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 http://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/agendas/05-08-14%20Agenda%20Packet.pdf\n\nItem 
 5. ADMINISTRATION ITEMS  Dir Saltzman, Chairperson\n    A. Approval of BART 
 to Oakland International Airport Project New Fare and New Service Title VI 
 Equity Analysis.*\n        Board requested to authorize.\n\nfrom 
 http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/oac  one can find some facts from BART 
 itself ...\n\nMay 2009 – BART issued an RFP/RFQ for Design-Build Operate 
 Maintain (DBOM) contract.\n\nDecember 10, 2009 – The BART Board of 
 Directors authorized the Notice of Intent to award the Oakland Airport 
 Connector DBOM contract to Flatiron/Parsons, Joint Venture.\n\nWhile they 
 say this type of tram was planned and approved back in the early '00's, it 
 was the post-engineered crash's "take advantage of every crisis" plan to 
 help to privatize and suck more money out of the populace.  Notice how 
 almost all of the stimulus from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
 of 2009 and signed into law on February 17, 2009, by President Barack Obama 
 went towards the opposite of what one would think it would go to - projects 
 that in summation would employ large numbers of people for long periods of 
 time.  Instead we got large projects controlled by large corporations that 
 use large machinery to eliminate construction workers and will automate 
 processes once finished to further eliminate jobs.  [Another stimulus 
 project that affects you everyday is the so-called "Smart" meters that 
 allowed wealthy utility companies around the country to harm your health, 
 spy on your activities and eliminate meter readers at a time when there is 
 roughly 30% un- & under-employment.]\n\nThis project, even though 
 completely unnecessary when one considers the various other forms of 
 transporation available for connection with the ternimal, was considered 
 "shovel ready" and pushed forward to grab a piece of the funding pie made 
 available by the ARRA.  Many people demanded this not go forward saying the 
 money could be used more wisely elsewhere.  Notice also the amount of 
 "local" funds used.  Notice the Measure B funds spent on this boondoogle.  
 Do you suppose there is any connection between this and the 2012 Measure 
 B-deux?  That was defeated and now they are coming back for more in 
 November of this year.  Notice also the two different bridge toll pots of 
 money that were used.  Do you supposed there is any connection with the 
 ever increasing bridge tolls and this boondoogle?  Of course!\n\nDon't 
 forget, this was paid for by us!  Unfortunately, it was to be designed, 
 built, operated and maintained by a private corporation.  The BART board of 
 directors merely rubber-stamps the revenue requests that the BART staff has 
 organized from the operator/maintainer of this boondoogle.\n\nIt was 
 designed to be built in a factory off-site using as few people as possible. 
  It was then shipped to the site to be erected by as few people as 
 possible.  Of course, all of this put as much money as possible in as few 
 hands as possible - mainly the investors and executives of the joint 
 venture corporations.  There are no humans driving the cars.  It will be 
 interesting how often passengers will be stranded two stories above 
 Hegenberg Road waiting for help and possibly missing their TSA groping 
 sessions and their flights.\n\nI for one will never ride this travesty 
 solely out of principal.  Take the adjacent AC Transit line for 1/3 the 
 cost.\n\nShow up and let the BART directors know this is horrible.  
 Maintain the fares that all the other travel options have.  Maintain the 
 previous BART sponsored bus route cost.  The joint venture corporations 
 knew what the competition would be.  They knew what the demographics of 
 Oakland was/is.  The attached report is nothing but a convoluted 
 statistical approach to verify that the joint venture corporations want to 
 make as much money as possible.  I can imagine them demanding, "BART 
 directors, rubber stamp our request.  The sheople are too dumb and 
 distracted to ever notice ... until it's too late."\n\nIf you can't be 
 there is person, find the director's email contacts on the BART website and 
 email them to express your disgust.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/05/05/18755361.php
SUMMARY:Protest the Oakland Airport Connector Fares
LOCATION:BART Board of Directors regular meeting\n344 20th St., Oakland - 3rd floor 
 Board Room
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/05/05/18755361.php
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