Hi Bob,

On Mon 2037-Aug-03 07:24, Bob Ackley (1:300/3) wrote to Richard Webb:

 RW> Communities in metropolitan areas are big on wanting mass
 RW> transit services, until the bill comes due, then there's a
 RW> lot of moaning about the costs involved.  Knew Bart was one
 RW> of these, no federal $$$ projects.

BA> I remember back in the mid to late 1960s when construction of BART
BA> was underway.  Think about the co$t of installing a subway system in
BA> an old, long established city (Oakland).  In addition to digging the
BA> trenches (and tearing
BA> up major traffic arteries in the process - for months), they had to
BA> move the already long buried water, sewer, power, telephone and
BA> steam lines. 

Oh yah, lots of arguing I"ll bet .  Probably a court case or
three, etc.

BA> I don't know how they did it in San Francisco.  In downtown SF, some
BA> of the  city's trolleys were already subways and BART was put in
BA> below them. 

That's one good way to do it.  WHat really sorta makes me
shake my head is different proposals I've heard over the
years for a subway system in L.A.  Yah just what you need so close to a
major fault line >

Regards,
           Richard
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