Comments on: Oakland ferry service could be terminal http://www.theislandofalameda.com/2009/05/oakland-ferry-service-could-be-terminal/ Alameda news. Now. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:49:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Simon Waddington http://www.theislandofalameda.com/2009/05/oakland-ferry-service-could-be-terminal/comment-page-1/#comment-832 Simon Waddington Fri, 22 May 2009 05:56:00 +0000 http://www.theislandofalameda.com/?p=2627#comment-832 Meanwhile they are thinking of spending a whopping $550M on BART to Oakland airport - it just doesn't make any sense to me. Plus I'm always amazed that Alamedans pack the ferry in the morning yet there are usually very few people coming from Oakland. Its probably that it takes much longer than BART due to the Alameda stop, and the slow ride up the Estuary, however it makes me mad and sad that we could lose this precious and unique commuter route to SFO. Never mind that a couple of years ago the Port was bragging about its huge expansion and raking in hundreds of millions, now they are suddenly poor? Does that sound like poor planning to anyone else? Meanwhile they are thinking of spending a whopping $550M on BART to Oakland airport – it just doesn’t make any sense to me. Plus I’m always amazed that Alamedans pack the ferry in the morning yet there are usually very few people coming from Oakland. Its probably that it takes much longer than BART due to the Alameda stop, and the slow ride up the Estuary, however it makes me mad and sad that we could lose this precious and unique commuter route to SFO. Never mind that a couple of years ago the Port was bragging about its huge expansion and raking in hundreds of millions, now they are suddenly poor? Does that sound like poor planning to anyone else?

]]> By: DotLess http://www.theislandofalameda.com/2009/05/oakland-ferry-service-could-be-terminal/comment-page-1/#comment-824 DotLess Fri, 22 May 2009 01:49:57 +0000 http://www.theislandofalameda.com/?p=2627#comment-824 We're also looking at cuts in AC Transit service: http://www.ci.alameda.ca.us/news/0905_actransit_service_cuts_coming.html We've been told many times by the "high density at all cost" proponents that transit will magically offset any increase in the number of cars, no matter how great. Even in a perfect world where transit was always well-funded and well-run that assertion would be very questionable. In the real world, it's little more than a fantasy. We’re also looking at cuts in AC Transit service: http://www.ci.alameda.ca.us/news/0905_actransit_service_cuts_coming.html

We’ve been told many times by the “high density at all cost” proponents that transit will magically offset any increase in the number of cars, no matter how great. Even in a perfect world where transit was always well-funded and well-run that assertion would be very questionable. In the real world, it’s little more than a fantasy.

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