10. "How? We still out here?!? " In response to Reply # 6
not in the numbers we used to have but we out here. Fillmore, Sunnydale, Friendship Village and the Point are all still here in some capacity. Lakeview is gone but that was already happening.
I'm from the city of sun and seas, wind breeze, money make love turn to enemy, highest crime rate in the vicinity
7. "look at how not crowded it is!" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Aug-23-17 06:08 PM by Flash80
look at how there's no hipsters wearing backpacks bumping into everyone!
look at how no one's blocking the door.
look at how clean it is!
i wanna cry.
i ride this POS 2-3 times a week. wanted to punch the obese shanaynay booth attendant who threw shade last week when i needed help with my clipper card.
normal35762 Member since Oct 20th 2004 13249 posts
Wed Aug-23-17 07:16 PM
8. "Are BART trains super crowed all the time now cause...." In response to Reply # 7
even back in those days trains would be crowded. Maybe not like it is now but still crowed standing room only. The trains in the video seem to be going the opposite of Downtown Oakland/San Fran commuter traffic. Or it isnt commute hour.
12. "RE: Are BART trains super crowed all the time now cause...." In response to Reply # 8
>even back in those days trains would be crowded. Maybe not >like it is now but still crowed standing room only. The trains >in the video seem to be going the opposite of Downtown >Oakland/San Fran commuter traffic. Or it isnt commute hour.
it's definitely pittsburg-baypoint and fremont lines.
i just wanted an excuse to gripe.
but yeah, ridership's up 30% in the last 4 years, shit's breaking down more than ever (tho new trains are coming), fares are going up again...yet employees keep getting ridiculous raises to do nothing except be lazy and wait for dat pension.
we'll see what the $3.5B bond that passed actually pays for. rumor is 1/3 of it's going to salaries.
16. "RE: I was blown away when I saw how packed the West O. station got" In response to Reply # 14
>back in the days (as in 8 years ago) west oakland station >would be a fuckin' desert
yeah, i definitely miss the commute during the recession. goddamn it was so hassle-free. almost makes you wanna root for another one, in a perverse kind of way. lol.
back then you could get on at rockridge and find a seat... maybe have to wait until macarthur when folks got off to transfer and that's it.
i'm glad they finally pulled out seats to make more room.
11. "RE: BART rider footage from 1991." In response to Reply # 0
I went to the Mission YMCA summer camp during the early 90s. We took the BART from Glen Park station, got off at RockRidge station and walked up to Lake Temescal for swimming.
15. "I fucked around and missed a connection @ 19th bc I am used to 12th." In response to Reply # 0
Last time I was out there on a Pittsburg train needing to get to Berkeley I got off @ 12th for the transfer and the Richmond train left me. It would've waited @ 19th, I heard. It used to wait @ 12th.
normal35762 Member since Oct 20th 2004 13249 posts
Thu Aug-24-17 07:34 PM
17. "RE: I fucked around and missed a connection @ 19th bc I am used to 12th." In response to Reply # 15
I wonder why they never said 19th st is a transfer point although you can use it as one. Sometimes in the morning the Richmond and Condord trains would arrive a the same time upstairs and roll side by side and go seperate ways after Mac Arthur.
Remember when the West Oakland station was called Oakland West? My and one of my patnas would make jokes about that.
18. "Yeah I remember Oakland West. Lol" In response to Reply # 17
19th is the official transfer station for northbound/eastbound trains now. They made a change a few years ago. I agree - when it was 12th we could also use 19th but it was not a guaranteed transfer bc the trains wouldn't wait for each other @ 19th like they did @ 12th.
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