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- Title
BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT: A TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BREAKTHROUGH.
- Authors
Stokes, B. R.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the history and significance of the "Bay Area Rapid Transit". The concept of regional rapid transit for the San Francisco Bay Area has its roots in the 20th century conflict between the auto and conventional surface transit. As early as 1947 there were serious recommendations favoring construction of a transbay transit link; pressures built in the state legislature for formation of a rapid transit agency representing nine Bay Area counties. A commission was formed in 1951 to develop a "master coordinated rapid transit plan," and was succeeded by the Bay Area Rapid Transit District in 1957 to implement the commission's broad proposals for a regional rapid transit system. Regional rapid transit, effectively integrated with good local and feeder transit services, offers a vital alternative to the inefficient and destructive automobile-freeway system which strangles most large urban areas. BART is the first and only rapid transit facility built specifically to provide fast center-to-center transit service.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; SAN Francisco Bay Area (Calif.); SAN Francisco (Calif.); UNITED States; PUBLIC transit; INTERNATIONAL transit; URBAN transportation; TRANSPORTATION; LEGISLATIVE bodies; BAYS
- Publication
Public Administration Review, 1973, Vol 33, Issue 3, p206
- ISSN
0033-3352
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/974798