Fleet of the Future - BART Part 2: Episode 44

When we left off in Part 1, the fledgling BART project had just been bailed out by the California State Legislature to the tune of $150 million, but to keep the project from losing any of its ambitious scope, help would come from a seemingly unlikely source: Richard Nixon's federal government. We follow the rest of BART's story and look into 21st-century extensions and modernizations. Where will BART go after COVID? Links and stuffs Merch:https://shop.trlpod.com/ Twitter:@TheRedLine_pod YouTube channel:The Red Line Podcast Spotify:The Red Line Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/theredlinepodcasters Email:[email protected] Website:https://www.trlpod.com/ References & notes [1]BART: A History of BART: The Concept is Born [2]BART: A History of BART: The Project Begins [3]BART: A History of BART: The Project is Rescued [4]U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: CPI Inflation Calculator [5]FoundSF: Key System and March of Progress [6]CBS San Francisco: Plan for 2nd Transbay Tube rail crossing scaled back over cost concerns [7]Western Railway Museum: Key System [8]ABC7 San Francisco: The birth of BART 50 Years Ago: A bold, challenging vision to entice commuters out of their cars [9]Wikipedia: Transbay Tube [10]Wikipedia: General Motors streetcar conspiracy [11]Wikipedia: Key System [12]San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge [13]Wikipedia: Bay Area Rapid Transit § History [14]7x7 Bay Area: Secret San Francisco: The Key System [15]FOX 13 Utah and Salt Lake City: Driver critically injured after being struck by TRAX train [16]SFGATE: The 1979 BART tunnel fire nightmare: 5 minutes from 'catastrophe'