http://transbayblog.com/2008/07/02/a-smart-pipe-dream/ Transportation and urban planning in the San Francisco Bay Area Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:20:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://transbayblog.com/2008/07/02/a-smart-pipe-dream/#comment-5444 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:51:30 +0000 http://transbay.wordpress.com/?p=500#comment-5444 Hi Alexandra, sorry to say, but 20-30 years is more than a bit optimistic. Not sure if this would ever happen, nor is it really an immediate priority. This ‘pipe dream’ extension would be extremely expensive, and assumes that the train would become popular enough to justify a metro type of treatment. But planned service levels, at least initially, are consistent with commuter rail; just about a dozen trains a day, maybe weekend service. The post is a transit dream that I tried to justify. For now, though, I’ll just be happy if voters pass SMART, as proposed.

]]> http://transbayblog.com/2008/07/02/a-smart-pipe-dream/#comment-5443 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:19:37 +0000 http://transbay.wordpress.com/?p=500#comment-5443 Cool. So… I shall look forward to seeing some of this in 20-30 years then, eh? ;p

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