Despite Brand New Parking Garage At Walnut Creek BART Station, A Shortage Of Spots,

[@americanjedi7749]

That’s $360 a month just on parking. Add fare for BART to go even to Oakland, $144 a month, SF $216 a month. Total $504 to $576 month just to go to work. Is it really cheaper than driving?!? I guess the only better part would be the RAPID part of BART. Because it’s definitely not saving money.

[@josuenogueras7141]

or take uber/lyft

[@pkasb90]

Already paying $3000 home rent, $500 a month for parking is nothing really.

[@TheCloakedTiger]

They should have built more levels like the Pleasant Hill Station. :/

[@MagicPigGames]

Oh screw this shit. I bought a week of daily parking at bart walnut creek. Parked there, and then got FIVE $63 "citations" because I parked... AT THE DAMN STATION. So now they say "oh that garage? That's not OUR garage..that's a different one" Even though all the signs lead to it and the sign says "Daily parking". 100% a scam.

[@Lion_McLionhead]

Easy solution: allow electric scooters on the iron horse trail & have scooter sharing.

[@zimmerman1031]

I wonder how much of that revenue stream "needed" for future developments, is going to the pockets of the lawmakers, politicians, and other corrupt individuals who turn a blind eye to this hustle? The made it clear that a transit agency is being controlled by 3rd parties who do as they please, charge whatever they want for goods or parking, and face no push back from a government that should be protecting it's people.

[@fernando18455]

So it didn't fix anything, just adding to traffic?

[@erich84502ify]

And gas is $4

[@Josh-rv6og]

The problem is obvious - there's almost no bus service in Walnut Creek, and the roads are hostile to bicycling. People have no other option but to drive. Ygnacio Valley Road needs a protected bike lane.

[@brianp5205]

Then get a car.

[@TohaBgood2]

@@brianp5205 Everybody already has a car. The problem is that it is impossible to use a car to get around a dense urban area. That's what transit is for. There is no way to make room for all those cars without bulldozing one half of the city and paving over the other for parking. This worked in the 50s and 60s when a large part of the population was unable to afford a car but was still paying taxes for roads and highways. Now that most people can afford a car it's just not possible to continue living like this. We need to invest in proper transit like they do in Europe and Asia!

[@NicoTNN]

BART is so poorly managed. The excuses they come with...just....how do riders except this. The bay area deserves better.

[@lotto5742]

Is BART govt. funded or privately owned?

[@TohaBgood2]

@@lotto5742 Private companies have their own issues. They may be different issues, but no less severe.

[@jorgeloera510]

Me and my company did the footings EBI I was the grade setter

[@MamaHarperr]

Good job Jorge

[@harveyswik]

Demand will always rise to match supply.

[@matt7iron]

It's a tie for most miserably run entity BART, US POST OFFICE, OR DMV, but here's a heads up the Vallejo DMV has their crap together, lady greeting you at the front door and giving you paperwork and telling you where to sit or stand, go early 8-9 am without app and it's all good.

[@juicyfruit6311]

I drove from Fremont to Gilroy to get my new driver's license. Gilroy had the only spots open in such a short notice. Met multiple people from SF who said they Gilroy was there best option.

[@jfungsf882]

I promise you suburbanites that NO MATTER how much car parking you folks build, YOU will ALWAYS have a SHORTAGE of car parking spaces! I guess YOU people need to google up the term "INDUCED DEMAND"! Rather instead you folks should find MORE ways that DON'T involve driving a car to get to the BART Station OK!

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Is it true Walnut Creek is just Berkeley with Balls??

[@fernando18455]

Did you see the video? They gotta pay 18 for parking now. It would take balls to say hell nah, but even monthly parking spots are sold out.

[@jaymeez]

matty t Hmmm So you say you are Black in a comments section and we are to believe this?

[@jonmacdonald5345]

jaymeez He is Black! he used the Word Goon!!

[@matt7iron]

@@jaymeez homey I been to Sylvia's Soul food joint in Harlem and ate Black eyed peas, okra, yams, hamhocks, cornbread and fried chicken with the godfather of soul James Brown and Race Baiter Al Sharpton in the house sitting 15 feet away from me in that Harlem Restaurant in 1997, when you were running around poppin cherry filled pop tarts for lunch.

[@YBGuy]

I bet there is plenty of parking right now. : /

[@inkbold8511]

Forget it, just drive.

[@jaymeez]

Greedy Capitalism at work again. When you privatize you can guarantee higher cost with lesser services. Vote Bernie so we can have Medicare For All!!!

[@TohaBgood2]

What does this have to do with capitalism? If we built the parking structure from tax money we would still pay the same amount of money in the end, but it would come out of our taxes. This way only the people who want to park at BART pay for it. Isn't that fairer than charging the entire region for a piece of infrastructure that only some BART riders will ever use?

[@jaymeez]

@@TohaBgood2 A Fool of a Took

[@TohaBgood2]

@@jaymeez So no logical counterargument then? Yeah, I thought so.

[@jaymeez]

@@TohaBgood2 The onus was on YOU to have a counter argument to my comment but since you only regurgitate right wing talking points then my response was exactly what you deserved.

[@TohaBgood2]

@@jaymeez Ummm, what? What right wing talking points? Is basic economics now somehow right wing? :))) Also, I agree with Bernie on most issues and am actually to the left of him on a few. Don't hide behind ideology. Answer the question. Why was this not built on taxpayer money? And if it were, why should my taxes pay for some dope to park at a BART station with a huge subsidy for his gas guzzler? Why can't he just bike or walk there? I do.