$70 million in federal stimulus funding denied to the Bay Area Rapid Transit Agency for the Oakland Airport Connecter project will be reallocated for regional rail and bus improvements instead.
$70 million in federal stimulus funding denied to the Bay Area Rapid Transit Agency for the Oakland Airport Connecter project will be reallocated for regional rail and bus improvements instead.
After three hours of public comment and discussion yesterday, the BART Board of Directors voted 7 to 1 to approve the $492 million Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) elevated rail line. Construction is scheduled begin in mid-2010 and be completed by 2013.
Felony charges were dropped against Michael Joseph Gibson today in connection with an altercation with a BART Police Officer Saturday evening.
A disruptive passenger arrested at the West Oakland BART station Saturday evening is awaiting arraignment after being pushed through a glass window by a BART Police Officer.
An Alameda County judge ruled yesterday that the murder trial of Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer charged in the January 1 shooting of Oscar Grant, will take place in Los Angeles.
The Federal Transit Administration’s Office of Civil Rights will review the social equity aspects of BART’s current projects within the next several months, a process that could lead to further delays or even kill a plan to build an elevated rail connector to the Oakland airport.
When the Bay Bridge closed last month for an emergency repair, record numbers of commuters began riding buses, ferries, and BART. But the public transit numbers are dropping again, and planners wonder if there’s a way to keep at least some commuters out of their cars for good.
A shuttle was launched in Alameda County Thursday, but not one that lands on the moon.
After a long session of impassioned public debate stretching into early Wednesday morning, the Oakland City Council yesterday passed a largely symbolic resolution in support of the Oakland Airport Connector.
The lawyer for Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of Oscar Grant, is trying to persuade an Oakland judge that his client can’t receive a fair trial here. Story by Jake Schoneker/Oakland North.
With the Bay Bridge open, BART will return to its regular schedule tomorrow. During today’s morning commute, BART ran 62 trains simultaneously — the maximum the system can handle.
Word of the Bay Bridge’s reopening had not reached all commuters this morning, and Oakland’s Rockridge BART station had filled up at 9 a.m.
“I normally wouldn’t take [...]
By STEVE SALDIVAR
The BART board listened last Thursday as Oakland residents made some corrections and additions to the draft model for a Citizen Oversight Committee presented by BART.
The draft the board presented on Monday called for a Citizen Oversight Committee and an independent auditor.
The committee would be made up of 11 members.and an independent auditor [...]
by SHILANDA WOOLRIDGE BART commuters said the 25 cent fare raise that went into effect yesterday is unlikely to change their habits, even if they don’t like it.
By STEVE SALDIVAR
Commuters said Friday that the BART and AC Transit increases that will go into effect on July 1 are unfair and unaffordable.
“We need to get more help from the government, not less of it,” said Mahvash Nasehi. “Most people who use BART are low income people, they can’t afford to buy cars. They’re [...]
By MARTIN RICARD
There’s an invisible line on West MacArthur Boulevard that divides it these days into two different worlds. On one side of Telegraph Avenue, in the up-and-coming Temescal district, the corridor is full of activity. Up near Broadway and Piedmont Avenue, a new Kaiser facility is being erected, which once built, will literally become [...]
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