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As someone who rides the VTA LRT and Buses daily since I don't have a car, I'd also like to point out how filthy the vehicles are. The back of most buses and th
by ultimoo 14y ago
As someone who rides the VTA LRT and Buses daily since I don't have a car, I'd also like to point out how filthy the vehicles are. The back of most buses and the centers of most train cars smells like urine. Sometimes, your shoe gets stuck to sticky residue on the seat floors and many seats routinely have stains on them.
Speed of transit is one thing, but maintaining a standard of hygiene across all vehicles seems like a much lower hanging fruit for the VTA.
- hkmurakami 14y agoI was in NYC last week for the first time in a good number of years and noticed how the seats in the subway lines were all made of plastic. Caltrain and BART have cloth covered padded seats. While padded seats are in theory more comfortable, the plastic seats probably makes keeping a sanitary riding environment much more simple and attainable.
- jfb 14y agoThe worst is the carpeted BART cars. Yes, 1960s BART people, in the Mysterious Future we will all take nutrition pills and ride THX-1138 style Electric Trains to our jobs at the jetpack factories. God Almighty, it makes my feet itch just thinking about it.
- theatrus2 14y agoThe carpeting was complete fail for a high volume system such as BART. Also, the lack of maintenance in general. Carpeting works fine on "higher end" lower-volume rail, such as commuter Amtrak lines.
- snogglethorpe 14y agoPersonally I'm a fan of places where people simply avoid defecating on the subways seats, but I guess in the U.S. that method doesn't work so well...