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Re:Entire BART system is down due to computer systems failure by jerlam on Friday May 09, 2025 @01:09PM (#43939031)
As an occasional BART rider, the changes they've made since the pandemic have been in the right direction. I'm mostly indifferent to the new trains and payment cards, but they've increased the frequency so that missing a train doesn't mean you can be waiting for over 30 minutes, which can be longer than your entire trip.

The main problem which BART cannot fix is that the trains usually don't go to where you want to go.

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Re:Entire BART system is down due to computer systems failure by sagarm on Friday May 09, 2025 @04:55PM (#43940777)
BART can fix that by building dense mixed use -- office, commercial, and residential -- around their stops.
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Re:Entire BART system is down due to computer systems failure by pj_mukh on Friday May 09, 2025 @06:33PM (#43941553)
They are doing that in East Bay [1] on BART owned land. They had been blocked so far by the most virulent NIMBY trash leading to some of the most scathing coverage [2]. Most have been unblocked and are under construction. The one still being blocked is Ashby BART because of (say it with me folks), a "HIsToriC flEa MARkeT" (that mostly sells stolen goods)[3].

[1]: https://www.bart.gov/about/business/tod

[2]: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/magazine/housing-berkeley...

[3]: https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/09/17/berkeley-ashby-bart-...

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Re:Entire BART system is down due to computer systems failure by bee_rider on Friday May 09, 2025 @07:01PM (#43941726)
Ok but “historic flea market” cannot possibly a real reason; this must be a parody. What’s the real reason (I won’t click the links due to the cognitive risk of having this ridiculous story confirmed).
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Re:Entire BART system is down due to computer systems failure by Lammy on Friday May 09, 2025 @07:08PM (#43941778)
> What’s the real reason

My links are worth clicking:

http://radicalcartography.net/bayarea.html

https://goldenstatswarrior.substack.com/p/the-great-migratio...

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Re:Entire BART system is down due to computer systems failure by jyounker on Friday May 09, 2025 @05:52PM (#43941248)
BART can't do that. The cities can do that.
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Re:Entire BART system is down due to computer systems failure by somanyphotons on Friday May 09, 2025 @06:22PM (#43941472)
I think that's part of the problem, bart stations should be the centerpiece of a really dense (micro)neighbourhood
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Re:Entire BART system is down due to computer systems failure by lotsoweiners on Friday May 09, 2025 @09:30PM (#43942543)
Lol. That sounds like you’re saying “well the neighborhood sure is shit but at least we’ve got good public transit”.
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Re:Entire BART system is down due to computer systems failure by immibis on Saturday May 10, 2025 @01:42PM (#43947456)
have you ever lived in one of these places? Big cities in Europe are made entirely of them. They're pretty cool.
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