PCAD - Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) System

Structure Type: built works - infrastructure - transportation structures - subway stations

San Francisco, CA

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On 11/06/1962, voters ratified a $792 million bond proposal to start construction of an computerized electric rail system to join various communities around the San Francisco Bay. In 1966, the American Institute of Architects passed a resolution at its 98th Annual Convention, praising the residents of San Francisco for rejecting the use of federal funds to build expressways through historic parts of the city. It also commended the region's plan to establish the Bay Area Rapid Transit Authority.

PCAD id: 3408

Publications

"Good News To Transportation Planners, Automatic Train Control Successful", American Institute of Architects Journal, 56: 6, 12, 12/1971. "Newslines: Emmons Resigns as BART's Consulting Architect; Charges Absence of Architectural Considerations", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 46: 5, 12, 11/1966. "Other Resolutions", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 46: 3, 93, 09/1966. "Fighting the War Image of the City", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 46: 5, 91-92, 11/1966. Ritter, Paul, Planning for Man and Motor, 104, 1964. Ritter, Paul, Planning for Man and Motor, 103-104, 1964.

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) System (1964-1967)

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