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Re:‘The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down’ by alexbeloi on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @03:18PM (#16578923)
In principal Bart[0] is supposed to be operated almost automatically and the train operator is there for announcements, closing doors and watching the track for hazards. In practice, the operator does a lot of speeding up/down manually. I can't find it now, but I remember reading an article that claimed that Bart trains were operated in manual mode 90% of the time, not sure the reason.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit#Automat...

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Re:‘The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down’ by njarboe on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @03:45PM (#16579127)
Probably because otherwise the operator gets really bored and feels the machine is driving him instead of the other way around.
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Re:‘The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down’ by inferiorhuman on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @07:40AM (#16583986)
I doubt BART runs manually 90% of the time. When run manually the speed limit is so much lower you'd know. However BART operators often have to reposition the trains manually within a station and crank the switches manually.
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