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Originally Posted by Gordo
Everyone concentrates on the "free Federal money". What about the remaining $600 million that is not coming from Federal sources? What about the millions of dollars per year in new operational costs? Could these not be better spent other places?
$300 million spent on other projects would do more to improve transit that $1.3 billion will on this project - I think that is the point being made by many in SF.
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Well, "many in SF" don't have to take the 30 Stockton and don't much care about the plight of those who do--or the Chinatown merchants. I think the line will be useful and will be used. At the very least, it will provide a direct route from CalTrain (and BayView) to Market St. (a few blocks west of the TransBay) and Union Square.
Of the other money, $200 million is from the state bonds and whose to say what we would get for something else. That means we might really only use about $400 million for other uses and that's over quite a number of years. I don't know if there would be better ways to spend that or not.