Fare Set For New Oakland Airport BART Connector
Jun 12, 2014, 6:24 pm
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Fare Set For New Oakland Airport BART Connector
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — BART directors voted Thursday to set the fare for the new 3.2-mile connector from the Oakland Coliseum station to the Oakland International Airport at $6.
The fee for the new driverless service on the elevated track, which is scheduled to begin this fall, is double the $3 fee for AirBART, a shuttle bus that currently takes airport passengers from the Coliseum station to the airport.
The fee for the new driverless service on the elevated track, which is scheduled to begin this fall, is double the $3 fee for AirBART, a shuttle bus that currently takes airport passengers from the Coliseum station to the airport.
Jun 13, 2014, 10:34 am
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Jun 13, 2014, 2:10 pm
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As long as AC transit doesn't discontinue the 73 bus I'll stick with that from the BART station. At $2.10 (or free as a UC Berkeley student) I take it over the current AirBART anyways, since it picks up and drops off at almost the exact same location and is just as frequent.
Edit: I believe that the fare with a clipper card is $2 starting in July, with a further $0.50 discount for the BART -> AC transfer.
Edit: I believe that the fare with a clipper card is $2 starting in July, with a further $0.50 discount for the BART -> AC transfer.
Last edited by bpe; Jun 13, 2014 at 2:15 pm
Jun 13, 2014, 2:17 pm
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$6 seems pretty steep for such a short ride. JFK AirTrain is $5, and it's a much longer trip to Jamaica Station.
Jun 13, 2014, 5:19 pm
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As long as AC transit doesn't discontinue the 73 bus I'll stick with that from the BART station. At $2.10 (or free as a UC Berkeley student) I take it over the current AirBART anyways, since it picks up and drops off at almost the exact same location and is just as frequent.
Edit: I believe that the fare with a clipper card is $2 starting in July, with a further $0.50 discount for the BART -> AC transfer.
Edit: I believe that the fare with a clipper card is $2 starting in July, with a further $0.50 discount for the BART -> AC transfer.