Bay Area Rapid Transit Grant Proposal
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Weekend Extension Project
California State University, Chico
HCSV 579
December 9, 2013
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Executive Summary Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) requests $5,541,285 to extend train operating hours until 3 AM on Fridays and Saturdays. The Weekend Extension project will provide safe public transportation for the 7.15 million Bay Area Residents (bayareacensus.ca.gov) and decrease drunk driving arrests. Bay Area Rapid Transit services an average 323,293 weekday riders and 202,887 Saturday riders (bart.gov). The last BART train departs 20 minutes after midnight daily. San Francisco is the main hub of the BART system and offers a diverse nightlife that extends past midnight. Commuters and Bay Area residents are forced to drive to nearby BART servicing areas, if plans extend pass the midnight train departure. According to the 2012 Annual Report of the California DUI Management Information System, in 2010 there were 17,592 DUI arrests in the 4 BART servicing counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, and San Mateo. The goal of The Weekend Extension project is to provide safe, late night public transportation to already servicing areas. Objectives are to include:
Extending operational hours to 3 AM to the already servicing 3 main nighttime routes.
Increasing ridership and revenue through ticket fares and parking.
Decreasing DUI arrests by 25%.
Decreasing possible drunk driving related fatalities by 40%.
Increasing jobs by 3% in localities surrounding BART stations.
Bay Area Rapid Transit is a heavy-rail pubic transit and subway system connecting four counties in the Bay Area. BART operates five routes on 104 miles of line, with 44 stations averaging more than 500,000 weekly riders (bart.gov). Bart opened in September of 1972 and had a 105.6% ridership increase by 1975. BART has maintained an increase in passengers annually, making it the fifth busiest heavy rail
Weekend Extension Project
California State University, Chico
HCSV 579
December 9, 2013
Authored by:
Executive Summary Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) requests $5,541,285 to extend train operating hours until 3 AM on Fridays and Saturdays. The Weekend Extension project will provide safe public transportation for the 7.15 million Bay Area Residents (bayareacensus.ca.gov) and decrease drunk driving arrests. Bay Area Rapid Transit services an average 323,293 weekday riders and 202,887 Saturday riders (bart.gov). The last BART train departs 20 minutes after midnight daily. San Francisco is the main hub of the BART system and offers a diverse nightlife that extends past midnight. Commuters and Bay Area residents are forced to drive to nearby BART servicing areas, if plans extend pass the midnight train departure. According to the 2012 Annual Report of the California DUI Management Information System, in 2010 there were 17,592 DUI arrests in the 4 BART servicing counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, and San Mateo. The goal of The Weekend Extension project is to provide safe, late night public transportation to already servicing areas. Objectives are to include:
Extending operational hours to 3 AM to the already servicing 3 main nighttime routes.
Increasing ridership and revenue through ticket fares and parking.
Decreasing DUI arrests by 25%.
Decreasing possible drunk driving related fatalities by 40%.
Increasing jobs by 3% in localities surrounding BART stations.
Bay Area Rapid Transit is a heavy-rail pubic transit and subway system connecting four counties in the Bay Area. BART operates five routes on 104 miles of line, with 44 stations averaging more than 500,000 weekly riders (bart.gov). Bart opened in September of 1972 and had a 105.6% ridership increase by 1975. BART has maintained an increase in passengers annually, making it the fifth busiest heavy rail