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Originally Posted by ltsmotorsport
..Not sure I agree totally with the alignment so close to the existing Caltrain service and not even connecting to the new Transbay Terminal, but maybe it would be needed in the future with that side of town continuing to redevelop. IMO, a new BART line should first stop at the new Transbay, then Union Square and on up Geary, then turn south and head down 19th/Hwy 1.
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agreed. although a more "direct" route to the airport would be nice, and shave perhaps 10 minutes off the 30 minute current trip from downtown, it shouldn't be a priority, and a new line should not duplicate so much of the T-third. Geary is the big prize, with it's 60k plus daily riders, and a stop at van ness and geary would pick up other very high density areas in the tenderloin, cathedral hill, lower pacific heights, lower nob hill, etc. 2nd and brannan, 2nd and mission (transbay connection, market street line connection), geary or post and powell or mason, geary and van ness, geary and divisadero, and then an aerial structure to the west with stops picking up CPMC laurel village, USF, the de young and academy of sciences (a bit of a hike), etc.
you'd get 100,000 riders on day 1.
it would probably also cost $20 billion and never happen.