BART Extension opened?
Lisa
provide details (where extension is, how trains serve it, etc.)
Guy Clinton Greenwood
embarrassment, their "NEW" outdated ticket machines are working so poorly
extra station agents are selling tickets at a table.
Lisa (hanc...@cpcn.com) wrote:
: Did BART open an extension to its original system? If so, could someone
Harvey Grosser
Guy Clinton Greenwood <mailto:k...@crl.com> wrote:
-> Last month, Bart opened the first of several new stations. Much to their
-> embarrassment, their "NEW" outdated ticket machines are working so poorly
-> extra station agents are selling tickets at a table.
->
->
-> Lisa (hanc...@cpcn.com) wrote:
-> : Did BART open an extension to its original system? If so, could someone
-> : provide details (where extension is, how trains serve it, etc.)
Actually, I've been out there a couple of times, and the machines seem to be
working fine. However, their operation is so complicated that those people
who aren't comfortable with computers find it just too overwhelming.
--
Harvey Grosser
mailto:har...@ced.berkeley.edu
Extremism in the defense of moderation is no vice; moderation in
opposition to extremism is no virtue.
GeorgeGed
People need to LEARN the new ticket vendors; once done, they will become
proficient in using them. IMHO, commuters in a hurry suffer from lack of
planning.
Get ready for the 21st Century.......
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
George & Cynthia Geder
Oakland, California
~ That what you do most, you do best- Jawanza Kunjufu
RicSilver
GG>What price progress? People need to LEARN the new ticket vendors; once
GG>done, they will become proficient in using them. IMHO, commuters in a
GG>hurry suffer from lack of planning. Get ready for the 21st
Century.......
Amen! It remember when ATMs were first presented to the public? No one was
going to use them because they were so hard to use? Today EVERYONE knows.
The problem is not so much that it's hard as it is new.
Richard L Silver
San Mateo County, CA
415-368-7112
DaveHatunen
RicSilver <rics...@aol.com> wrote:
>geor...@aol.com (GeorgeGed) posted:
>
>GG>What price progress? People need to LEARN the new ticket vendors; once
>GG>done, they will become proficient in using them. IMHO, commuters in a
>GG>hurry suffer from lack of planning. Get ready for the 21st
>Century.......
>
>Amen! It remember when ATMs were first presented to the public? No one was
>going to use them because they were so hard to use? Today EVERYONE knows.
>The problem is not so much that it's hard as it is new.
You bet. And even the current ticket machines baffle those who haven't
used them. Just go into a teh Powell Street station sometime and watch
the tourists fumble around with the machines.
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********** DAVE HATUNEN (hat...@netcom.com) **********
* Daly City California *
* Between San Francisco and South San Francisco *
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Daniel Casey
: Amen! It remember when ATMs were first presented to the public? No one was
: going to use them because they were so hard to use? Today EVERYONE knows.
: The problem is not so much that it's hard as it is new.
Yup, it's a learning curve. I once took a big crowd of Texans and
Arizonans on the DC Metro, and as the token Northeasterner dazzled them
all with my ability to follow the clear instructions on a card vending
machine. Once they get that light rail line in Dallas, they'll wise up. :)
--
Dan "new york for the new yorkers" Casey
dca...@mail.sas.upenn.edu
Shon Sterling
: [sigh] The Texans I work with are still suburban luddities. They refused
: to go near MUNI or BART in San Francisco during MacWorld because it was a
: subway, ergo it was unsafe. While they were blowing large amounts of cash
: on cabs for a week, I spent about $15 total for MUNI/BART fare.
hahahahah, cabs? More people get hurt in cabs one year, than bart in
10.. (not self inflicted, suicides etc) Its all in perception..
When they took the fourth amendment, I was quiet because I didn't deal drugs.
When they took the sixth amendment, I was quiet because I was innocent.
When they took the second amendment, I was quiet because I didn't own a gun.
Now they've taken the first amendment, and I can say nothing about it.
Alan Hirsch
{Eric Hunt (eh...@bga.com) wrote:
{: [sigh] The Texans I work with are still suburban luddities. They refused
{: to go near MUNI or BART in San Francisco during MacWorld because it was a
{: subway, ergo it was unsafe. While they were blowing large amounts of cash
{: on cabs for a week, I spent about $15 total for MUNI/BART fare.
{hahahahah, cabs? More people get hurt in cabs one year, than bart in
{10.. (not self inflicted, suicides etc) Its all in perception..
Still, hands down, the most popular form of public transit is the
elevator--probably followed by the escalatator....
Its because there is land-use planning and making the environmental around its
Pedestiran oriented.