BART to open sippy cup idea

hello?? who do i sue when some idiot spills their hot coffee on me. not to mention the stench of coffee on the train loaded with various creamers and sugar really reaks havoc on the tummy. I know the people that thought of this don't use BART to commute, but maybe you should try it before you come up with lame-brained ideas like this.

I would if bart has a problem with Craigslist buy sell transactions being conducted on BART property, because there is a new bay area classified website called transitbayareaclassifieds.com that is setup for BART riders to buy and sell buy using BART's stations as platform to allow riders to conduct transactions. I love the concept that this site has, riders could know where another rider's home BART station is which makes it easier to find that buyer or seller in a way that Craigslist, or other classified websites can't do. I also read some stuff about this site on the blog site, Bartrage.com, in where the founder of this ad site is defending his or her right to run this classified ad and using the BART system stations as a meeting place for buyers and sellers conduct transaction. I think that if BART riders are using BART trains or platforms to meet with another person via a classified website, it is a private matter. I buy sell on Criag all the time. I would love to use this site.

MUNI sucks anyway or form another subway where are they gonna build it a hole in wall at Powell Station. MUNI needs to focus on their on-time service and deal with unhelping, lazy MUNI drivers. Not building some hole in the wall in Powell Station or underneath Powell Station. We have buses and Cable Cars you know it's not kill anyone off board a BART train or slow Muni Train walk a few yards to a bus.

visitacion valley is not a hot spot connecting point, so why is that area even considered? anybody can get to chinatown from another number of buses. as for little hollywood, which area is that anyway?

A another subway in SF ??? !!! Oh nooooo, absolutely not needed. There is no need, there is no financing, there is no reason to build it, unless you want to give the city the green light to start hiring more engineers and public works crews to do the work. Hire Parsons-Brickerhoff and Bechtel to do the construction management and see how many billions will need to be raised ... and maybe after all the work is done and payed for with taxpayer dollars some leaks will surface to flood Muni, Bart and the rest of the cockroaches already down there ... go ahead start digging to nowhere.

Our transit systems can barely handle the current ridership on the existing lines (MUNI at best has a 70% on-time arrival), much less an increase in riders. With the City and County of San Francisco in hundreds of millions of dollars in debt, how will new transit lines be financed?

BART is filthy. People are eating and drinking all of the time now. With the plan to take more seats out and make more people stand, sippy cup or not--there will be lots of spills on anyone who has a seat. And as everyone is jostled as people try to get out of the crowded trains, more spilling will occur. Then we will have the "sippy cup police" checking to see that the right cup is in use, and more garbage as people abandon their empty cups. Bad idea.

food and drinks on bart is a BAD idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's just going to lead to problems....

What a joke....the cloth seats with the foam padding are filthy from riders propping their dirty feet on these seats. You want to debate sippy coffee cups....get real!

Are they really going to "pore" over the proposal?

Maintain the ban on food and drink on BART! The good folks who clean the trains already have enough to deal with, since the system's passengers are incredibly ill-mannered. This nimrod dribbled coffee all over the gentleman sitting beneath her this morning and expressed shock when he got more than a little upset. A high school student was munching on a Big Mac that filled the car with the nauseating odor produced by that garbage. When another passenger pointed out that food was not allowed on BART, he responded with some sort of insult, although since his English was abominable I couldn't decipher it. Why don't people like that just stay in their own country? I'm astonished by the complete disregard for others that people increasing exhibit in this society. Perhaps given the infantilism of so many ostensible adults in San Francisco, the analogy of the sippy cup is not quite as absurd as it seems on the surface.

bart is already smelly and dirty. And allowing to drink coffee is a very bad idea.

I don't drink coffee and I totally don't like the idea about people drinking coffee next to me while I enjoy the nice peaceful ride.

Apparently she didn't tell the Examiner about "it".

Segways don't follow the same rules as bicycles - BART requires bicycles to be carried by their users up and down the stairs. No-one is lifting and carrying a 105 lb. Segway.

What next on BART horses? Come on there isn't any room on a bart train, especially during commute hours. And what if there is an emergency and a train as to be evacuated? Bart needs to set limits. Its bad enough sometimes getting on a bart train and those people with bikes are blocking the aisle and when you ask if they could move their bikes, they just sit there with an attitude! wanna bike, go up on the street!

“They weigh only 105 pounds, take up as much space as a file cabinet and there’s no noise, no emissions.” Jim, will all due respect, you're a nimrod. Given that many motorists have abandoned their cars and opted to ride BART instead, the trains are completely packed, especially during rush hour. There simply isn't room for a "file-cabinet" sized object on them. Regular riders already have to contend with stupid cyclists who, despite knowing that their vehicles are banned on BART during commute hours, none the less bring their bikes on the system. A couple of weeks ago a group of us had to forcibly remove one such idiot from a train that was packed to 150% capacity. And besides, adults look idiotic riding those things.

Not sure if you are aware, but our agency (now called 511 Contra Costa), in partnership with BART and funded by the Contra Costa Transportation Authority, developed the original BART Pilot Student Discount Program in 1996, with participating schools in Contra Costa, Alameda and San Francisco. That first year about 2,000+ students participated and the results were such that BART continued the program of offering discounts to students to this day. BART was worried originally about lost revenue in offering discounts to students. I guess that is no longer a concern. This online option for students will be a welcome improvement for school administrators, I'm sure!

The train is a filthy mess with homeless riders who urinate on the seats and floor.. come on.. WiFi??? Get the trashy people and beggars off the train first,then I will be impressed.

as a regular BART rider, i could care less whether the BART trains have wi-fi. more importantly, please keep them running, running on time and relatively clean.

SF bus commuters can't even count on a bus coming reasonably on schedule and having room to let us on, forget getting a seat. And BART riders are getting WiFi???

Bart is not so cooperative to support Translink, it created quite a few obstacles to dealying the Translink.

Unfortunately, BART has thumbed its nose at its most dedicated riders ... those who ride every day and use Commute Checks to purchase their BART tickets are unable to use EZ Rider, because BART has been unwilling to develop a process for crediting Commute Checks towards EZ Rider card value.

can't find "page" to sign up for seniors with EZ riders

Gee. BART learns that people like to have facilities in their stations. Big news. Next they'll "discover" that their riders like trains that come frequently and go fast! Duh!

before they put in retail at daly city bart, they need to clean up the bird crap that's all over the place. daly city is probably the dirtiest bart station down the peninsula, with colma a very close 2nd.

Keep writing informative stuff Mike..

Good writing Mike...

There are NO timed transfers from Millbrae to SF Airport on Sundays. The BART train departs Millbrae at :07, :22, :37 and :52 past the hour. Travel time to San Bruno is four minutes. When the train arrives in San Bruno, the SF Airport train departed ONE minute ago, at: :10, :25, :40 and :55 past the hour. Who is BART fooling ?