Comments on Ken's review of BART
Description: Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Richmond Line, Colma Line, Fremont Line, and Dublin / Pleasanton Line.
I Heart BART
To paraphrase John H, " I don't own a car and won't buy one unless it is a plug-in." Except, I wouldn't buy one even if it *were* a PHEV. A car is a car: they take up valuable land space, cost too much to make and buy and insure and maintain, they hit little old ladies and schoolkids, killing them; they isolate us from our communities (did you see the L.A. movie "Crash"?)...
Okay, on to positives! I first took BART systematically as a student, commuting 70 miles a day to go to math class at 8a.m. in the morning... and the only way I could have done that is by taking the train. Now as a worker bee I take BART from Oakland to SF. It's a joy to read/relax. Okay, it could be *much* better, as in, going over the Bay Bridge like the Key Route rail system used to, ferrying people from the east bay to SF. Sadly those days are long gone. BART is the next best thing. BART has recently begun using less renewable energy sources; it could do better by having express trains and free fares!
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