Monday, April 5, 2010

The solution on the Oakland Airport Connector

BART directors need to take some cash and purchase right away along the surface road including Hegenberger Road, to BART station from the airport. Purchase both land space and speed, get the speed you want and pay that price.

Under binding agreement, safety first with current technology. Make that simple deal, then Congress kicks in. The funding buys that technology needed to meet that sale of road bandwidth. BART can take derivatives of the land vehicles, namely updated BRT; and run special express one stop, constant speed routes.

This proposal gets a net gain on inputs of 30%, measured in gasoline efficiency. So, bonds go for net 4% rate over five years, easy money for BART, AC Transit, customers, Congressional stimulus, etc, etc

The future of BART

I assume BART has been efficient over its life, and can retain efficiency, gaining from the transportation revolutions. But BART management needs to understand that lateral BRT feeds will become much more efficient than BART can move people on and off the trains. If BART can take the lateral feeds, then BART should go to San Jose.

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