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A computer upgrade shut down BART

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232 points ksajadi | 2 comments | 05 Sep 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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xyst[dead post] ◴[05 Sep 25 16:02 UTC] No.45140091[source]▶
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nimbius ◴[05 Sep 25 16:09 UTC] No.45140173[source]▶
The bart is basically the crowning achievement of US public transit. As for the solutions coming from everyone's favourite bay Aryan Elon Musk, they are...somewhat lacking.

You're probably not going to believe this but the Hyperloop in Las Vegas:

- is now just "the loop."

- only has 8 stops

- doesnt go to the airport

- most stations are unprotected park benches in the desert sun

- vehicles arent driverless

- speeds are 26 miles per hour instead of 155

- it can take up to 20 minutes for a ride to show up

- it does not go to or from the airport.

- it only runs for 11 hours a day at some stations.

- cost taxpayers fifty-three million dollars.

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1. uxp100 ◴[05 Sep 25 16:58 UTC] No.45140803[source]▶
Is it even better than the LA subway anymore? (I haven’t been down since the improvements everyone says are so good)

Is it better than systems in New York, Boston, Chicago, or uh, even Philadelphia before recent septa cuts? Honest question, I haven’t been all those places, but BART seems… fine to me.

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2. mikepavone ◴[05 Sep 25 17:16 UTC] No.45140990[source]▶
If you compare it to the commuter rail systems in those places, BART feels impressive (though less so with the service cuts). I was a regular rider on the Metro North New Haven line and had experience with SEPTA and NJT commuter rail and I was really impressed with BART when I moved out here. Peak frequency was pretty good (at least on the Red line I primarily used) and when things were on time they were very on-time ("on-time" Metro North trains were always at least a few minutes late in my experience).

If you compare it to the NYC subway, it's obviously not impressive at all (though the tech is less dated). As a rapid-transit system, BART isn't exactly a commuter rail or subway system exactly, but I think it's closer to the former than the latter.