Submitted by TreoBART on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 6:28am.
Given the state of the cars and the system in general, they should allocate that money to capital projects, or keep it as a buffer against future shortfalls.
Submitted by bartarded on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 12:46pm.
NO!!!!!!!!!!
spend the money fixing the cars, getting new cars so they can have longer trains, cleaning the station, securing the fare areas to reduce fare evasion, etc!
tehre are so many better things to spend this money on!!!
Submitted by bart_rider on Tue, 05/25/2010 - 10:14pm.
There are so MANY delays due to "equipment problem on train" that I think maybe BART should spend the 5 million fixing the WORN OUT cars so there aren't so many delays. Like these pathetic, broken down, warn out, sardine cans are going to last until 2017. Get a clue BART, your friggin cars ARE WORN OUT NOW. Quit making 8 million dollar mistakes building new stations when you don't even have enough trains cars in good condition to support the system NOW. MORONS.
Submitted by bluehale on Wed, 05/26/2010 - 12:58pm.
You would need more than 5 million to fix rehab the old fleet. Well BART's between a rock and a hard place when it comes to their railcars. Your going to have to deal with the rail cars breaking down more frequently for the next 10 years until the new fleet is completely ordered. BART should of really started the process of replacing the fleet 10 years ago instead of now. And I don't know where I read this, but it might take until 2020 or later for the new fleet to arrive because the rail car builders are busy with orders from Washington D.C. and New York City.
Submitted by miserable muni ... on Wed, 05/26/2010 - 1:44pm.
And how many years of teething problems will we see with the new fleet? Five mil might not rehab the whole fleet or even pay for one new rail car, but it might pay for enough preventative maintenance to make a difference.
What, if anything, is going on with the Dublin station? Do they still have to virtually tear
it down because of crappy steel? There doesn't seem to be much activity there lately.
Submitted by bart_rider on Fri, 06/11/2010 - 6:58pm.
I also vote to quiet the noise in the TRANS-BAY Tube; gheese, it has gotten unbearable. BART spent $17,000,000 on a second track grinder at least two years ago, and I have NOT NOTICED EVEN ONE NOISE improvement yet on the PBP line unless it is a refurbished train car. Some trains are more noisy through the TBT than others......
Given the state of the cars
Given the state of the cars and the system in general, they should allocate that money to capital projects, or keep it as a buffer against future shortfalls.
NO!!!!!!!!!! spend the money
NO!!!!!!!!!!
spend the money fixing the cars, getting new cars so they can have longer trains, cleaning the station, securing the fare areas to reduce fare evasion, etc!
tehre are so many better things to spend this money on!!!
There are so MANY delays due
There are so MANY delays due to "equipment problem on train" that I think maybe BART should spend the 5 million fixing the WORN OUT cars so there aren't so many delays. Like these pathetic, broken down, warn out, sardine cans are going to last until 2017. Get a clue BART, your friggin cars ARE WORN OUT NOW. Quit making 8 million dollar mistakes building new stations when you don't even have enough trains cars in good condition to support the system NOW. MORONS.
You would need more than 5
You would need more than 5 million to fix rehab the old fleet. Well BART's between a rock and a hard place when it comes to their railcars. Your going to have to deal with the rail cars breaking down more frequently for the next 10 years until the new fleet is completely ordered. BART should of really started the process of replacing the fleet 10 years ago instead of now. And I don't know where I read this, but it might take until 2020 or later for the new fleet to arrive because the rail car builders are busy with orders from Washington D.C. and New York City.
And how many years of
And how many years of teething problems will we see with the new fleet? Five mil might not rehab the whole fleet or even pay for one new rail car, but it might pay for enough preventative maintenance to make a difference.
What, if anything, is going
What, if anything, is going on with the Dublin station? Do they still have to virtually tear
it down because of crappy steel? There doesn't seem to be much activity there lately.
From what I heard they will
From what I heard they will be starting up again in June so expect the single tracking through there.
I also vote to quiet the
I also vote to quiet the noise in the TRANS-BAY Tube; gheese, it has gotten unbearable. BART spent $17,000,000 on a second track grinder at least two years ago, and I have NOT NOTICED EVEN ONE NOISE improvement yet on the PBP line unless it is a refurbished train car. Some trains are more noisy through the TBT than others......