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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

CreekDog

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4. Actually, they never got a chance to vote against it

Reply to RandySF (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 14, 2012, 12:53 PM

Sep 2012

the planners only included the counties they thought they could win, and apparently they needed 60% of the vote in those.

the counties not included didn't actually get to vote. i think the requirement to establish the BART district had to have a certain level of support throughout the intended district.

anywhere they thought would reduce their margin was excluded, even though a majority in those counties (San Mateo, Santa Clara and Marin) might have supported the measure.

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What the BART map should have looked like [View all] KamaAina Sep 2012 OP

I heard that people in marin didn't want the riff-raff coming North. RandySF Sep 2012 #1

Same old story KamaAina Sep 2012 #3

Actually, they never got a chance to vote against it CreekDog Sep 2012 #4

Gosh, wouldn't that be nice. NV Whino Sep 2012 #2

OMG, it would have gone to Napa! Nictuku Sep 2012 #5

what you see is a more "urban" and short trip focused system than what we have CreekDog Sep 2012 #6