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TRANSACTIONS NEWSLETTER ONLINE


January/February 2004

Facts & Figures
Regional Measure 2 Project Highlights

The majority of funds in the expenditure plan are dedicated to new transit options in the bridge corridors. In addition to investing heavily in commuter rail, the plan calls for boosting ferry service and deploying more express buses across the bridges.

Capital Investments
(Millions of dollars)
$ 171
Comprehensive regional express bus network
$ 150
New Transbay Terminal/ Downtown Caltrain extension in San Francisco
$ 143
Seismic strengthening of BART’s transbay tube
$ 135
Dumbarton commuter rail
$ 125
BART extensions to Warm Springs and the Oakland International Airport
$ 110
Various freeway bottleneck/ carpool-lane improvements
$ 100
Interstate 80/680 interchange improvements (Solano County)
$ 96
Rail connection to East Contra Costa County
(e-BART)
$ 84
New ferries and dock enhancements
$ 51
Fourth bore for the Caldecott Tunnel
$ 42
TransLink® transit smart card
$ 40
San Francisco Muni Third Street light rail and historic streetcar expansion
$ 35
Sonoma-Marin commuter rail extension to Larkspur/ San Quentin
$ 20
Safer bicycle and pedestrian access to public transit
$ 20
Real-time transit information

Operational Investments
(Millions of dollars annually; in some cases, amounts will rise in subsequent years)
$ 18.3
Ferry service
$ 12.3
Express bus service
$ 5.5
Dumbarton rail
$ 3.0
AC Transit
$ 2.5
San Francisco Muni
$ 1.8
Night-owl bus service in BART corridors

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