The 71-mile Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) System, serving San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and their suburbs, is the first regional-scale rapid transit system to open in the United States in 50 years. The final link of the system opened for service in September 1974. This report summarizes BART's initial impacts on regional transportation system performance and travel patterns. The report deals with the effects of interim BART service over the period September 1972 through June 1975. Impacts are assessed in terms of BART's design and operating characteristics; its service levels; changes in accessibility; the level and nature of BART's ridership; impacts on travel by bus and automobile; impacts on the service provided by the rest of the transit system; and impacts on traffic congestion. BART's capital costs, interim operating costs and revenues, and interim energy consumption are also analyzed. (Color illustrations reproduced in black and white.)


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    Title :

    Transportation and Travel Impacts of BART: Interim Service Findings. BART Impact Program


    Contributors:
    R. Ellis (author) / A. Sherrett (author)

    Publication date :

    1976


    Size :

    216 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English