Meanwhile, Lew Wolff and his daughter Kari visited Pioneer Elementary School in Union City, where they read to 130 first- and second-graders as part of their pro-literacy program.
Fremont city manager Manny Diaz discussed Fremont's hopes of getting the A's. According to Diaz, the A's have inquired about Pacific Commons, the new development along I-880 and Auto Mall Parkway. Talks are definitely heating up between Fremont and the A's, though Fremont is still in the preliminary stages.
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There's one already available in the sidebar called Fremont. I should probably update the pictures of the Pacific Commons site.
It's a little more complex than just cashing out. There are land use issues involving the NUMMI property, and if they're not willing to sell, it's not like Fremont's going to be able to exercise eminent domain.
Unless a site can be found in the Fremont hills (not going to happen), they're all going to be flat.
There's no BART at Pacific Commons, but a shuttle ride would be no more than 5 minutes away from the future Warm Springs BART station, the same as if a ballpark were built at the Estuary.
Ever seen people leaving a Sharks game? Tons of them use shuttles. It works astoundingly well. The same can be said for the shuttles used by fans that leave A's fireworks games early for BART.
Wolff and Fisher are going to bring in investor partners for this development. They're not going to commit one red cent without some decent returns. I'm all ears for solutions (besides the status quo) if you have any.
All the talk of shuttles reminds me of the lpg trams used by Disneyland to fairy guests from the parking structure to the park. It's one of the most efficient means of transporting people short distances that I have ever encountered. It doesn't appear to very expensive either. Three trams ought to offer more than enough capacity for a 40K ballpark.
I still would like to know when BART is coming to Warm Springs. We all know how long it took to get the other extensions buiit, and frankly I think we're looking ten years at the least.
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