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Polldo you avoid BART on weekends becase of its limited service? please explain your answer in the comments
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EZ Rider for Parking?Does anyone know when the EZ Rider cards will work for parking? Paying cash for parking is starting to get really annoying. And today, I only had a $5 so the stupid machine gives me $4 back in QUARTERS and half of them spilled out of the machine onto the floor. |
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2008 it should be released
2008 it should be released from pilot program status.
If I had to predict I would say early 09.
I heard translink may also come online in 09.
so you think i have to use
so you think i have to use cash until 2009? i noticed the ez rider reader disks are already installed on the parking kiosks, so i was thinking more in terms of months, not years. it was probably less than a month from when they installed the reader disks on the fare gates until they became operational.
The disks have been on all
The disks have been on all the machines since the new machines were installed.
The sensors on the vendors and addfares are still not in use.
I wish they would release more smartcards
last night i was exiting the
last night i was exiting the station along with a large herd of other people. the person in front of me inserts their card and steps toward the gate. as soon as she moves forward, i can see that some bart brainiac has permanently installed some sort of clear plastic pamphlet holder right over the ez rider card reader! i try the card over the pamphlet holder and of course it doesn't work, so i have to fight upstream through the herd of people to get out of the gate and into the next gate. nice job bart.
It is not "permanenly
It is not "permanenly installed", it just clips onto the gate. One of the herd must have slid it back over the card reader. Next time just slide it forward.
i'll try sliding it next
i'll try sliding it next time. it was hard to think quickly with the herd rushing toward me. i didn't want to look like "that guy" that causes a traffic jam because he can't figure out how to use a bart ticket.
i tried pulling it up and the whole top of the fare gate nearly came off. i must have superhuman strength in times of crisis. kinda like the stories you hear about the 90 year old grandma that lifts the car off some poor run-over pedestrian.
thanks for the advice.
EZ Rider Parking
EZ Rider Parking Program
Information regarding the EZ Rider Parking Program can be found at the BART EZ Rider website, https://ezrider.bart.gov and passengers can register for the parking program beginning November 3. Once registered for the program, a passenger will receive a parking hangtag and/or an EZ Rider card (if you are not already an EZ Rider customer). This system enables the BART rider to park in any daily fee parking space, go to an EZ Rider PVM, touch the EZ Rider card to the PVM reader and then proceed to the platform. “With a touch of your card, your hangtag number is activated for the day,” Murray added. “The technology generates a daily list of all hangtag numbers that are validated. BART Police staff will print out this list before they start their enforcement activities.”
Signing up for the EZ Rider Parking Program will be free through January 31, 2009. Beginning February 1, people registering for the program will be assessed a $5.00 fee for the EZ Rider card and $2.00 fee for the hangtag. The same fees will apply for lost or damaged cards or hangtags.
The first station to impelement the program is Orinda, with a scheduled start date of November 10. Over the next two months, parking validation machines will be phased in at 14 other stations. Below is a list of stations that will accept the EZ Rider card for parking payments and the dates scheduled for when you will be able to start using the card. We recommend that you check back at this site to confirm the start dates for your station in case of any unforeseen delays to the schedule.
November 10: Orinda
November 17: Lafayette and Walnut Creek
November 24: Lake Merritt, Fruitvale and West Oakland
December 1: North Berkeley, Ashby and El Cerrito Plaza
December 8: Rockridge, MacArthur and Fremont
December 15: Daly City, Colma and Dublin/Pleasanton