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Submitted by hardworker on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 9:23pmReasons for a Home Security System
Submitted by Mcdaddy on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 6:31amOK so apparently the site is back up and running again. I find it rather ironic that the restoration of our spam service is announced with an annoying spam post. So welcome back ragers! - TreoBART
FUCK BART FOR SCRATCHING THE 12:09 A.M. TO PITTSBURG
Submitted by bart_rider on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 3:49pmWe need this train; the last train is always fucking late. ERGH! This is a HUGE inconvenience.
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IS BART PERFECT NOW???
Submitted by BEAR ON BART on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 2:57pmCrack in span may delay Bay Bridge opening
Submitted by RandySF on Sun, 09/06/2009 - 10:24amhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/05/BALL19J81O.DTL&tsp=1
Inspectors discovered a crack in a crucial component of the east span of the Bay Bridge on Saturday that could jeopardize the planned Tuesday morning reopening of the bridge.
The flaw was found in a chainlike steel link that helps hold up the eastern portion of the bridge. The link is almost 2 inches thick and was cracked halfway through, said Ken Brown, senior bridge engineer.
Tiny Ticket Ripoff
Submitted by BLADEZOR on Thu, 09/03/2009 - 12:55pmI buy senior discount tickets, and when BART raised the fares the last time I now have
.30 left on every ticket I can't use. Since the ticket machines will not allow
money to be added to green tickets, I asked the station agent what to do and he
said I would be reimbursed when I bought a new ticket at the in-station transit
store.
I saved up 10 of the .30 tickets and and stood in line to purchase 2 new green
tickets which would normally cost $18.00. The ticket clerk gave me my 2 new tickets
and charged me $15.90. When I informed him that it should have cost $15.00 he
New BART map!!!
Submitted by adipasqu on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 9:20pmFrom the new BART Fares and Schedule Brochure
I like it!
Police action at Colma Monday evening
Submitted by eklein23 on Tue, 09/01/2009 - 10:08amYesterday evening around 7pm, my Airport-bound train went through Colma without stopping, due to what the TO described as a "police action" there. When my train passed (using the northbound track), I did see an empty train stopped at the southbound platform, but not much going on. By the time I made it back to Colma from South SF (about 15 minutes later), everything was back to normal. Anybody know more details on this?
BART Cars Begin Showing Updated Route Map
Submitted by ThoughtPolice on Mon, 08/31/2009 - 8:10pmThe car I was on this evening, 1843, had a new sticker on the route map, showing the updated route effective 9/14/09. I walked to a few other cars, but none of them had this updated sticker yet.
Maybe I completely missed it (quite possible), but I haven't seen much/any press on these schedule changes.
The effective changes:
- Elimination of the weekend/evening service on the Dublin/Pleasanton line beyond Daly City
- On weekends and evenings (i.e., when Richmond trains stop at Daly City), Pittsburg/Bay Point line would route San Bruno -> SFO -> Millbrae

Are you going to change your BART schedule because of the Bay Bridge closing?
Submitted by TreoBART on Mon, 08/31/2009 - 7:52ammap of nationwide high speed rail
Submitted by nx2 on Sat, 08/29/2009 - 8:25pmpres obama can be seen here with his photo (a nationwide map!) and more info about midwest high speed rail
http://www.illinoistimes.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=10485
bill clintion signed into law, after a series of train accidents, that rural heavy-rail could only go a maximum speed of 55 or 60mpg i forget; and urban light-rail(trolleys) were limited to 40mph
i remember that law limiting bart's speeds.
BART noise compared to other countries' rapid transit
Submitted by briechel on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 4:26pmAm visiting a friend in Albany and the BART noise is very bad. I grew up in Europe and I do not remember the rapid transit trains there ever being this noisy. What is it that BART is doing wrong?
Berni R

Gee....it's SO nice to be included
Submitted by icrew on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 11:42amFrom http://www.vta.org/news/show/nr08-03:
"VTA is also inviting the public to give input on a name for the BART Silicon Valley Extension Project, to serve as its identity during planning and construction. To participate in the naming of the project visit www.vta.org/bart-survey." (emphasis mine)
<sarcasm>It's so nice that they want to include the public's opinion in the process!</sarcasm>

Delays continue to vex BART
Submitted by stillstillstill... on Thu, 08/27/2009 - 12:45pmRiders heading in and out of S.F. and to and from Peninsula still facing 20-minute waits.
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BART riders heading in and out of San Francisco and to and from the Peninsula continue to face 20-minute delays because of electrical power problems between Daly City and 24th Street Mission stations.
The delays began during the morning commute - shortly after 9 a.m. - but are continuing into the early afternoon.
Upper Class Wins, Middle Class Loses (again)
Submitted by masters on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 9:20amYup and sounds like the management got exactly what it wanted from the employees and the customers. The public and Employees never had a chance. They stuck at a number from day one, and got it.
Now they get to spend spend spend.. Watch for news of hundreds of millions of dollars being awarded to build airport connectors (which they will double the cost to get to OAK Airport similar to what they did to SFO).
You should see hundreds of millions spent going towards SJ from Fremont.
And more hundreds of millions spent on EBart to Antioch.

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