The Oakland, CA airport connector program is still under continuing attack for foolishness. It is the nonsense of building guideways for a people mover, above one of the main commercial area of the city.
Urban Habitat summarizes the basic complaint. It is a bad deal for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), likely resulting in major cost over-runs. It is a bad deal for the Hegenberger corridor, which does not need some monster guideway running through.
Bart has an 1880 mindset trying to upgrade to a 1950 infrastructure. My suggestion to the Oakland City council is to come out in a full assault on this nonsense.
The correct answer, of course, is to automate lanes along Hegenberger road, inside the airport, and on to Bart. Work with PATH, in Berkely, or the Mineta center in San Jose. These two technical groups, with proper public auditing, can move traffic, cargo and people all around the airport/Bart corridor. Using technology, we can lower the total transportation costs by at least a third for all businesses along Hegenberger. Some jobs lost, but thousands gained.
If you are from the Bay Area, California I suggest you follow the link above, and support a reconsideration of the proposal.
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