Comments on: Happy 35th Birthday to BART

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:06:23 +0000

Stephen, thanks for your nice words, and also for alerting me to your blog, which I hadn’t run into before. I’m proud to be your first non-googlebot reader ;-)

By: Stephen Woods

Stephen Woods — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:58:41 +0000

I love your blog too Eric. And anyone on the freeways this monday during the baseball/football perfect storm will appreciate how important BART is. (its not about traffic, its about modes)

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:45:36 +0000

Hi Steve, thanks for dropping by, and also for the bookmark.

On BART finally realizing a new direction to take: I guess I was a bit vague about this in the post — this point was pretty much exactly what the “falling short” bit meant. Perhaps too vague, but it will be an important topic for the future, and it can’t happen a moment to soon. But, by the 60th birthday? Isn’t that just a little too quick? ;-)

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:42:31 +0000

Eric, I just discovered your blog. Bookmarked!

On the occasion of BART’s middle age, it’s probably worth mentioning that the agency is in the process of changing direction. Over time, it intends to become more of a true urban metro — more stations and trains in the core, cars designed for faster boarding, perhaps even limited-stop service. On its 60th birthday, I think we may be very happy for BART indeed (granted, these things take awhile …).