Mass Transit: Actions Needed for the BART Airport Extension.

摘要

The report the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) intends to spend over $1.1 billion, including $750 million in federal funds, to extend mass transit service to the San Francisco International Airport. The project is controversial, encountering both widespread support and opposition in the San Francisco Bay area. The controversy, which includes concerns over the projects environmental impacts and cost, has resulted in two redesigns of the project since 1992. Concerned about the overall cost of the project, you asked us to describe (1) the actions the FTA must take before agreeing to fund the project, (2) the projects current schedule and estimated cost and the factors that could affect them, and (3) the projects finance plan, including assumptions that could affect its viability.