THE BURDENS AND BENEFITS OF BART. A PRELIMINARY CASE STUDY OF RAPID TRANSIT IMPACTS

The burdens and benefits of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system are detailed. This is a preliminary report of findings from the BART Impact Program because BART services are not yet at "design" levels and because they are based on early surveys. The BART system and the Impact Program are described. BART costs and how their financing is accomplished are explained. The benefits and who receives these benefits, the third section, are followed by conclusions on the burden and benefit and the attitude of Bay Area citizens toward the perceived balances.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Forum, Beyond the Bicentennial: The Transportation Challenge, held in Boston, Massachusetts, October 28-30, 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  Cross (Richard B) Company

  Oxford, Indiana,   United States  47971
• Authors:
  • Shunk, G A
  • English, W
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 281-89
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Cross (Richard B) Company

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Finance; Financing; Public opinion; Rapid transit; Regional planning; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• Subject Areas: Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142939
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 15 1982 12:00AM