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<The people who live on the peninsula chose to pull out of the BART system.> No, the people never had a choice, but they would have likely never participated b
by DrScump 10y ago
<The people who live on the peninsula chose to pull out of the BART system.>
No, the people never had a choice, but they would have likely never participated by choice. They would have been paying full share while waiting many years after SF and Alameda County for service, plus most passenger traffic would have been through-traffic between SF and Santa Clara County (which itself opted out because BART would not extend more than a couple of miles into the county until over a decade later).
- Animats 10y agoSanta Clara County voted yes on the original BART system. San Mateo County voted no. That's why BART doesn't go to San Jose. Consideration was given to running BART through San Mateo County with no stations, but that option was too expensive.
- DrScump 10y agoNo, Santa Clara County was out four years before San Mateo County was[0]. The original BART plan wouldn't have reached San Jose in the first place. [0] http://www.bart.gov/about/history http://www.bart.gov/about/history