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Thomas M. "Tom" Blalock
40069 votes
76.6%
- Occupation: BART Director
- Was City Engineer and Public Works Director at City of Fremont for 35 years
- Elected BART Board President for 2000
- Licensed Civil Engineer
- Member of St. Anne and St. James Episcopal churches in Fremont for 40 years
- California National Guard for 11 years
- Member of Golden Gate District Board, Childrens' Home Society of California (2 yrs as President)
Priorities:
- Complete the Warm Springs extension and connect BART to San Jose
- Seek funding for seismic safety improvements
- Continue to protect discounted tickets for seniors, children, and disabled riders
Nancy Jewell Cross
12155 votes
23.2%
- Occupation: Transportation Systems Developer
- Chief Executive Officer of CLEAN AIR TRANSPORT SYSTEMS --
- Regional & Interregional Developers.
- Education: A.B., Ph.D., and more. Experience includes Legislative Aide to the State Assembly Committee on Planning, Conservation, and Public Works;
- research engineering in private industry; scientific research and teaching on the faculties of several major
- universities; and over 20 years in multimodal transportation systems development.
Priorities:
- Bart use sound accounting practices to measure its performance. Include in now falsely-high-reported fare box ratio, non-recurring and capital costs.
- Bart reconsider holding 400 acres of prime urban land for private car storage off tax rolls on cities' abilities to meet housing needs.
- Restructure the regional mpo/MTC to prime plan integrated rail systems, incl. rail hub at Union City:Southbay Trolley Electric, ACE, Capitols, & Bart.
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