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PollWould you all be happy with Configuration C or Configuration B for the new BART Cars?
1. Concept C http://bart.gov/docs/cars/interiorConepage.pdf
53%
2. Concept B http://bart.gov/docs/cars/interiorBonepage.pdf
42%
3. Concept D http://bart.gov/news/articles/2012/news20120112.aspx
5%
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Material of BART tickets...plastic? paper?Hi, I was wondering if anyone had information on what material the regular thin bart tickets (not clipper) are actually made of? I see people still refer to them as "paper". Does BART recycle them? How many do they go through a month? Who has the contract to supply them? At what cost? Does anyone have a technical spec? Any links or insights would be great. Thanks. |
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Why do you want to know this
Why do you want to know this info?
I can sort of see the wanting to know if BART recycles the tickets part , but the stock , who makes them and a tech spec?
Very odd .
Seems to me your one of 2 kinds of people ,
1 . A potential contractor being EXTREMELY LAZY in your bidding info gathering.
2. A criminal trying to get more info so that you can make / alter tickets.
Then again , I would imagine getting all the stuff to make and code tickets wouldn't be exactly $$ effective so...
Nope. Not a bidding
Nope.
Not a bidding contractor (if I was I'm sure BART would give me the specs) or a criminal, yet.
I'm a curious student, looking into bio-plastic (or other) alternatives.
I've since dug some more and found out who won the contract to supply them and at what cost to BART. Approx 40 million were used per year back in 2008. I'm fairly sure they don't recycle them.
Moot point, as BART is
Moot point, as BART is phasing the "paper" tickets out, to be replaced by the Clipper Card (which appears to be plastic....).
Not exactly, Clipper is fine
Not exactly, Clipper is fine for regular riders and such but for tourists,people who do not use banks or who don't like linking their bank card/cc to a transit card , the extra $3 buy in for the card is steep.
Until they can get rid of the $3 buy in , BART blue tickets will be around for a GOOD while longer.
I'm just going by what BART
I'm just going by what BART has been saying over the last year or so. They will be phasing out the blue paper tickets, according to their news release (see link below). Red and green will be available for tourists.
http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2012/news20120102.aspx
People who want to use paper tickets forever probably also want to keep paying cash tolls on the Golden Gate Bridge. That option ends very soon when they retire all of the human toll takers for electronic tolling options.
The cards are made of ground
The cards are made of ground up lost and found items and small children left on the train. BART recycles.
Don't forget the crushed
Don't forget the crushed souls and dreams of thousands of people stuck commuting in dirty, smelly, run-down trains that should have been scrapped a decade ago.
If they were made of bicycles
If they were made of bicycles I would stand in line to stoke the ovens.