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withak posted:To get to Oakland Airport from BART you have to take a bus from the nearest station (~10 minute ride). They are currently building an honest-to-god, boondoggle-scale elevated monorail to replace the bus. The monorail will cost more and probably take longer in total because it will drop off at a station in the middle of the airport parking lot a few hundred yards away from the terminals instead of at the terminal doors like the current bus does. But hey, the economy was down and spending money building whatever is conveniently at hand is surely better than spending money on planning, right? Is this happening? Last I heard it was kind of stuck in purgatory and I can't find any recent articles about the status either way. It's kind of a terrible idea from every practical point of view but I can see it making sense for the airport. The BART to SFO pulls straight into one of the airport terminals, and in Oakland you have to spend a couple of bucks for the shuttle bus that also takes you straight to the airport. I think they think that offering a nice, elevated monorail will alleviate the fear some people have of getting off BART in Oakland and taking a bus (which is about a 20 second walk once you get off the BART train) but it's a $500 million solution for something that isn't really a problem.
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Jun 28, 2013 20:44
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Newsom's a politician robot pretending to be a man
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Jun 30, 2013 10:13
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I think that high speed rail is an absolutely wonderful idea but I'm not sure we can predict what prices and security will be like in 20 years. I think it's possible, unfortunately, that the prices and the security will be comparable to airports.
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Jul 1, 2013 00:09
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BART running all night would be awesome but yeah that's more up to legislators than the people on the ground.
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Jul 2, 2013 03:11
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I donno, they're open till 12:30 on weekends already. An extra 2 hours a night would probably be doable, and would really be a good thing for people who like to do any nightlife activities on the other side of the bay.
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Jul 2, 2013 05:20
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I've only heard "Well, I mean, they have the right to strike and all, but don't you think that's a lot of money for sitting in a toll booth?" and not much in support of the strikers at all.
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Jul 3, 2013 19:18
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