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Bay Area: A Showcase for Public Transit
One of the most exciting Bay Area transit developments will be evident to APTA convention-goers from the moment they alight at San Francisco International Airport. They will be greeted with a massive construction project to build a breathtaking new international terminal and bring the BART rail system to the terminal's front door. In this issue, we provide a briefing not only on the airport line, but also on a series of other efforts to increase public transit's reach, functionality and appeal -- from a Web-based transit trip planner, to a glittering new bus/rail hub for downtown San Francisco. While we produced this issue with the APTA visitors in mind, we hope our regular readers in and around the region also will find the update informative.

Contents

• Cover Story:
  • The Bay Area Welcomes the American Public Transportation Association
• Bay Area: A Showcase for Public Transit
  • Riders Make the Connection with Web-based Trip Planning
  • TransLink^® to Make Fare Collection a Snap
  • BART: Next stop SFO
  • Airy Multimodal Terminal Takes Shape
  • Transit Hits a Home-Run at Pac Bell Park
  • Expressly for Commuters
  • Your Favorite Brand of Transportation
  • Profile of Major Bay Area Transit Operators
• News Brief
  • Sacramento Gives Big Boost to Transportation Funding