[bbrian]

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.

[] http://www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-v...

[Sanddancer]

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.