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Coordinating buses and rapid rail in the San Francisco Bay Area: The case of Bay Area Rapid Transit

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This paper examines attempts by planners and policy makers to analyze and bring about the coordination of rail and bus transit in the San Francisco Bay Area. Drawing on studies and plans before and after the creation of the rapid rail system BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), the author points to technical, analytical and political problems in attempts to link BART and buses. Some options and cautions are presented for planners considering route coordination, feeder buses, transfers and institutional arrangements to manage bus and rail services.

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  1. Public Policy Analyst, 885 Rosemont Road, 94610, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.

    Thomas J. Higgins

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Higgins, T.J. Coordinating buses and rapid rail in the San Francisco Bay Area: The case of Bay Area Rapid Transit. Transportation 10, 357–371 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00167936

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