Michael Ealey the CEO of
Streetwise Special Delivery Courier Service, was in Oakland
California making a pickup and delivery. He drove by the site where
BART is constructing the People Mover. It will be a driverless train
system. That would whisk passengers 3.2 miles from the Oakland
Coliseum BART station, to the Oakland Airport in 14 ½ minutes. For
40 years BART’s board and regional transportation officials have
longed to build this rail connection. There was never enough money.
With the uncertain economy, regional transportation board was given a
$70 million in federal stimulus to complete the funding package. The
cost of riding the people mover from Oakland Coliseum Bart Station to
the Oakland Airport will be between $4 and $6. Port of Oakland
officials expect by 2020, 10,000 passengers will
be riding the People Mover. I think the people mover is great for
Oakland’s economy. With the construction of the People Mover 20
percent of local work force is back to work. This means construction
worker that have been out of work, are now employed. Engineers and
Maintenance people are going be hired to maintain the system.
Oakland’s local economy is getting a much needed lift. Streetwise
Special Delivery Courier Service makes pickups and deliveries to
other cities in the Oakland area, Hayward, Alameda, Berkeley,
Emeryville and Richmond.
LM
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