Candidate for
Director; San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District; District 3

Voters appear to be favoring Smart Growth, Sustainability, Improving our Economic, Social and Environmental Conservation and Cutting Taxes. All of which I support but it also appears voters are willing to support more funding for public transit if it is convenient, cost-effective and if it will improve our social and environmental condition. These are some of the reasons I ran for BART.

Many academicians and transport professionals have endorsed my candidacy for they believe I am knowledgeable of overall transportation working for the social good. One of the several academic endorser wrote this endorsement and mentions some of my philosophy. Emeritus Professor Webber was Director of University of California Berkeley's Transportation Center wrote:

"It is extremely rare to find an experienced professional elected to a public-service role that is exactly central to his professional expertise. Roy Nakadegawa is such a rare public official.
He has had a long distinguished career as a transportation engineer specializing in policy planning. In his numerous elected and appointed positions, he has performed with distinction as an advisor or governor in both federal and local policy organizations. A keen analyst, he characteristically approaches transportation policy questions with a wholly independent mind, searching for the technically optimal solutions rather than for the politically or personally advantageous ones. Although his rigorous analyses frequently lead him into lonely minority positions, he has proven to be a strong advocate and intrepid defender of his analytic findings and his policy recommendations.
As an independent and informed voice on BART's Board of Directors, he performed important and unique service to the region. He should therefore be re-elected to an additional term".