Floor and Seat Cushion Replacement for 50 cars

AdvanceNotice: Floor and Seat Cushion Replacement for 50 cars

$2,550,000


Project Type:	AdvanceNotice
Project Owner:	Bay Area Rapid Transit
Location:	California, United States, San Mateo (CA), San Francisco (CA), Contra Costa (CA), Alameda (CA)
Estimated Value:	$2,550,000
Estimated Jobs:	N/A - Congressional Budget Office As compared with 28 - White House Council of Economic Advisors
Category:	Vehicles - Fleet / Motor Pool Operations, Vehicles - Vehicle Maintenance / Fleet Operation
Market Sector:	State/Municipal
Publication Date:	05/12/2009
Description:	FEDERAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY SPENDING. Federal Transit Administration Project County (FIPS): Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo. Congressional District No.: 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14. Urbanized Area (UZA): San Francisco-Oakland, Concord. Implementing Agency: (FTA Grant Recipient): Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Project Title and/or Type of Project: Floor and Seat Cushion Replacement for 50 cars. Brief Project Description - (If Vehicles and/or Preventive Maintenance, Enter Number...

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Here is what 94 people think:

13.8% - Worthwhile (13 Votes)

2 - Energy Efficiency
2 - Environmental
6 - Long-Term Value
3 - Short-Term Value

86.2% - Unnecessary (81 Votes)

23 - Fraud/Abuse
15 - Not Competitive
43 - Too Costly

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Bert Culbertson

Nov-17-2009 07:10:39 PM

I must be in the wrong industry. Just think if we recarpet all the cars........ what an embarrassment

Nov-17-2009 05:43:50 PM

This is the most corrupt governement we have ever had. Obama and Pelosi are taking the tax payers for everything. When will somebody from Texas or Mississippi step up and end these 2 with a dose of their own medicine?

Gus

Oct-30-2009 08:33:03 AM

This is complete and utter bull<<Deleted by Moderator>>. What moron besides Obama and Pelosi would think this necessary??? Read Atlas Shrugged please.

Tea Partier

Sep-24-2009 04:33:20 PM

This is $51,000 per car for floors and cushions! The necessity of their replacement seems almost irrelevent at this cost.

The Only Fascist Socialist in USA

Sep-13-2009 05:14:26 AM

Wouldn't it be easier to just have Halliburton, AT&T, or some other big donor to make seat cushions with their ads plastered all over them and make them a "free gift" with every annual transit pass holder?

Angry Tax Payer

May-22-2009 08:48:37 PM

Who does this help? This is a joke right?

BART rider

Jun-12-2009 09:19:07 PM

Reply to Angry Tax Payer : You obviously have not been in a BART car. The seats and carpeting are vile and well past their service lives on many of them. This is a benefit to anyone who rides BART

Happy to Pay Taxes to Fix Stuff

Aug-31-2009 10:51:17 AM

Reply to Angry Tax Payer : Yeah ,get angry about something else. Stuff wears out and needs replacing- WOW SHOCKING!

kmac

Sep-29-2009 10:08:15 AM

Reply to BART rider : carpet and cushions? on a mass transit vehicle? A necessary item? You guys do live in a fantasy world. You want nice fluffy cushion and flowers with that? Buy your own damn cushions if want that luxury. Angry tax payer is dead right, why should my children being paying the debt for you cushions!!!!

Dave

Oct-02-2009 05:29:12 AM

Reply to BART rider : If you want comfort, buy your own vehicle. Don't rely on us to pay your way.

Oct-15-2009 01:32:42 PM

Reply to Happy to Pay Taxes to Fix Stuff : yeat, but it shoudnt cost that much.

Realist

Oct-29-2009 05:50:41 AM

Reply to BART rider : In NY and DC when we ride public transit we typically have to stand up (standing room only). And the only buses or trains with cushions on them are the ones that you pay $100 for to take 8 hour trips. Nobody commutes on mass transit in luxury or comfort. Certainly not funded by the taxpayers. Of course it is San Fran so maybe folks fannies are hurting a little more.

The Objectivist

Oct-30-2009 08:36:14 AM

Reply to Happy to Pay Taxes to Fix Stuff : Yeah, but if it is a viable business then BART should have the <<Deleted by Moderator>>ing funds to pay for its own repairs, you <<Deleted by Moderator>>ing imbecile, not tax payers money. Why don't you read Atlas Shrugged and see yourself with the looter mentality you have. Bastard idiot like Obama.

Common Cents

Nov-17-2009 11:47:40 AM

Reply to Happy to Pay Taxes to Fix Stuff : Yeah but why do I, a resident of ILLINOIS, have to pay for it???? And $51,000 per vehicle!? C'mon now!!

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