Re:Caltrain Vibration and Volatility Analysis
by inferiorhuman on Friday January 17, 2020 @04:10PM
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Sure. SFO is a clusterfuck of BART's own doing, BART's refusal to coordinate with other transit agencies is infuriating (especially at their much ballyhooed multimodal station). Oakland, OTOH, is an example of how little priority the Bay Area places on usable transit. That Wye wouldn't be here but for the one store owner.
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Re:Caltrain Vibration and Volatility Analysis
by supernova87a on Friday January 17, 2020 @06:55PM
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but for the one store owner
What's the story behind that??
Re:Caltrain Vibration and Volatility Analysis
by inferiorhuman on Friday January 17, 2020 @08:56PM
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I'd have to look it up to get more precise details but essentially back when BART was being built out originally they wanted to build through developed land (could've just been the underground rights). They were able to acquire everything except for one parcel. I'm hazy why eminent domain wasn't used (especially since it's been so wildly abused elsewhere in the country in the subsequent decades), but ultimately BART had to build around this property resulting in an absurdly tight curve. The store is gone but the wye remains as a bottleneck – BART trains have to slow to walking speed (ok ok about 18 mph) to go through it.
Edit:
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/05/07/brake-slamming-...