Category: BART

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• BART stations at both extremes of crime rates (SFGate)
• Why Did The Wording Change On The New Muni Lane? (Hoodline)
• What We Need to Get Right on VTA’s BART Extension to Silicon Valley (SPUR)
• SFMTA Board Member Jerry Lee Passes Away (SF Appeal)
• BART cuts Wi-Fi service, prompting threats of legal action (SFGate)
• BART to shield filthy escalators with $12 million investment (SF Examiner)

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• SFMTA chief signals free Muni for seniors ‘very likely’ (SF Examiner)
• All-Door Muni Boarding Still Means Quicker Buses, Less Fare Evasion (Streetsblog SF)
• Meet the BART-stopping woman behind “Black Lives Matter” (grist)
• Extending the Central Subway: Why Stop at Fisherman’s Wharf? (Streetsblog SF)
• BART needs a second transbay tube (Chronicle opinion)
• How The Sunset Tunnel Became The Gateway To The West (Hoodline)
• Fisherman’s Wharf transit options difficult to navigate, workers say (SF Examiner)

Comparing some BART commuters to salmon, SFGate wrote last weekend about a practice it called “upstreaming,” or riding the train in the opposite direction you’re headed for a few stops during commute hours simply in order to get a seat. You know, those riders who cram near the doors and get off at Civic Center or 16th Street only to cross the platform and board a train going the other way?

The SFGate article reminded @suldrew and @Rusty_Staples of an old Muni campaign to prevent back-riding and crowding at the Embarcadero station.

Although he didn’t recall the campaign, Muni spokesman Paul Rose says it isn’t a problem for Muni these days.

“It hasn’t been a major issue for Muni,” Rose told us in an email. “Our average trip time is generally much shorter than BART and BART has a higher percentage of riders making trips above 30 minutes. So it makes the upstreaming strategy less valuable to our riders.”

Well then. Have you seen rush hour commuters/salmon engaging in this behavior? What are your thoughts on it?