BART - Bay Area Rapid Transit

Public Transportation is a good idea, but some agencies just really know how to make it increasingly perplexing to use. Case in point: A Saturday ride to San Francisco from Berryessa in San Josè. Loaded the correct amount of money on to the mandatory Clipper Card and set off after paying a $3 parking lot charge. Come on folks, on a Saturday, using public transportation and saving the planet? $3 isn't much, but it still was a slap in the face based upon doing your civic duty to limit using automobiles. The little piece of plastic that represents the Clipper Card also cost $3. A few minor delays because of weather. Weather? Yes, weather. A little rain in August, basically a trace and the delay was noted. Next, the fare increase. Not really an increase, just an unexpected "insufficient funds" on the Clipper Card. Not a lot, but enough of a discrepancy to make you turn around, go back, locate a self vending machine and add funds. Not sure where or why the original funds were totally exhausted, but they did not match the fare estimator on their website. Another issue. Why are fares significantly more expensive when your final destination is OAK or SFO airports? Extra fees to travel for a flight? Airport use tax? Shouldn't public transport be excluded? Again, nescient officials with no reason for punishing diligent travelers. Overall, a decent trip and the $3 parking fee, on a Saturday, for saving the planet and not driving my greenhouse gas emitter car was just a little too much to accept.

Bart is our way commuting to the city and other parts of the bay. Especially If you don't have a car. There's a lot of incidents and accidents going on. Hopefully they put a barrier while waiting for the car trains to arrive. Like other countries that they have.

I usually drive but use Bart for big events or trips to the airport. It gets me where I need to be for a great price.
Bart itself is excellent and does the best they can. Other riders can be irritating.

I know what crack smells like--not by choice. It's a bitter, acrid smell. Why do I know this? Because I've been around so many people smoking crack on BART and frankly, I'm not a fan! Can you get second hand crack? I sincerely hope not.

BART is a decent option to get you to downtown centers and key neighborhoods around the Bay Area but holy hell somebody needs to clean it up! The needles, crack, violence and occasional indecent exposure are enough for me to avoid BART unless it's absolutely the best option. Parking in the city can be rough and sometimes nobody wants to give me a ride to the airport, so Im not gonna front like I don't hop on the occasional BART train and like it's not increasing access to travel in the bay. I'm just saying, it would be nice for it to be less nasty.
Another issue is that BART could run a smidge later so those going out and drinking can use it to get home after the bars close. Overall, it's relatively reliable since you can track when the trains are arriving via Google maps and can plan your trip accordingly.

Ashby station has zero trash cans. Had to set my shit down on the ground basically.

How the fuck do you not have trash cans?

Bart in General is a great way to get around the Bay Area. With the introduction of Clipper on Apple Watch I no longer have to get my Wallet out in order to pay my fares. I simply double tap the side button on my watch and select Clipper. Wave my watch at the touch pad and the fare gates open. Makes it easy for travel.

The bad is that there is a lot of people cheating the fare gate system. For example at Hayward BART when I exited in the handicap section of the station someone took advantage of the open gate and walked through. And at Bayfair when I used the elevator to enter the station because I don't fare well on some escalators someone took advantage of the open gate and left the station without paying.

So BART is really not enforcing these fare cheaters while the fares continue to increase gradually. The attendants at the stations seem to not care. The only way the crackdowns happen is when actual BART police is at the station.

When I visited San Diego and used the Trolley Service there were active fare inspectors on every ride I was on to make sure people paid and if they did not have a valid fare they had to vacate the paid area. Bart could learn a lot from them if they invested in active fare inspectors.

Bart needs to get their act together and provide more trains in the morning instead of having a 5 to 10 min gap in between.

I'm sorry guys..... You failed in a most embarrassing way!!!

What is up with your clipper card and it's masters degree to navigate when your kiosks are closed and you are underground with NO WI-FI!! Come on San Francisco........ this is embarrassing

One of my favorite cities FAILS MAJORLY in its green effort compared to New York, Chicago, London, Italy, and even France (sorry France)

Clean it up and make it more user friendly!!!!!! You made me get to the airport 25 minutes later than I expected!!

Signed, Disgruntled in the City......

BART has its waves of no interruptions or delays. As of today two delays going eastbound. If you use bart make sure you go to work and leave early. What I dislike the most is how you gunna make us wait for another train at that the transfer station. Ya got two tracks use them.

Okay, not perfect but such a fast easy way to travel to Bay Area & San Fran! Load your clipper card in your iPhone wallet before boarding because each traveler now needs this!