And a 50 mile ride to work in Sunnyvale? Get real. I bike everywhere but I also put my bike on a train when that is possible and faster than just riding the bike.
I don't know where your "50 mile ride" comes from when we're talking about a ten mile extension. I put my bike on Bart all the time.
Given ~95% of households in the locality own cars, I assume this extension is addressing congestion or pollution; it's hardly a $2.3 billion investment so 77k people don't have to drive as far to the next Bart stop. I wasn't suggesting taking cars away from people, I was trying to make the existing roads work better, not just in the locality but throughout the area.
It's "only" ten miles, but it connects BART with VTA's light rail system, which means that the 8 miles to Sunnyvale from Great Mall. Given that part of the schedule changes planned for once BART starts is a Mountain View - Alum Rock line, Sunnyvale is a single transfer away. One of the things BART will do is create proper transit hubs in east San Jose, so that a lot more trips have decent transfers and connections.
Given ~95% of households in the locality own cars, I assume this extension is addressing congestion or pollution; it's hardly a $2.3 billion investment so 77k people don't have to drive as far to the next Bart stop. I wasn't suggesting taking cars away from people, I was trying to make the existing roads work better, not just in the locality but throughout the area.
[] http://www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-v...