Ironically I had the exact opposite experience on BART. Sure, occasionally "police activity" or a "major medical emergency" (splat) or maybe just equipment fail

Ironically I had the exact opposite experience on BART. Sure, occasionally "police activity" or a "major medical emergency" (splat) or maybe just equipment failure would lead to an extra long train trip. But 95% of the time, it would take me under 60 minutes door to door. If I took a car, it might take 30 minutes, or it might take 90 minutes, and there was really no way of knowing which until I got to the bay bridge.