Economic Development Forum

This month's Economic Development Forum will present a special treat - a report from BART's Tom Dunscombe on the Oakland Airport Connector, which is scheduled to begin operations later this month.
 

In the four years that the Connector project has been under construction, 1,316 on-site jobs were created. Of those positions, 807 were filled by Bay Area talent with 240 of those workers living in Oakland or nearby communities.

The 3.2-mile link between BART's Coliseum Station and Oakland International Airport will replace AirBART, a shuttle bus operated by the Port of Oakland. The Connector will be a far more relaxing ride that will offer swift, reliable service because the system will be all electric and will run on a fixed, elevated guideway above the Hegenberger congestion.