BART safety bond on ballot
With BART vulnerable to a major earthquake, transit agency directors Thursday agreed to put a $1.05 billion bond measure on the November ballot to pay for seismic improvements that would help make the system safer and keep it running following such a disaster. [ San Jose Mercury News ]
More evidence that the proposal to extend BART to San Jose is bad news. On top of a route that doesn't go to San Jose International Airport and serves future "smart growth" opportunities rather than current needs, we find that BART needs a $1.2 billion seismic retrofit.
So unless the voters of Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco Counties pony up $1.05 billion, Santa Clara County will have a $3.8 billion system that fails in an earthquake.
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