) Soils and Geology, and (c) Drainage and Water Systems. Since almost the entire area traversed by BART is urbanized and fully developed, this natural environment was not a major topic of study. However, a comprehensive review of BART's possible impacts was performed because impacts on the natural environment are often not apparent even when they are quite significant from an ecological point of view.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored in part by Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Prepared by DeLeuw, Cather and Co.
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Department of Housing and Urban Development

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

  De Leuw, Cather and Company

  120 Howard Street
  San Francisco, CA  United States  94120
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 99 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Construction projects; Drainage; Ecology; Environmental impacts; Excavation and tunneling; Faults; Food chain; Groundwater; Plants; Rapid transit; Slope stability; Slopes; Soil stabilization; Structural settlement; Subsidence; Urban areas; Vegetation; Wildlife
• Identifier Terms: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• Uncontrolled Terms: Nutrients
• Geographic Terms: California
• Old TRIS Terms: Biological productivity; Geological faults; Rapid transit railways
• Subject Areas: Construction; Environment; Geotechnology; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133222
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MTC-TM-17-4-76 Tech. Memo
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-30176
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 23 1981 12:00AM