Politics & Government

Local Leaders Criticize BART Plans For Housing

There's a backlash to BART plans for new housing at some of its stations around the Bay Area.

DUBLIN, CA — There’s a backlash to BART plans for new housing at some of its stations around the Bay Area. Suburban communities are worried they could get “big-timed” by the transit agency.

The push to let BART build additional dense housing units and transit villages on BART parking lots in suburban towns had a who’s who of Tri-Valley mayors, city councilemembers and lawmakers lining up Monday at the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station to say “no.”

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