Comments on: Roy Nakadegawa, my hero

By: dave.s.

dave.s. — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:09:33 +0000

I’ve known Roy Nakadegawa since 1958. He’s always been my hero. His focus on how to get people there conveniently and for least cost – rather than how to get people there by BART – is a great public service.

By: Ken O

Ken O — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:37:59 +0000

Here’s what Bay Area Rail Alliance says about electrifying the Caltrain system — related:

“Recent BART extensions are estimated to cost over $200 million per mile. By contrast, the total costs for electrifying the existing Caltrain line, enabling it to provide service both faster and more luxurious than BART’s, is between $4 million and $5 million per mile, or about one-fortieth the cost! In contrast, an upgraded Caltrain could provide as good or better level of service, be ready to run in just in three years, cost a tiny fraction of BART, and happen while existing diesel Caltrains continued to carry more and more passengers.”

http://www.bayrailalliance.org/q_why_not_replace_caltrain_bart_wont_cost_same_ele

By: Ken O

Ken O — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:08:32 +0000

Dumbarton Rail should be funded. It would offer an alternative transit option to BART and provide redundancy and resiliency to the SF Bay Area economy.

Funds should be used for their expressed purposes.