Seems like a severe bus bunching problem

Pull a Hong Kong and put a hole/ dragon gate in the middle of the high rise

After the MBTA order, the Springfield plant did get used for the LA Metro cars and was going to be used for new SEPTA cars but CRRC fumbled the bag big time by being so bad at building trains and being so delayed, plus the feds stopped funding purchases from them as they are a Chinese firm.

I wish they reopened CA restaurants, I miss them so much

Outback Steakhouse, and a Pepper Lunch (seriously I love Pepper Lunch why do they only exist in 4 spots in SoCal, of which 2 are in Irvine)

Honestly I forgot about the existence of Caltrain express as I rarely travel on Caltrain during the peak lol. If it was just Caltrain local then I believe BART ends up being faster

Why not Rapid 500 to Berryessa BART? (Asking in good faith)

They shortened the 18 to Lake Merritt BART but now it's back to Montclair again

I mean Amtrak California does fixed fares and is currently run by Amtrak, although I believe it is as a service of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)?

As for Balboa Park, that is due to the southbound transfer not being possible from the same platform at Daly City so you'd have to go through the concourse. Meanwhile logically the northbound transfer would actually make more sense to do from Daly City as it is an island platform arrangement.

The designated transfer is always the last stop before lines split as is international best practices, with 19th and MacArthur being the notable exceptions as those have dedicated transfer platforms.

omg that means we can hike Griffith again right ;)

Tempo isn't even necessarily "bad BRT" in the traditional sense, but rather International and East Oakland is just far more challenging to work with than most places. It should have and could still be better, but the fundamentals aren't bad.