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(SF Bay Area related)BART not responsible for safety of passenger on platform

sfchronicle.com

> Under California case law, Tucher said, “standing on a BART platform waiting for a train to arrive does not establish that the carrier, before it has taken affirmative steps to accept a passenger onto a train,

Im confused. With BART, once you are on the platform, you have scanned in and begun to pay. If you scan right back out in the same station, they charge you. If they have taken your money and you are somewhere you cant get to without paying, I think the "ride" has begun

Bart is a joke. The system was designed by aerospace engineers. Bart had some experts from Japanese railways to evaluate and recommend improvements to the system and Bart just scoffed at their recommendations.

The older trains still in service are from the 70s. I’ve seen earwigs, rats, mice, junkies smoking or shooting up, and defecation. Bart is a horrible transit system that needs some house cleaning in the management office.

This ruling doesn’t surprise me. The platform is the most vulnerable part of a ride on Bart. Especially The Coliseum station.

It is frustrating because it seems like CA and PTB at Sacramento are trying hard to make SF Bay Area unsafe and unliveable.

On one hand they want to increase housing density near transit and otoh, they don’t invest in public transport infrastructure and safe transit. It’s like they purposely want to destroy the region and make it as difficult as they can for the region to be stable and safe.

If you consider that California is now controlled by rich people that want the middle class to leave to make more space, things like this make sense. The poor and immigrants can stay since someone has to cook, do the dishes, and take care of the babies.

May I ask if you live in California?

California is not controlled by ‘rich people’ imo. Are you suggesting that ‘rich people’ controlling California are influencing the courts and justice system?

The middle class is Silicon Valley. They may draw six figures , but most families need two incomes for mortgage and child rearing expenses and retirement. They ride the BART. To get rid of our middle class means that your villains want to get rid of Silicon Valley. I would ask: Why?

Let me guess... You are talking about yourself with a lack of realization of your status.

BTW,I lived in California for 5 years and left. I know what's up.

Ok. I am usually at a loss of words needed for a response when people start making guesses about me. Thanks for the reply anyways.

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