I just saw a blurb somewhere that said that China finished a massive project there in 6 months.
This article states that: By 2030, the abandoned rail bridge near the Dumbarten. will be rebuilt. 2030-2018 is 12 years, something is wrong here.

"On Tuesday, voters approved Regional Measure 3, which allocates $130 million for improvements to the Dumbarton Corridor."

Well...*technically* this is true. But keep in mind Regional Measure 2 (RM2) listed Dumbarton as a project as well, and at one point there was even some funding for Dumbarton rail. But the MTC violated RM2 requirements and defunded Dumbarton Rail. There's nothing currently stopping the MTC from doing it again.

RM3 listing a $130m commitment to Dumbarton means NOTHING. The MTC feels fully entitled to violate the legal requirements of the propositions as it sees fit.



I hope Facebook knows what its dealing with. Unless Facebook writes rock-solid contracts that represent its interests and vigorously enforces the contracts (and is willing to absorb the MTC's political spin when it inevitably stabs Facebook in the back), the MTC will repurpose any funding Facebook provides to anything it sees fit.

Considering the MTC is controlled by BART, SF and SJ, you can be sure any Facebook funding will go everywhere EXCEPT Dumbarton, unless Facebook is willing to go to the mat to represent its interests and ignore the political hits that will be coming.

I hope Facebook can be part of the solution for the Dumbarton gridlock, but I seriously doubt the MTC can be an honest partner in solving it.

Good luck.

china doesn't need to get the approval of NIMBY residents, nor endless studies nor funding discussions.

We need to find better ways to get employees to their jobs without private cars. Realistically, there is not enough road space or parking space left for more cars. Busses are great. Trains are great. Billions for new streets is wasted money.

Days after the Loma Prieta earthquake (1989), Caltrans added a third travel lane in each direction to the Dumbarton Bridge at the expense of bike lanes. 29 years later why should it take seven years to convert that existing travel lane to an express/HOV lane?