Richmond is among the Bay Area locations where BART and Capitol Corridor trains operate in close proximity. Regional transportation planners want to hear from the community about desires for an upgraded an more interconnected regional rail system that will be built by 2040. (Photo courtesy of Link21 Program)

A project to build a second rail crossing from San Francisco to the East Bay will now only serve BART or regional rail, but not both as previously planned because it is not cost effective, according to the project’s planning staff.

The project, known as Link21, would center around the second transbay rail crossing and include additional rail system improvements across Northern California in an effort to reduce vehicle traffic and make public rail transit more accessible.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.