Selfish dumbass forces open door at Glen Park, putting a train out of service Monday morning.

SF Weekly: The Snitch Blog (3/8/10)

the minutes of feb 5th are posted but say mar. 5, ace rail has glitches..

http://www.acerail.com/docs/pdf/Board-Agendas-and-Minutes/Minutes/Item%204.1%20Feb%205th%20Minutes.pdf

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8. Special Presentation by Denis Doute, Vice-President of SNCF

Got a $40 citation today for parking in the reserved lot at BayFair station. It was neatly tucked under my windshield wiper... about two feet away from my yellow reserved parking sticker!

Go BART. Way to treat your loyal customers.

So I was waiting for a train yesterday and it was a 10 car and when it pulled into the station it overshot the floor marks by about 3 or four feet and then just sat there for a long time doing nothing.

Then after about 2-3 minutes of everybody looking around and going "WTF?" one of the station agents (?) got on the intercom and said that the train was "outside the station" and was going to leave without opening the doors and people got PISSED. like really really angry. one guy was all "ARGH!!" and started throwing his newspaper all over the place.

The other day, I forgot to pay the $1 parking fee. I was expecting a parking citation when I got back, but there was nothing! Was it my lucky day, or should I expect something in the mail?

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"Beginning Monday, March 15, 2010, parking fees at Daly City Station will decrease from $3 to $2."

But apparently feeder bus service is just too expensive...

So, the new crossover work on the Concord line will be done in daylight over weekend hours from now 'til May. Single tracking will cause some delays. Clear evidence that maintenance CAN be performed outside of overnight shutdown hours.

At Powell today I walked to the door as they were closing to prepare for my exit. Passenger hurls himself into the doors as they were closing and got a hand through. Dude shoves himself through (was so tempted to push him back but I'm not very big at all), scrambling in and heaving big breaths.

I prayed as the TO opened and closed the doors again, and we were good to go. Thankfully Douchebag walked to the next car; he probably noticed the stares and stinkeyes directed towards him.

this is a combination of "employees worth commending" and "dumbass employee"

yesterday morning i get to bart and park at the very top of the parking structure. stall #8. as i validate my parking, out of the corner of my eye i notice that the 8 on the screen changes to 888 as i push enter. so i pull out the 50 or so receipts and go through them. sure enough, there it is - 888...

i inform the station agent who was extremely helpful (employee worth commending). she added #8 to the parking exception log, and i went on my merry way.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) is on the Street

The RFP for New Vehicles has been 'on the street' since September 16, about 4 months. Over 60 firms have requested plans, including 12 vehicle suppliers: Alstom, Bombardier, Breda, CAF, CNR, CSR, Kawasaki, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo, Nissho Iwai, Rotem and Siemens.

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SFGATE - Funds for BART airport extension reallocated

Do my eyes deceive me?

"BART will get $17 million for other projects, including replacing seat cushions and flooring in some train cars."

But props to the TO today for acknowledging this and for trying to entertain himself:

"Fruitvale Station, this is Fruitvale Station. Fruitvale. There are no vegetables at Fruitvale."

Cheesy maybe, but I thought it was amusing.

The woman next to me decided to paint her nails during the commute. I don't really understand why someone would want to possibly risk ruining work clothes, wasting nail polish or even spill polish if the train suddenly stops.

The fumes bothered me a bit but I wasn't sure if I should say anything to her. Thankfully she put it away, but really?

I've always wondered if the track on the western side of the station is active? Does anyone know? In addition to the various visions of a more integrated vibrant development around Bayfair station in the future, the possiblity of using existing tracks already adjacent would expand access to the bay area's other transit modes/agencies.