BART Board mortgages system for East Oakland “Blingfrastructure”

This afternoon, the BART Board of Directors voted 7-1 (Radulovich no, Murray absent) to take out a $150m loan to fund the construction of an elevated fixed-guideway transit system to the Oakland airport. Community groups including Genesis, Asian-Pacific Environmental Network, and Urban Habitat, teamed with BART and AC Transit unions and transit advocates to urge the BART Board to adopt