BART Names Parking Manager.News Editors/Transportation Writers OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2001 BART General Manager Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs Margro today announced the hiring of Mr. Kevin Hagerty to the newly created position of Parking Manager for the transit system. Margro said the creation of this new position and appointment of Mr. Hagerty signals the beginning of a whole new policy focus and eventual changes in BART's parking management with a view to overall improved service to BART's customers. "We're looking at the development of policies and strategies for short and long-term management of parking as a critical resource of the transit district A transit district or transit authority is a special-purpose district organized as either a corporation chartered by statute, or a government agency, created for the purpose of providing public transportation within a specific region. to meet the demand as the demand grows along with ridership rid·er·ship n. The number of passengers who ride a public transport system. , which is currently averaging 335,000 daily," Margro said. BART today provides nearly 42,000 parking spaces systemwide and will be adding another 5,000 spaces when the new BART/San Francisco International Airport line opens in the fall of 2002. BART Director Dan Richard, who chairs the Planning, Public Affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. , Access and Legislation Committee of the BART Board, and who has been working closely with parking-related issues, said he was delighted with the creation of the parking manager position because it will place a strong focus on improving access to the system, now and in the years ahead. Hagerty, who has over 25 years of experience in the management of parking, comes to BART from U.C. Berkeley where he served as Manager of Transportation Planning Transportation planning is the field involved with the siting of transportation facilities (generally streets, highways, sidewalks, bike lanes and public transport lines). , and Parking programs. Prior to that he served as Director of the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Parking Authority. Hagerty assumed his new job on Monday, May 14. |
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