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June 2003

Facts & Figures:
BART Extension to SFO Up Close

70,000
Trips — projected average daily ridership on the new extension by 2010
10,000
Estimated number of auto trips to SFO eliminated
per day by 2010
8.7
Miles of new rail track on the BART extension
180.7
Miles of BART (103.7) and Caltrain (77) rail connected
at the Millbrae station
15
Minutes — frequency of weekday trains to SFO on the Dublin/Pleasanton-SFO line
15
Minutes — frequency of weekday trains to Millbrae on the Pittsburg/Bay Point line
20
Minutes — frequency of Millbrae-to-SFO shuttle trains
30
Minutes — length of BART trip from downtown San Francisco (Powell Street) to the airport
5
Minutes — length of BART trip from Millbrae to SFO
21
SamTrans bus routes adjusted to synchronize with BART’s new Peninsula service
$1.5
Total cost of the BART extension project, in billions
$4.70
Fare from SFO to any of the four downtown San Francisco BART stations
$1.50
Fare from the Millbrae station to SFO aboard the shuttle train
$7
Daily cost to park in three long-term East Bay BART lots (Bay Fair, El Cerrito del Norte and Walnut Creek)
$2
Daily cost to park in all Peninsula BART lots (except Daly City, which is free on weekends)
$100
Fine for violating the 24-hour parking limit at new BART lots
5,371
Parking spaces available at the new South San Francisco, San Bruno and Millbrae BART stations
20
Hours of BART operation on weekdays (4 a.m. to 12 midnight)
50,000
Tons of reinforced steel used to construct the new subway and station boxes
1.9
Million cubic yards of soil excavated for the new stations
BART at SFO
(photo by John Benson)

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