BART to Unveil Daly City Shop Equipment, Expansion.News Editors OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2002 Rep. Tom Lantos Thomas Peter "Tom" Lantos, Ph.D (born February 1 1928, Budapest, Hungary as Lantos Tamás Péter) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1981, representing California's 12th congressional district, located in the southwest part of San (D-San Mateo) will join BART Director James Fang and 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. officials to unveil new, state-of-the-art equipment at the improved and expanded Daly City Daly City, city (1990 pop. 92,311), San Mateo co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco; inc. 1911. Daly City is primarily residential, its population having grown significantly since the 1970s. Shop and Maintenance Yard at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at ceremonies at the yard. The project is part of BART's 10-year, $1.2 billion, Systemwide Renovation Program. That program is 90 percent complete and includes 439 refurbished BART cars from the original fleet, new automatic fare equipment, including ticket vending machines, bill-to-bill changes, add fare machines and fare gates, and enhancements and expansion of all four BART maintenance facilities. New equipment includes wheel truing machine, car lifts, transfer tracks and car turnout, car washing installation, and significant improvements to all shops. "This is yet another stepping stone on the way to bringing BART to San Francisco International Airport “SFO” redirects here. For other uses, see SFO (disambiguation). For the television series, see . , a goal I promised my constituents when I first ran for the BART Board of Directors," said Director James Fang, who represents much of 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 . "It is also another major milestone in BART's on-going Systemwide Renovation Program. In fact, this is the fourth 'unveiling' BART has held in less than two months, as we have showcased progress on the ambitious renovation program." The Daly City event marks completion of a major milestone of the 22-month, $18 million project to modernize and expand the yard to handle the increased BART patronage when the transit district's 8.7-mile, four-station extension to San Francisco International Airport opens in January. Some 70,000 passengers per weekday are expected to ride the SFO SFO (in Britain) Serious Fraud Office extension, with stations at South San Francisco South San Francisco, city (1990 pop. 54,312), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1908. South San Francisco has several industrial parks; its manufactures include medical supplies and equipment, foods, paint, paper products, consumer goods, and clothing. , San Bruno San Bruno (săn br  `nō), city (1990 pop. 38,961), San Mateo co., W Calif., a suburb on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1914. There is light manufacturing and petroleum refining. (Tanforan),
and Millbrae, a shared, cross-platform with Caltrains. Rep. Lantos
helped to secure the federal government's $750 million Full Funding
Grant Agreement that is paying for half the $1.5 billion BART-SFO
extension and stations. BART opted to expand the shops to increase the
availability of cars, rather than buy new cars.
WHAT: Unveil Daly City Maintenance Shop & Yard expansion and
improvements
WHEN: 2 p.m, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002.
WHERE: BART's Daly City Yard and Maintenance Yard Facility
255 D Street, Daly City
WHO: Rep. Tom Lantos (D-San Mateo), BART Director James Fang,
transit district officials and media
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