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Presentation by Link21 on the New Regional Rail/Transbay Rail Crossing Project. (Planning, Building and Transportation 20962740)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Link21 is sponsored by the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) and the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (Capitol Corridor) to transform the passenger rail network serving the 21-county Northern California Megaregion, which includes the greater San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay area, the Sacramento area, and the Northern San Joaquin Valley. At the core of Link21 is a new transbay rail crossing project between Oakland and San Francisco as either regional rail or BART technology. Currently, the Link21 project is in the Concept Identification phase with Project Selection expected to begin next year and Project Delivery to begin in 2028.
BACKGROUND
The City of Alameda (City) supports a rail station in Alameda as part of Link21 - the new regional rail and transbay rail crossing project between San Francisco and Oakland. In 2013, Mayor Marie Gilmore formally requested BART to consider a transbay BART crossing to Alameda and to include Alameda in its planning efforts. As part of the City's Transportation Choices Plan outreach effort in 2015, the City conducted a statistically significant public opinion survey to gauge attitudes, and two-thirds of respondents (65 percent) indicated they strongly support (47 percent) or support somewhat (18 percent) a BART station in Alameda. Consequently, the Transportation Choices Plan (2018) included "BART to Alameda" as one of the long-term projects.
Link21 is sponsored by BART and Capitol Corridor to transform the passenger rail network serving the 21-county Northern California Megaregion, which includes the greater San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay area, the Sacramento area, and the Northern San Joaquin Valley. A key project of Link21 is a n...
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