BART Richmond Train at Downtown Berkeley

[2204Alpha]

BART sucks in certain areas where its filled with thugs and criminals.

[socool775]

Haha, I was at that station twice yesterday. This was the first time I've been on anything like BART. I love how the train sounds when it accelerates and decelerates.

[jendel42750]

Take it from a New Yorker. You know we New Yorkers love us some transit, but when it comes to blazing the trail of innovation, San Fran is the SHIT! You folks out there have, overall, the finest transit ydtem in the world, BAR NONE!

[thelookout782]

Love those BART trains

[EdwinR890]

oh cool! at 1:25 the train sounds just like the R142 train in new york!

[415BayAreaSports]

Bart Train FTW!

[jec20721]

My favorite system is the one we have here: WMATA Metro, but I think BART os really nice. I hope to get a chance to ride it soon.

[Markiusalexis14]

@jec20721 lol your subway system was modled after this one here. lol

[djnoah]

I miss Berkeley since moving to Tokyo a couple of years ago. I just made a tribute to my hometown using Google Earth images. VIsit my channel to see it!

[DaygoJer]

You gotta remember the cities by land area in the bay are wayyyyyyy smaller than in socal... Of course it's easier to have and ride subways up there... LA has subways, light rails, buses nd such also and their extending the subways west to Santa Monica and south to Anaheim I think.

[pitochupon]

i love tranis, subways, airplanes...

[sideslide23]

me to, and I'm exciting about the California high speed train which the construction starts in 2012

[47nogawa]

Oh, it's very high acceleration!!

[Frankboy2567]

dc metro is better

[bmp713]

Yes it is much better as a an actual metro. BART is more of a suburb commuter, and a very expensive one at that.

[Baron2yahoo]

@bmp713 this type of system is similar to the berlin s-bahn.

[Markiusalexis14]

@Frankboy2567 thats cuz dc metro is newer. Your metro system was based from this one. This is what yours is modeld after. haha

[artruv]

i think both baf03 and booya don't know whats going on ... its a train you guys ... dont you see it? sheesh .. you act like youve never been in a subway before .. or metro .. or T .. whatevs homies

SKITLLEZZZ

[baf03]

huh? LOL. by the way you forgot to mention the el trains from my city, the GO! and don't be braggin about how you got us all beat just cause you rode the TGV and its infinite superiority to all things american :P

[Akaihasuryuu]

加速度HAEE

[FullMentalPanic]

I dunno about you guys, but I can't get enough of the sound of a subway train arriving and leaving a station. Gawd I miss riding BART during my stay at UC Berkeley. The system is infinitely superior in design compared to the brainless rail alignment back here in LA :-(.

[baf03]

it may have to do with population density and land area differences between the two cities...

[FullMentalPanic]

>>baf03

The problem lies in the fact that Angelinos have the tendency to prefer automobiles as opposed to taking ANY form of public transportation; Angelinos are habitual drivers, period. As a result, we often push for highway expansion and repair more than we consider expanding our rail. So instead, our metro stops short of LAX, Santa Barbara, UCLA, and almost everything east of Downtown. We will expand our metro eventually, but people need to get out of their cars first.

[booyasu]

I disagree on such a wide generalization. I believe Angelinos prefer to keep their cars because there is yet an efficient public transportation system that works for LA. NOBODY...I repeat...NOBODY likes to pay for expensive gas or get stuck in traffic. It's not merely a disciplinary problem, but a pragmatic problem. Yes hopefully we will expand our metro or perfect a more efficient system. But seeing how California is in such terrible economic shape, that may not happen as soon as we hope.

[Baron2yahoo]

@booyasu Its not that public transit systems today are inefficient many are well run, but there's just no serious concern for expansion, cause more people in US now are used to driving cars. The majority of americans don't pressure their governments to advocate or build them faster and our cities are built on them, but during the early 1900s, it was generally public transit. Economy only effects our businesses, our government runs our public transit not businesses. Tax revenue is just wasted.

[baf03]

ooh, grab a napkin homie. you just got served.

[FullMentalPanic]

>>baf03

You're one to speak for a person that barely contributed anything to the discussion. Besides, booyasu's theory doesn't entirely exclude mine. He argues that NOT ALL Angelinos are car-lovers, and criticizes my generalization as such. Nonetheless his theory does have some issues, which I will discuss privately with him. Meanwhile, you should grow up a bit and stop being a chucklefuck hiding in the corner.

[nema1218]

Great video,I favorited it!Always loved the BART!

[travelplus1]

10 car Richmond Boundie

[MarcelHall21]

Have you Ever been in Front of a 10 Car train Before?

[googler26]

Nope, BART is not automated. Mind you, there are plenty of other subway lines that do this too.

[youseeberkeley]

According to the BART About page, "The number and kinds of cars that constitute a train varies, but an A- or C-Car must be at each end of the train to provide the necessary automatic control equipment." Additionally, if you look at their system facts, the cost of Automatic Train Operation System (ATO) is explicitly stated:

Westinghouse Corp...Initial contract for $26,199,969. Let March 1979. Change orders amounting to $6,461,539, brought contract total to $32,661,498.

[nephew20]

I love the BART.

Greetings from Denmark! :P

[Invadersencryos]

Wow, how does it stop perfectly with the doors lined up on the gray area? It's not automated is it?

[illinidee4three]

Yep, it's automated. There are door sensors along the third rail for the entire platform length, the doors open automatically right when the train stops. But it's the train operator who closes the doors.

[Invadersencryos]

After looking around, I actually think the BART is the best system in the US.

The NY subway might be big but it looks awful.

[decline2state]

It may be automated but there must be some sort of override. Sometimes the doors are not lined up with the black markers when the train stops. I don't know if the driver takes over when the automated system (if there really is one) fails or what.

[youseeberkeley]

Yep, there is an override. It has happened from time to time and you can search for stories on the BARTrage website bartrage(dot)com.

In DC, they stopped the automated door openings after some were inadvertently opening on the wrong side or too early. Currently, they manually open and close them.

[chakatwhisper]

loved that departure - whiiiiirr and -whooosh!- its gone

[jlay1989]

BART is hella sick, I love riding it.

[StylistecS]

10 cars? Sweet Jesus. Here in DC, it's up to 8 and that seems long.

[illinidee4three]

Yeah, BART and Metrorail are really similar systems. These cars are 70 feet long, making a 10 car train 700 feet long.

[MrTroydninja]

@illinidee4three No they are not don't say that and block me and do not call the cops on me and do not take me to jail my young lady my young man!

[Invadersencryos]

In Toronto, the RT only 4 cars, now that is low capacity for such a big city.

[MarcelHall21]

Yep 10 Cars could Hold Hella People man.

[cornrowcity]

In Washington D.C., there are 8 cars on the WMATA.

[MarcelHall21]

Oh wow I see Well The Platform Here Its 10 Feel Long. thats Why the Cars can go only 10. Across the Station.

[illinidee4three]

That's right. But if I'm not mistaken, each car is 75 feet long, making the platforms 600 feet long. Whereas BART cars are 70 feet long, making the platforms 700 feet. But I believe Embarcadero Station is only 690 feet long, so the front and end of 10 car trains actually go into the tunnels.

[MarcelHall21]

Thats right man.

[ibilldavis]

long dwell time

[illinidee4three]

yeah, i had no idea why. maybe it was running a few seconds hot?

[Sulaco516]

Was that BART train a Red Line (Richmond-Daly City) or an Orange Line (Richmond-Fremont) train?

[illinidee4three]

It could have been either at that time of the day (5-6pm) since they don't announce the train's origin. I was waiting for the Fremont train on the other platform.

[illinidee4three]

Come to think of it, probably was a Richmond-Fremont train because I have never seen them run a 10 car Richmond-Daly City train yet.

[mjh186]

I've think it was the Richmond-Fremont.

[747K]

Great video!!!!!!