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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain's average weekday ridership in August decreased 2.7 percent from the same month in 2015. Year-over-year ridership declined 3.3 percent in September and 3.5 percent in October. And according to data to be presented at Caltrain's Board of Directors meeting on Thursday, average weekday ridership dropped 1.8 percent in November compared to the same month in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We might be victims of our own success,\" Reisman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Translation: Caltrain is now known for having very crowded trains during the morning and evening commutes. That congestion is turning some riders away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency wants to find a way to bring riders back, but it has to do so in the face of growing competition from ride-service companies like Lyft and Uber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are a little concerned,\" said Reisman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the train agency wants to make off-peak travel more attractive to its riders. In the coming months, the district plans to try to draw more very early morning commuters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April Caltrain will add six stops on its northbound weekday Train 305, a San Francisco-bound \"baby bullet\" run that leaves San Jose's Diridon Station at 5:45 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're trying to find ways to make the commute more relaxing and less crowded as a way of bringing back the passenger numbers,\" Reisman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He emphasized, though, that the long-term solution is coming: the electrification of the system. When that happens, expected in early 2021, Caltrain plans to have more trains per hour and greatly expand capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Peninsula train agency is not the only local transit system experiencing a drop in ridership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART saw year-over-year ridership declines of 1 to 2 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From August, September, October through December, BART's weekday ridership dropped about 1 percent to 2 percent each month compared to the same period in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where are the riders going? It's not easy to say. But in the case of BART, some riders turned off by chronic commute-hour overcrowding might be driving across the bay instead of riding the train.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between July and December, there was a small increase in crossings over all of the Bay Area's seven state-owned bridges compared to the same time last year, according to statistics from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between July and December, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission says, the Bay Bridge saw a 1.3 percent increase in crossings, the Dumbarton Bridge increased by 1.2 percent and the San Mateo Bridge increased by 2.7 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Nina Thorsen contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Since you may not be thinking as clearly after your end-of-year celebrations, here's what you need to know to plan ahead for your return trip home on Saturday night (or Sunday morning). If you live in San Francisco, the East Bay or parts of the South Bay, you should be able to do it without money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By comparison, Lyft and Uber are expected to have high surge pricing on the busy New Year's Eve, especially in the 12:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. window. And we're not aware of any free taxi ride programs in the Bay Area this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you really want to get in a car, you could use \u003ca href=\"http://newsroom.aaa.com/safety/holiday-safe-ride-program/\" target=\"_blank\">AAA's \"Tipsy Tow\" program\u003c/a> to call 1-800-AAA-HELP for a free tow up to 10 miles, or \u003ca href=\"https://www.dryver.com/cities/san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">hire your own designated driver\u003c/a> -- which is pretty much the opposite of \"free.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or just take one of the many, many public transit options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2016/news20161214\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will be regular service until 8 p.m., and then BART will run special extended service from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. During that time, BART will use a stop-skipping schedule to minimize overcrowding. Pittsburg/Bay Point and Richmond trains will not stop at Embarcadero; Dublin/Pleasanton and Fremont trains will not stop at Montgomery Street, and will not stop at West Oakland after the midnight \u003ca href=\"http://sf.funcheap.com/san-francisco-new-years-eve-fireworks/\">fireworks show\u003c/a> in San Francisco. Check\u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2016/news20161214\" target=\"_blank\"> the BART announcement \u003c/a>for full details. BART will not be free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/calendar/alerts/ride-muni-free-extra-service-new-years-eve\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Free rides for everyone! SFMTA will have free rides from 8 p.m. on Saturday to 5 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 1. Do not tag your Clipper Card during this time or it will be charged. Some extra service is scheduled, though there is currently no rerouting planned or street closures. Check \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/calendar/alerts/ride-muni-free-extra-service-new-years-eve\" target=\"_blank\">the SFMTA\u003c/a> for information on all route changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/holidayservice.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain will also have free service starting at 8 p.m. on Dec. 31. Post-fireworks, there will be service at 12:45 a.m., 1: 15 a.m., 1:45 a.m., and 2:15 a.m. leaving from the main San Francisco station at Fourth and King streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/2016/12/22/free-rides-new-year%E2%80%99s-eve/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>AC Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit rides will be free from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. And you may want to check the schedule for their \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/rider-info/stops/all-nighter/#800\" target=\"_blank\">All Nighter bus lines\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com/about/MediaRelations/news/SamTrans_to_Offer_Free_Service_on_New_Year_s_Eve__Sunday_Schedule_on_New_Year_s_Day.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>SamTrans\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All buses will be free from 8 p.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. on Sunday. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com/Accessibility/Paratransit.html\">Redi-Wheels,\u003c/a> the paratransit provider for the county, will also be offering free rides to its users during that time.) SamTrans will run a regular Saturday schedule on New Year's Eve and a Sunday schedule on New Year's Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vta.org/getting-around/new-years-service\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>VTA\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VTA rides will also be free from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. -- standard partying hours. 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Not only does he know every little sound his train cars make, but he can imitate them startlingly well. The man has spent a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> of time in and around BART trains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I arrived, Kolesar was sitting at his desk behind a stack of engineering reports. The one on top was a sound test of the BART system done a few years ago. First off, Kolesar explained, the trains make all kinds of noises, and not all of them are unpleasant. Believe it or not, some of the sounds are actually music to an engineer’s ears.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘The trains make quite a few different sounds. Some of them are music to the ears of engineers.’ \u003ccite>Henry Kolesar, BART chief vehicle engineer\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>BART makes three main sounds that passengers hear. There is a nasally electronic hum some of the trains make as they are braking. This is the sound of BART saving energy, Kolesar says. As some of the newer train cars brake, they convert mechanical energy into electric energy that can be used to run the BART trains. As they do this, the train cars make this kind of “nnneeoooowwww” sound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other two sounds fall squarely into the unpleasant category.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first comes from wheels running on rails that have become worn and bumpy — “corrugated,” to use the technical term. When BART trains go over corrugated rail, they make a low-pitched, continuous “uuunnnhhh.” It sounds like some blend of a confused “uhhh” and the buzzer noise when someone answers incorrectly on one of those old daytime game shows from the ’80s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11030326\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11030326\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Wheel-800x1071.jpg\" alt=\"The wheel design leads to the wail and other unpleasant noises.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1071\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Wheel-800x1071.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Wheel-400x536.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Wheel-1920x2571.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Wheel-1180x1580.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Wheel-960x1285.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Wheel.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wheel design leads to the wail and other unpleasant noises. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>BART actually has a big machine that grinds down the bumps on corrugated track, eliminating some of the noise. This explains why sometimes a portion of the BART system makes loud uuunnnhhh sounds one day and doesn’t make a peep the next. You aren’t crazy — they just smoothed out the track at night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, there is the infamous squealing banshee wail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This happens when the trains go around turns, and it is most pronounced in tunnels, where the sound waves bounce back into the train and drill into passengers’ ears. Kolesar did not imitate this sound. It falls a wee bit out of his natural vocal range, he said. But KQED listeners were not afraid to give the banshee squeal a shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We asked listeners for their impressions of the sound, and we got some accurate and unexpected descriptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was compared to a baby seal calling for its mom, a 10-year-old slowly releasing air from a balloon at a birthday party, the high-pitched, long-lasting “goal scream” of a soccer commentator, the soundtrack from the trippy, space/time travel scene in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou6JNQwPWE0\">\u003cem>2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (which, at times, is eerily spot on), and my personal favorite: all of the happy emojis that ever existed, put in a blender, desperately crying for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can hear a little montage below of what KQED listeners think the BART wail sounds like. Thanks to everyone out there who contributed, and to Meghan Mund and Lucas Waldron for recording their ear-splitting BART squeals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/246643779″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now hold on a minute. Kolesar does not agree with the categorization of BART as loud. He says BART is rather quiet — that is, if you consider how fast it goes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People say BART cars are loud, but it’s all relative,” Kolesar says. \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/about/history/facts\">BART averages 35 mph\u003c/a>, which is much faster than trains in most cities. New York’s subway goes about half as fast on average — 17 mph. And as anyone who has taken the A train can tell you, New York subway cars are not known to be silent types.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, Kolesar says BART’s banshee wail is not a mistake. It isn’t the result of some design mishap. It came from a conscious engineering choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engineers had to make a trade-off back when they started building BART more than 50 years ago. They decided to make the wheels solid axle — or connected — so that they rotate at the same rate. Kolesar says that makes the trains quiet on the straightaways, which constitute a majority of BART’s tracks. But because of the design, one of the wheels ends up getting dragged against the rail on turns, which causes that high-pitched squeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11030322\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 502px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11030322\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Chassis-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"The wheels are designed to be quiet on straightaways but squeal in turns.\" width=\"502\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Chassis-800x598.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Chassis-400x299.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Chassis-1920x1434.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Chassis-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Chassis-960x717.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wheels are designed to be quiet on straightaways but squeal in turns. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“So one wheel has to be sliding while the other is rolling,” Kolesar says. “Or they both have to be slightly sliding, because they are turning at different speeds going around that bend. It just makes noise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now there is a plan to make BART quieter. New train cars will have tapered wheels that drag less on the rail. That will help a little. But there’s a bigger change coming with the new cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kolesar says the “the doors are the key.” No matter what you do, the wheels will always squeal a little. The current doors let in lots of that sound, but the new trains will have better insulated doors that could make the trains two or three times as quiet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11030323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2592px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11030323 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Kolesar.jpg\" alt=\"Henry Kolesar shows where the wheel rubs on the rail to make the wail.\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1936\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Kolesar.jpg 2592w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Kolesar-400x299.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Kolesar-800x598.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Kolesar-1920x1434.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Kolesar-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Kolesar-960x717.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henry Kolesar shows where the wheel rubs on the rail to make the wail. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Again, we’ve got to wait a few years to enjoy that kind of relative quiet. All the old squealing cars won’t be replaced until around 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After then, should you grow nostalgic for the BART wail, you could always hear an approximation by watching \u003cem>2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for right now, commuters like Eric will have to endure the BART wail, or as I like to think about it: happy emojis going into the old blender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Got a question you want the Bay Curious team to investigate? \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious/\">Ask!\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Sometimes the noise on BART is so loud you can hardly think. Why such a racket? \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a new podcast from KQED that’s all about answering \u003cem>your\u003c/em> questions about the Bay Area. Find us on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ipi2mc5aqfen4nr2daayiziiyuy\">Google Play\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\">NPR One\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED listener Eric Bauer wanted to know something most Bay Area BART passengers have probably wondered about at one point or another in their commute: Why are the trains so loud?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They scream like banshees,” Eric said. “One should probably use hearing protection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First off, Eric, you’ll be happy to know there is a plan in the works to dampen BART’s signature wail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”166″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/293466182″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/293466182″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bad news is the fix is tied to the\u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/cars/delivery-plan\"> rollout of new BART train cars\u003c/a>, which will begin late this year and won’t be done until 2021. So until then, you might want to keep some earplugs on hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, on to the business of what causes that banshee scream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11030324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2592px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11030324 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Shop.jpg\" alt=\"BART workers refurbish cars at the Hayward Shop.\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1936\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Shop.jpg 2592w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Shop-400x299.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Shop-800x598.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Shop-1920x1434.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Shop-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Shop-960x717.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">BART workers refurbish cars at the Hayward shop. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To find out why the trains are so loud, I took a trip to the BART maintenance shop in Hayward to meet Henry Kolesar, BART’s chief vehicle engineer. Not only does he know every little sound his train cars make, but he can imitate them startlingly well. The man has spent a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> of time in and around BART trains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I arrived, Kolesar was sitting at his desk behind a stack of engineering reports. The one on top was a sound test of the BART system done a few years ago. First off, Kolesar explained, the trains make all kinds of noises, and not all of them are unpleasant. Believe it or not, some of the sounds are actually music to an engineer’s ears.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘The trains make quite a few different sounds. Some of them are music to the ears of engineers.’ \u003ccite>Henry Kolesar, BART chief vehicle engineer\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>BART makes three main sounds that passengers hear. There is a nasally electronic hum some of the trains make as they are braking. This is the sound of BART saving energy, Kolesar says. As some of the newer train cars brake, they convert mechanical energy into electric energy that can be used to run the BART trains. As they do this, the train cars make this kind of “nnneeoooowwww” sound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other two sounds fall squarely into the unpleasant category.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first comes from wheels running on rails that have become worn and bumpy — “corrugated,” to use the technical term. When BART trains go over corrugated rail, they make a low-pitched, continuous “uuunnnhhh.” It sounds like some blend of a confused “uhhh” and the buzzer noise when someone answers incorrectly on one of those old daytime game shows from the ’80s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11030326\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11030326\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Wheel-800x1071.jpg\" alt=\"The wheel design leads to the wail and other unpleasant noises.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1071\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Wheel-800x1071.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Wheel-400x536.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Wheel-1920x2571.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Wheel-1180x1580.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Wheel-960x1285.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Wheel.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wheel design leads to the wail and other unpleasant noises. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>BART actually has a big machine that grinds down the bumps on corrugated track, eliminating some of the noise. This explains why sometimes a portion of the BART system makes loud uuunnnhhh sounds one day and doesn’t make a peep the next. You aren’t crazy — they just smoothed out the track at night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, there is the infamous squealing banshee wail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This happens when the trains go around turns, and it is most pronounced in tunnels, where the sound waves bounce back into the train and drill into passengers’ ears. Kolesar did not imitate this sound. It falls a wee bit out of his natural vocal range, he said. But KQED listeners were not afraid to give the banshee squeal a shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We asked listeners for their impressions of the sound, and we got some accurate and unexpected descriptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was compared to a baby seal calling for its mom, a 10-year-old slowly releasing air from a balloon at a birthday party, the high-pitched, long-lasting “goal scream” of a soccer commentator, the soundtrack from the trippy, space/time travel scene in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou6JNQwPWE0\">\u003cem>2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (which, at times, is eerily spot on), and my personal favorite: all of the happy emojis that ever existed, put in a blender, desperately crying for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can hear a little montage below of what KQED listeners think the BART wail sounds like. Thanks to everyone out there who contributed, and to Meghan Mund and Lucas Waldron for recording their ear-splitting BART squeals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”450″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/246643779″&visual=true&”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/246643779″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now hold on a minute. Kolesar does not agree with the categorization of BART as loud. He says BART is rather quiet — that is, if you consider how fast it goes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People say BART cars are loud, but it’s all relative,” Kolesar says. \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/about/history/facts\">BART averages 35 mph\u003c/a>, which is much faster than trains in most cities. New York’s subway goes about half as fast on average — 17 mph. And as anyone who has taken the A train can tell you, New York subway cars are not known to be silent types.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, Kolesar says BART’s banshee wail is not a mistake. It isn’t the result of some design mishap. It came from a conscious engineering choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engineers had to make a trade-off back when they started building BART more than 50 years ago. They decided to make the wheels solid axle — or connected — so that they rotate at the same rate. Kolesar says that makes the trains quiet on the straightaways, which constitute a majority of BART’s tracks. But because of the design, one of the wheels ends up getting dragged against the rail on turns, which causes that high-pitched squeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11030322\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 502px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-11030322\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Chassis-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"The wheels are designed to be quiet on straightaways but squeal in turns.\" width=\"502\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Chassis-800x598.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Chassis-400x299.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Chassis-1920x1434.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Chassis-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Chassis-960x717.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wheels are designed to be quiet on straightaways but squeal in turns. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“So one wheel has to be sliding while the other is rolling,” Kolesar says. “Or they both have to be slightly sliding, because they are turning at different speeds going around that bend. It just makes noise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now there is a plan to make BART quieter. New train cars will have tapered wheels that drag less on the rail. That will help a little. But there’s a bigger change coming with the new cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kolesar says the “the doors are the key.” No matter what you do, the wheels will always squeal a little. The current doors let in lots of that sound, but the new trains will have better insulated doors that could make the trains two or three times as quiet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11030323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2592px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11030323 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Kolesar.jpg\" alt=\"Henry Kolesar shows where the wheel rubs on the rail to make the wail.\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1936\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Kolesar.jpg 2592w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Kolesar-400x299.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Kolesar-800x598.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Kolesar-1920x1434.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Kolesar-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Kolesar-960x717.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henry Kolesar shows where the wheel rubs on the rail to make the wail. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Again, we’ve got to wait a few years to enjoy that kind of relative quiet. 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Assuming a 75 percent turnout — which is close to the aggregate turnout for the three counties in 2012 — about 1.5 million people may have cast ballots in the election. So far, though, just over 966,000 ballots have been tallied in the race. There’s still a mathematical chance — a very small one, to be sure — that the hundreds of thousands of uncounted vote-by-mail and provisional ballots still out there could shift the outcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bond won wide backing during the campaign from business groups and private companies throughout the region, including most major sports franchises. Supporters argued that reinvesting in BART is vital to the Bay Area economy and for the welfare of everyone trying to travel in the region, regardless of the mode of transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But opponents, still furious with a pair of strikes that shut down the system in 2013 and with the union contracts that settled them, mounted an aggressive No campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opposition was led by Orinda state Sen. Steve Glazer and East Bay Times columnist Daniel Borenstein. Citing BART’s 2013 strikes and labor contracts, they argued that BART management and the agency’s elected board have lavished high pay and benefits on employees and cannot be trusted with the infusion of money for capital projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it winds up passing, we’re going to have to work hard to keep BART focused on fiscal accountability and how they spend this money,” Glazer said Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nick Josefowitz, who represents a San Francisco district on the BART board and donated $80,000 to the Yes on RR campaign, said the early results showed the value Bay Area voters place on the transit system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A significant majority in each of the three counties have spoken very plainly about how important BART is to our region,” Josefowitz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the news was less positive for a Contra Costa sales tax issue, Measure X, which would pay for a variety of transportation projects. Some $300 million of the funds would be earmarked to help BART supplement its Fleet of the Future. With a 62.5 percent yes vote early Wednesday, the measure was falling short of the two-thirds approval it needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bond vote comes at a moment when BART continues to struggle with a dramatic increase in ridership and frequent service problems that in the past year have included a broken rail in a San Francisco tunnel and an ultimately unsolved electrical problem that damaged dozens of train cars and caused a weeklong service disruption to the Pittsburg/Bay Point Station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glazer conceded last month that BART service would continue to deteriorate if the bond were rejected. He and the Times argued that voters should first replace several incumbents running for re-election to the BART Board of Directors and that the reconstituted board should craft a bond measure with stricter guarantees for how funds are spent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results of the board elections are as of 11 a.m. Wednesday. All returns reflect 100 percent of the precinct vote counted, with varying numbers of mail-in and provisional ballots still to be counted. At this point, none of the races looks close enough to change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>District 1 (Central Contra Costa):\u003c/strong> Three-term incumbent Gail Murray was running against Debora Allen, a CPA and former Republican candidate for the state Assembly whom Glazer backed in her BART bid.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Allen:\u003c/strong> 64 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Murray:\u003c/strong> 35.8 percent\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>District 3 (Contra Costa-Alameda):\u003c/strong> Incumbent Rebecca Saltzman faced a challenge from Ken Chew, a former member of the Moraga City Council and two first-time office-seekers, business consultant Varun Paul and software programmer Worth Freeman. Saltzman, too, was one of the incumbents targeted by Glazer and the East Bay Times.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Chew:\u003c/strong> 28.9 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Freeman:\u003c/strong> 4.7 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Paul\u003c/strong>: 10.2 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Saltzman:\u003c/strong> 55.9 percent\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>District 5 (Alameda):\u003c/strong> Incumbent John McPartland, a former Army officer and Oakland firefighter, faced a Glazer-backed challenge from Jennifer Hosterman, former mayor of Pleasanton.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hosterman:\u003c/strong> 37.6 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>McPartland:\u003c/strong> 61.8 percent\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>District 7 (Contra Costa/Alameda/San Francisco):\u003c/strong> Incumbent Zakhary Mallett, whose votes against BART’s current labor contracts won him the backing of Glazer and the East Bay Times, was up against a well-financed challenge from social justice activist and former MacArthur “genius grant” winner Lateefah Simon. Two other candidates, nonprofit office manager Roland Emerson and programmer Will Roscoe, both of Oakland, rounded out the field.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Emerson:\u003c/strong> 5.4 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Mallett:\u003c/strong> 28.0 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Roscoe:\u003c/strong> 17.3 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Simon:\u003c/strong> 49.0 percent\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>District 9 (San Francisco):\u003c/strong> The race to replace veteran board member Tom Radulovich featured: Bevan Dufty, former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; Gwyneth Borden, a member of the city’s Municipal Transportation Agency board; and Mission resident and perennial community activist Michael Petrelis.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Borden:\u003c/strong> 31.3 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Dufty:\u003c/strong> 61.1 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Petrelis:\u003c/strong> 7.1 percent\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Faced with a vote they say will determine whether BART gets a quick start on a planned rebuild or sinks further into disrepair, a high-profile group of Bay Area elected officials gathered in downtown Oakland on Monday to plead for passage of the agency's $3.5 billion bond measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, East Bay Congresswoman Barbara Lee, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf headlined a last-minute media event called to rally support for Measure RR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We know that BART is old -- it's 44 years old this year -- and no one has made a major investment in getting it into a good state of repair,\" Schaaf said to a throng of reporters and a small group of bond supporters. \"We know that 450,000 Bay Area residents rely on BART every day to get to work. But don't forget that those of us who don't use BART are relying on it, too -- because people who ride the trains are not on the road for us exacerbating the unacceptable congestion that is choking the Bay Area.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While others talked about how the bond could pave the way for a major expansion of BART's capacity, Mayor Lee said he had a simple message for voters working through the unusually long and complex 2016 ballot. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Go to the last measure on the last page, all right?\" Lee said. \"We've got 25 measures in San Francisco, 17 state measures -- seek out RR and vote yes. ... Riding BART this morning, I gotta say, you look at all the faces of the people there and you wonder what will happen to all of us if we don't maintain a reliable Bay Area system.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure, on the ballot in Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties, needs to win two-thirds of the three counties' total vote to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Bay state Sen. Steve Glazer, some other local officials and the East Bay Times oppose the bond. They argue that in the wake of pay raises granted after a pair of 2013 strikes and amid continuing service problems and other woes they blame on poor planning, BART management can't be trusted to handle money from the bond. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glazer has also campaigned against three board incumbents who voted for the labor contracts that settled the 2013 labor dispute. He supports a slate of candidates who say they'll try to take a tougher line with the agency's union -- reforming work rules they term wasteful and inefficient, for instance -- and develop a more tightly crafted bond measure that would be put before voters in a future election. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although no names were mentioned, one of the dozen or so officials who spoke took on Glazer's opposition directly. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm going to cut straight to the politics of this,\" said state. Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco. \"To advocate a 'no' position on Measure RR without a viable, immediate alternative plan is merely irresponsible. Obstructionism is not a plan, and anger is not an answer. ... I really do implore everyone to vote yes, and if you hear anyone suggest otherwise, ask them, 'What is your plan?' We haven't got another four years to wait for another presidential election to come up with something else that may not be exactly the way one person wants it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glazer's fellow Orindan, City Councilmember Amy Worth, supports the bond measure but said she understands voters' concerns. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concerns about BART's management \"do present challenges to the voter, so they're kind of torn,\" Worth said. \"It's really incumbent upon the BART board to demonstrate that it will fulfill its commitment to the voters.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A regional business group that’s one of the biggest supporters of BART’s $3.5 billion bond measure is firing back at opponents who have branded BART management as incompetent and untrustworthy to handle the money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Council says opponents are waging a “scorched earth” campaign against the bond — on Tuesday’s ballot in San Francisco, Contra Costa and Alameda counties as Measure RR. Council officials say the bond critics will hurt BART service in the short run and erode support for the agency in the long run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While acknowledging BART’s shortcomings, ranging from the disruptive strikes of 2013 to maintenance issues and frequent service disruptions, council chief Jim Wunderman says defeating the bond is the wrong way to fix the agency’s problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If this was our house — and it is — and things were falling apart because we had neglected some things, we wouldn’t say, ‘Well, let’s just torch the place’ because we’ve been neglectful,” Wunderman said in an interview Thursday. “… We need to make an investment, and we need to realize this is all of our problem. Just pointing a finger at management or a labor contract isn’t going to be helpful in making sure the Bay Area continues to perform as a place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anti-bond forces have been led by state Sen. Steve Glazer, the former mayor of Orinda elected to the Legislature last year largely on the strength of his promise to try to ban BART labor strikes, and by East Bay Times columnist Daniel Borenstein and the paper’s editorial page. They accuse the agency’s management and elected board of a wide range of sins, ranging from knuckling under to labor unions to settle the 2013 strikes to outright deceit in promoting the bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure RR would authorize BART to issue $3.5 billion in bonds over the next two decades to pay for core infrastructure upgrades, including new rails, new electrical systems, tunnel repairs and a modern train-control system. Other capital projects, such as the system’s new train cars and its revamped Hayward maintenance facility, are being financed through a combination of grants and funds set aside from BART’s operating revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Property owners in the three BART counties would pay an annual levy ranging from about $9 to $17.50 per $100,000 of \u003cem>assessed\u003c/em> valuation (not market value), with the higher figure reached around 2035. Under that scenario, the additional annual tax for a home with an assessed value of $500,000 would be $45 a year near the outset of the bond program. The additional annual tax bill for a home with an assessed value of $1 million in 2035 would be around $175.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure RR would require a collective two-thirds Yes vote in the three counties to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glazer \u003ca href=\"http://elections.kqed.org/article/11060910/steve-glazer-bart-bond-measure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has likened\u003c/a> the current board members to unruly children who must not be rewarded for bad behavior. He says if voters want change on BART, they ought to vote down the bond, vote out most incumbents and let a new board of directors “do it right” with a revised financing proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Borenstein and the East Bay Times have repeatedly denounced BART and the bond measure over the last several months. The columnist has labeled the measure a “\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/08/11/borenstein-barts-bait-and-switch-could-fund-labor-costs/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bait and switch scheme\u003c/a>” that would allow the agency to spend bond funds indirectly on labor costs. The Times itself has editorialized against the measure not once but twice, saying residents of the three BART counties should vote “\u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/09/13/editorial-reject-barts-3-5-billion-bond-measure-east-bay-times/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hell no\u003c/a>” on the bond and labeling the proposal “\u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/10/28/editorial-reject-barts-measure-rr-high-pressure-sales-pitch/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a scam\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rufus Jeffris, the Bay Area Council’s chief spokesman, said rhetoric like that could have an impact beyond Tuesday’s election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sen. Glazer and others might argue that Measure RR should be defeated now, that reforms should be made, and then return with another measure in 2018,” he said in an email. “But decimating public opinion about the system could take years to repair and put BART is a position where 2018 isn’t a viable election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wunderman said he recognizes BART leadership’s faults over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t disagree that BART management has been imperfect on some issues, getting into the past, but the solution is not to then blow up BART to prove a point, because it’s not going to fix itself,” he said. “You can’t disagree that the system needs investment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wunderman, who says he commutes to San Francisco from BART’s Pleasant Hill nearly daily, also argues the agency’s service, management and workers are getting a bad rap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think BART management on the whole has done a great job,” Wunderman said. “Management is easy when everything works well and all you have to do is show up and go home at 5 o’clock. That’s not the story at BART. They’re playing a huge amount of catch-up and using chewing gum to fix parts. … I’ve been to the maintenance yards and seen what the workers do, and it’s actually very, very impressive. There’s a lot of spirit there, and I think it must be very dispiriting for people to do hard work and meaningful work and have it belittled.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He applauds the agency for its increased use of operating revenues — the money it gets from fares, parking fees, sales tax and other sources — to pay for long-term capital improvements. In its fiscal 2016-17 budget, adopted in June, the agency designated $193 million from its operating revenues for new rail cars, system repairs and other projects. That figure has grown from $6.7 million at the depth of the Great Recession in 2009 and $52 million five years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview last week, Sen. 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"content": "\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://bartable.bart.gov/events/meet-barts-new-trains-1\" target=\"_blank\">BART open house\u003c/a> this weekend: The transit agency is showing off its new \"Fleet of the Future\" cars on Saturday at the Dublin/Pleasanton station and Sunday at El Cerrito del Norte. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11150098\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/30592777916_09e782cac3_o-e1477700965604.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/30592777916_09e782cac3_o-e1477700965604-1020x631.jpg\" alt=\"A BART Fleet of the Future toy train car.\" width=\"400\" height=\"248\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11150098\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/30592777916_09e782cac3_o-e1477700965604-1020x631.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/30592777916_09e782cac3_o-e1477700965604-160x99.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/30592777916_09e782cac3_o-e1477700965604-800x495.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/30592777916_09e782cac3_o-e1477700965604-1180x730.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/30592777916_09e782cac3_o-e1477700965604-960x594.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/30592777916_09e782cac3_o-e1477700965604-240x149.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/30592777916_09e782cac3_o-e1477700965604-375x232.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/30592777916_09e782cac3_o-e1477700965604-520x322.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/30592777916_09e782cac3_o-e1477700965604.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BART Fleet of the Future toy train car. \u003ccite>(KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11150181\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/29998019144_12245f6d92_o-e1477704516495.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/29998019144_12245f6d92_o-e1477704516495-1020x593.jpg\" alt=\"A BART Fleet of the Future toy train car, in crush mode.\" width=\"400\" height=\"243\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11150181\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BART Fleet of the Future toy train car, in crush mode. \u003ccite>(KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A three-car train will be on the rails from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at each station. The first 200 visitors each day will get a \"commemorative toy train\" -- actually a foam train car. (See illustration.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cars feature a wide variety of improvement over BART's current fleet, which went into service between the 1970s and mid-1990s. Besides smelling brand new, enhancements include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Three platform doors, instead of the current two, to make it easier and faster for passengers to get on and off trains.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Improved ceiling-level ventilation.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Color-coded route signs visible to passengers on platform.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Electronic route maps that show trains current position.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bike racks on some cars. \u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Seats that have been raised a little to make it easier to stand from a sitting position. Side benefit: Carry-on-size suitcases will fit beneath the higher seats.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Color-coded seats to designate space for riders with special needs. \u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>For what it's worth, the new cars are configured with four fewer seats than the current models. Open-house visitors will have a chance to fill out a survey to tell BART what they think of the prototype vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Oversier, BART's assistant general manager for operations, said at a Pleasant Hill open house earlier this month that the agency will start testing a 10-car prototype train on its main-line tracks by the end of the year. Passenger service on that train is slated to start sometime early in 2017. After that, BART expect to give the go-ahead to Canadian manufacturer Bombardier to begin full production of the new cars. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have to be satisfied with the performance of these 10 cars under real-world conditions -- i.e., the kind of crush-loading we see every day on the system,\" Oversier said. \"So we're going to put these 10 cars through their paces before we tell Bombardier, 'OK, we're ready to accept your production vehicles.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART expects the first 60 of the 775 cars currently on order to be rolling by the end of 2017. All the currently ordered new cars should be in hand by 2021. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency hopes to order another 300 or so new cars -- a move that depends on funding from partner agencies -- and would have a total fleet of 1,081 cars. That enlarged fleet would represent a 49 percent in seating capacity on the system and, if other projects fall into place, would allow BART to run 30 trains of 10 cars each into and out of San Francisco during rush hour. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That service expansion depends on BART installing a new train control system that would permit trains to safely run closer together. The new control system is one of the projects the agency hopes to fund with Measure RR, the $3.5 billion bond measure on the Nov. 8 ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oversier says the expanded service offers at least a glimmer of hope of better times for BART patrons, who are packed onto the system's trains as never before. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We know how incredibly crowded the trains are right now,\" he said. \"When I ride, I understand why people are upset. It's just not comfortable. 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