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Opinion: Caltrain’s San Francisco extension costs more than it’s worth
The project, to lengthen service just 1.3 miles to the Salesforce Transit Center, is now expected to cost $8.25 billion.
Opinion: Why we should not dismiss plans for a new Solano County city
Effort by tech billionaires who have purchased 55,000 acres is meeting local and Bay Area criticism
Opinion: BART should adopt driverless trains, VTA should halt San Jose extension
Rather than planning for a sales tax increase, Bay Area transit agencies could first take steps to cut costs
Opinion: Here’s why California high-speed rail proponents are wrong
Rep. Ro Khanna and Ron Diridon Sr.'s attempt to deflect criticism of the project relies on flawed arguments.
Opinion: California should retire unemployment debt like other states did
Leaving $18.5 billion obligation to the federal government unpaid is not only fiscally imprudent, it harms employers.
Opinion: San Jose BART extension’s $9.3 billion cost way too much
There are not enough greenhouse gas emission savings or rider convenience benefits to justify the cost.
Opinion: BART, with fewer riders, should halt second transbay tunnel plan
While the idea might have made sense when proposed in 2016, developments since have crushed the case for a new crossing.
Opinion: BART, VTA projects won’t move climate-change needle
Costly Bay Area transit plans in the works or on the drawing board will have a much smaller effect than expected.
Opinion: BART needs driverless trains to reverse ridership drop
After troubling 2019 patronage numbers, BART should also seek to integrate with ridesharing services.
Opinion: Warning, West Contra Costa plans more school bonds, taxes
It’s where taxpayer money often disappears without explanation, leaving local governments teetering on insolvency.