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by nullc 1458 days ago
> A huge loss is that when Bart was built Marin voted against extending it north.

Marin was kicked out, as a result of San Mateo pulling out leaving Bart under funded. As they said at the time, "We are withdrawing involuntarily and upon request,". A 1956 poll found that 87.7 percent of Marin residents wanted a BART line.

https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/How-BART-almost-connect...

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That is much better context, definitely conflicts with the common understanding people have of why the Marin portion failed.