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We need continued community support to keep $400 million for BART to Livermore in the new Alameda County Measure B Sales Tax Program (Measure B3) as discussions on adopting a new Countywide Transportation Plan, Measure B3 and Transportation Expenditure Plan (TEP) continue at the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC), BART Board of Directors and other [...]

We should ensure that BART to Livermore is one of the projects funded by Measure B3 (reauthorization of Measure B) on the 2012 ballot. It is a major source of local funding. If we get that funding, it will be easier to get matching funds from the State of California and the Federal Government. If [...]

The City of Livermore in its July 11, 2011 meeting took input from a new study and from the proposed citizen initiative (that asked to keep BART on 580) and approved a new BART alignment option. This option proposes one station at Isabel @ 580. The second station is proposed to the south of the [...]

Grassroots Issues interviews Linda Jeffery Sailors about BART to Livermore issues, including an effort to keep BART on 580. Linda and host Barbara Hickman discuss the issue of keeping BART on 580 versus running the track through downtown Livermore. Linda mentions several important facts that the public meetings have glossed over, have not made public, [...]

Quoting from the Livermore Independent newspaper: The Livermore City Council voted unanimously to recommend that a BART extension to Livermore go underground through the downtown and at grade to Vasco Road. If funding could not be obtained for a downtown station, the council’s vote included the recommendation to extend BART to Vasco Road. A Vasco [...]

The Livermore City Council will be voting on a preferred alignment for BART at their regular meeting this coming Monday, April 26.  The meeting starts at 7 pm and will be held at the council chambers, 3575 Pacific Avenue. Supporters of a downtown BART (a relatively small but vocal group)have been packing the previous meetings.  [...]

We would not have to take 81 family homes of Livermore residents by eminent domain.* We would save the cost of moving numerous businesses along the “downtown” route. We would avoid 4 to 6 years of disruptive construction work on our city streets. A freeway route would keep more out-of-town traffic on the freeway and [...]

Grassroots Issues has a video interview with local resident Valerie Raymond regarding the options for the Livermore BART route. Valerie shows and explains to host Barbara Hickman the nine BART route options as presented at a recent workshop in Livermore. She includes pros and cons of each route and justifies her own preference.

Its great to hear that there’s some progress on Livermore BART. Information about the published draft EIR and public workshops is on available on the official BART to Livermore website. Please attend as many as you can and voice your opinion. This is your chance to influence where the Livermore BART station will be located. [...]

It is good to see some progress on the EIR (Environmental Impact Report) for BART to Livermore. A scoping meeting for the EIR is scheduled for this coming wednesday (June 18, 2008) from 6pm to 9pm at the Robert Livermore Community Center in the Larkspur room. A company hired by BART has setup a website [...]