LivermoreBART.org http://www.livermorebart.org It's time for Livermore Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:26:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 BART to Livermore scoping meeting for EIR http://www.livermorebart.org/2008/06/bart-to-livermore-scoping-meeting-for-eir/ http://www.livermorebart.org/2008/06/bart-to-livermore-scoping-meeting-for-eir/#comments Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:26:07 +0000 vamsee http://www.livermorebart.org/?p=14 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 for this purpose (barttolivermore.org). The full text of the meeting announcement is here. We encourage you to attend this meeting and comment.

To ensure that your comments are in the public record please send them before July 19, 2008. You can email them to info@barttolivermore.org
You may also fax comments to: 510-464-7673 or mail them to:

Mr. Malcolm Quint,
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District,
300 Lakeside Drive, 16th floor,
Oakland, CA, 94612

]]> http://www.livermorebart.org/2008/06/bart-to-livermore-scoping-meeting-for-eir/feed/ Supervisor Haggerty’s Proposal http://www.livermorebart.org/2007/02/supervisor-haggertys-proposal/ http://www.livermorebart.org/2007/02/supervisor-haggertys-proposal/#comments Sun, 04 Feb 2007 13:07:03 +0000 vamsee http://www.livermorebart.org/2007/02/supervisor-haggertys-proposal/ Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty has a proposal titled BART to Livermore and the I-580 Corridor Plan. Please share your thoughts on this.

]]> http://www.livermorebart.org/2007/02/supervisor-haggertys-proposal/feed/ $10million/mile or $100million/mile for BART to Livermore? http://www.livermorebart.org/2007/01/10millionmile-or-100millionmile-for-bart-to-livermore/ http://www.livermorebart.org/2007/01/10millionmile-or-100millionmile-for-bart-to-livermore/#comments Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:01:23 +0000 vamsee http://www.livermorebart.org/2007/01/10millionmile-or-100millionmile-for-bart-to-livermore/ Quote from 12/21/2006 issue of The Independent:

“A rule-of-thumb estimate on BART cost has been approximately $100 million per mile. Just bringing it to Livermore would cost about $1 billion, BART officials say.”

Letter from former BART director Robert Allen in the same issue of The Independent:
“BART trackway costs about $12 million/mile at grade in a freeway median or along the former railroad grade. That includes ballasted double track, traction power, train control, ductwork, and fencing/barriers. This figure is based on 2001 figures
escalated to 2006.

People who should know better are throwing out the figure of $100 million/mile, citing the cost of BART to SFO. That line was put in subway (over my strong objection) instead of at grade along SP’s abandoned San Bruno branch. As a result, it cost close to $500 million more than it should have. Subways are fabulously costly, and normally warranted only in a patronage-rich city core.”

What do you think?

]]> http://www.livermorebart.org/2007/01/10millionmile-or-100millionmile-for-bart-to-livermore/feed/ Livermore BART Discussion Forum http://www.livermorebart.org/2006/12/livermore-bart-discussion-forum/ http://www.livermorebart.org/2006/12/livermore-bart-discussion-forum/#comments Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:04:51 +0000 Matt http://www.livermorebart.org/2006/12/livermore-bart-discussion-forum/ I’ve been thinking of setting up an online discussion forum for Livermore BART so that everyone can chat amongst themselves.  Is this something that would be welcome?  If so, please reply to this post and let me know.

Matt

]]> http://www.livermorebart.org/2006/12/livermore-bart-discussion-forum/feed/ Should San Jose Come First? http://www.livermorebart.org/2006/08/should-san-jose-come-first/ http://www.livermorebart.org/2006/08/should-san-jose-come-first/#comments Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:19:09 +0000 Matt We have been paying for BART for 44 years and Livermore still has no station. Recently, the city of San Jose received 11 million dollars from Sacramento to add to their BART fund and they are not even in the BART district. Does that sound right? I think not!

The Livermore station needs around $12 million to do the preliminary engineering and environmental studies before we can be considered for the Federal “new starts” money. Not only were we in line before San Jose, we also have the problem of having I-580, the 2nd worse commute corridor in the Bay Area. Our Sacramento representatives and our local elected officials need to play fair, not politics. There is a very short time left to get Livermore into the 20 year Federal Transportation Plan. If we don’t get the station ready to build soon it will not happen until after 2030.

Linda Jeffery Sailors

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