Why Now?
In reviewing BART’s ten year plans, it was very clear that the Livermore BART station is not on the funding priority list. With the recent information about the severity of the I580 commute (second worst in the Bay Area), it would seem to me that the Livermore BART station at Greenville Road should be a regional priority. The station acreage has already been purchased and the rail to Livermore is one of the most cost effective (construction cost vs. fairbox return) extensions in your system.
The status of the Livermore extension needs to be re-evaluated and the preliminary engineering and environmental work should be scheduled so that when money does become available, Livermore is ready.
On a side note, Livermore has been paying for BART since 1962. We have helped build all of the other BART stations—it is our turn. We would further suggest that all of the planned stations in the original BART district should be completed before letting San Jose, or any other outsiders without a full buy-in get their station. Fairness is the issue. Also, the people going to San Jose, come through the I580 corridor and need BART at the base of the Altamont, where a logical transit hub with Ace, CCCTA, LAVTA, San Joaquin Valley Transit and BART could exist. (Note: The ACE train goes to San Jose, but not San Francisco like BART does.)
BART has already purchased the land for two Livermore stations. A promise delivered at the 1991 dedication of the Dublin/Pleasanton station said Livermore would be in the future. The verbiage in both of the 1/2 cent sales tax measures (Measure B) constitutes clear evidence that BART has promised to build Livermore. Let’s get it started now.
Please visit our website LivermoreBART.org for more information. Please sign the Petition online OR download, print, sign and mail the paper Petition.
Linda Jeffery Sailors, former Mayor of Dublin
841 Chaucer Way
Livermore, CA 94551
(925) 449-7274
The following video is of an interview with Linda on an episode of Grassroots Issues.