$15.50 for BART from San Jose to San Francisco is cheaper than driving: Roadshow
Q: Isn’t paying $15.50 for a round trip on BART from Berryessa to San Francisco steep?
Francis Ramero, San Jose
A: Not really. Driving costs for gas, wear and tear on your car plus parking in San Francisco (now that is steep) would run higher than $15.50 a day according to AAA.
Q: How much will it cost for parking at the BART station at Berryessa? And will parking be available after 7 a.m.?
Jate Naeger
A: Riders getting on board at the Milpitas or Berryessa stations will have to pay for parking at garages and surface lots with a daily flat fee of $3. A monthly pass will cost $50 and long-term parking $7 a day. Parking fees will be charged 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The Valley Transportation doesn’t expect lots to fill up for a few years. When the Milpitas station opens there will be a garage for 1,200 cars and another 435 in a street-level lot. The Berryessa station garage can handle 1,150 spaces plus another 328 in an adjacent lot with room to expand..
Q: When will the light rail line from Eastridge to the BART station in San Jose open?
Mike Diaz, San Jose
A: Late 2024.
Q: There are two sets of train tracks running parallel to the BART tracks in Hayward. I’ve been using the downtown Hayward BART Station for three years, and I’ve never seen a train use those tracks. Have they been abandoned?
Bob Frates, Hayward
A: No.This is where BART trains go for maintenance.
Q: It was useful several weeks ago when the electronic sign on Interstate 880 north entering Fremont finally started displaying drive times – Fremont 9 minutes, Hayward 17 minutes and Palo Alto 32 minutes. All day, every day, height of commute, late at night, Sunday afternoon. Any chance of useful information from the electronic sign people?
Marc Ricketts, Fremont
A: The times are the average for all lanes but over time will more accurately reflect a time a trip takes.
Q: There is a Ford with a license plate on the rear that causes the plate reader to charge our account every month when that person’s car crosses the San Mateo Bridge. Our car is a grey 2006 Prius and the plate starts with 5TEZ, and the Ford plate starts with 5TFZ. I have to call FasTrak every month to get the charge removed.
I never use the San Mateo Bridge. Can you do something so that I do not run into this every month?
Michael Singer, San Jose
A: I’ll let the bridge folks know. The camera is misreading the plate number, so you may need to keep hassling them.
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