BART-to-S.J. advantages in doubt
New ridership projections from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority suggest BART's impact on commutes would be so small that most people would hardly notice a difference.
After years of being a proponent of the brain-dead BART to San Jose debacle. The San Jose Mercury News discovers that the proposal may not be that great after all. The new studies point out several problems with the proposal and indicates that ridership will be below capacity and will not reduce congestion on our freeways. The studies also realized that the proposed BART route avoids the concentration of jobs in North San Jose and on the Peninsula.
The new studies verify what I have been saying all along. BART to San Jose along this route doesn't make sense. At $4.1 billion, it is too expensive and takes money from better, more efficient transit projects.
Maybe now people will start to listen.
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