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Description: Discussion of Bay Area transit/commute/driving issues.
 

The bridge builder choice of California Democrats...The Cracks in China's Shiny Buildings. 
  [link] shiny-buildings#r=rss On a Saturday morning in September, prospective homebuyers thronged the sales office for Fun City, a community of high-rises under construction on Beijing’s outskirts. Whether the buildings will still be standing a half-... more »
By Leroy N. Soetoro  - Jun 19 - 1 new of 1 message    

Overstating the situation - Transit worker lauded for fending off naked man in San Francisco train station 
  "Duane Bullard was given dinner and a paid day off for his bravery, officials with the Bay Area Rapid Transit said Wednesday. Video of the bizarre incident in which Bullard protects a young woman from the attacker went viral online this week." That's the ugliest bald-headed young woman ever seen on earth.... more »
By Destroy Sanctuary Cities  - Jun 15 - 1 new of 1 message    

BART of the Future 
  [link] [link] Does anyone know the current seat width and leg room measurements? Looking at the schematic, they are making the seats much smaller in order to accommodate bikes and standing passengers.... more »
By Kenneth M. Lin  - Jun 13 - 9 new of 9 messages    

Wow. Menlo Park Red Light Cameras aren't cheap 
  [link] $5600 a month, per intersection, so breakeven is 12 tickets a month.
By spamtrap1888  - May 17 - 7 new of 7 messages    

BART Employee Salary 
  It's so hard to imagine that the person that's just sitting there reading paperback is making more than 99% of the people that take BART to work. And they have life-time pension waiting for them when they get too old to sit around hardly doing anything. [link]... more »
By Kenneth M. Lin  - May 12 - 7 new of 7 messages    

ClipperCard accuracy? 
  I get on BART at El Cerrito Del Norte and I swear that two out of ten times I get "see agent" message when I try to swipe my ClipperCard. It's not as bad at other stations but last weekend at Powell Station my card was read correctly but I still got the "see agent." At Del Norte I must always swipe... more »
By Kenneth M. Lin  - Apr 26 - 3 new of 3 messages    

Embarrassing with ClipperCard 
  Last weekend I was trying to get on BART at Powell Station but when I swiped my ClipperCard, I got a message saying "see agent." I tried again and still got the same message. This entrance only had one turnstile allocated for going in and there were people behind me so I walk over to other entrance... more »
By Kenneth M. Lin  - Apr 25 - 2 new of 2 messages    

Clipper Card Online Refills Can Take 5 Days to be Credited 
  We were going into San Francisco yesterday and I thought we might use Muni so I put $20 onto a new Clipper card that I had received some time back at a street fair (where they still give them out free rather than charging $3). After I added the money, I was informed that it could take up to five days to appear on the account. I called the customer service... more »
By sms  - Apr 21 - 3 new of 3 messages    

New bus route between Santa Cruz and Monterey 
  <[link]> "Line 78 is a commuter express bus route that offers a one-seat bus ride between Monterey and Santa Cruz for the first time in mass transit history in the state of California. Line 78 was made possible through special grants."... more »
By sms  - Apr 6 - 4 new of 4 messages    

How to Ride Caltrain 
  For those who don't know how, Caltrain created a YouTube video showing how in five easy steps: [link] - Peter
By Peter Lawrence  - Apr 4 - 18 new of 18 messages    

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