http://sfist.com/2005/02/09/bart.php All comments for BART! en-us 2009 SFist_Brock Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:09:24 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss brochtrup@gmail.com brochtrup@gmail.com 60 http://sfist.com/2005/02/09/bart.php#comment-232693 http://sfist.com/2005/02/09/bart.php#comment-232693 Comments Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:23:58 -0800 <p>I just saw an editorial the other day about the third street light rail, or more to the point the incompetence of the planning commission to redevelop around the new line. I'm a bit worried that the shiny new rail line will be viewed as a failure without a big spike in ridership. And speaking of shiny new rail lines, in the push to extend BART down to San Jose there are alternatives that would only cost a fraction of BART and be built a lot sooner. Much of the proposed BART alignment follows a Union Pacific line that could be used for conventional rail service, like Caltrain and ACE (and the future Dumbarton Rail and California High Speed Rail lines). The BART line would make a lot more sense if Santa Clara County had been making any effort whatsoever for denser development along the BART corridor and not continue to sprawl.</p>