As it turns out it doesn’t actually cost that much on regular transit, there’s an AIRPORT SURCHARGE because it’s an “airport train”.

No wonder Americans don’t use public transit, even when the system exists it’s ridiculously difficult and expensive to use.

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  • DrunkEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    They built an extraordinarily expensive trolley line from BART to the airport about ten years back and are charging high fees to cover expenses.

    ‘Extraordinarily expensive’ doesn’t begin to describe the boondoggle that is the OAK airport connector. Local bus service and basic BART maintenance got eviscerated to pay for the $500 million construction cost (BART lost a Federal civil rights lawsuit over this). Prior to the connector, BART ran a dedicated shuttle bus every ten minutes to the airport. That bus was actually faster than the connector and made a small profit despite the tiny $2 fare.

    • stabby_cicada@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      11 days ago

      But look on the bright side, I bet some politically connected contractors in Oakland made a whole lot of money off building it. That’s called investing in the local economy 😆

    • RubberElectrons@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Damn, I just rode the connector and really enjoyed it. Nice engineering in it’s mechanisms too.

      But I did note how it’s only got two trains on the whole system…