OK 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

We need this train; the last train is always fucking late. ERGH! This is a HUGE inconvenience.

http://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.

I 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

From the new BART Fares and Schedule Brochure

I like it!

Yesterday 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?

The 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

pres 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.

Am 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

From 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>

Riders 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.

Yup 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.