BART: 50 Years Later (Fremont to MacArthur)

A bright new day for the Bay Area: A compliation of BART Legacy Fleet and Fleet of the Future trains from Fremont to MacArthur station, which opened for revenue service 50 years ago, on September 11, 1972. This is a virtual visit along the line and every station that opened a half century ago.
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The people of the San Francisco Bay Area voted to tax themselves to fund the largest single public works project ever undertaken in the United States by the local citizenry, during a multi-decade decline of public transit across the country.

Their expectation was to have the most advanced rapid transit system ever built. The entire idea of a transit system and railroad was re-examined to design a transit system so convenient, safe, comfortable, and affordable that commuters would voluntarily park their private automobiles and ride BART. BART was to be the world-class automated system of the future, today.

The opening of BART in 1972 was a watershed moment in American public transit. Signaling a new age, BART and PATCO showed that public transit could survive and expand to growing suburbs and cities. Systems following BART learned of its mistakes and advances, and many heavy rail systems have used technologies pioneered by BART to design and operate their system.

BART has struggled with a multitude of issues, including recent quality of life issues. Perhaps the next 50 years will bring BART closer to the transit system it was promised to be over 50 years ago.
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This includes many videos I've uploaded earlier, and some new clips.
More about BART on: www.BARTchives.com

Sections:
0:00 Highlights of early news articles - the many nicknames of BART
0:08 Fremont station
3:10 Between Fremont and Union City stations
4:28 Union City Station
6:20 South Hayward Station
8:07 Between South Hayward and Hayward stations
9:34 Hayward Station
11:23 Bay Fair Station
13:35 San Leandro Station
14:02 Coliseum Station
15:35 Fruitvale Station
18:35 Between Fruitvale and Lake Merritt
19:48 Lake Merritt Station
24:36 12th St/Oakland City Center Station
28:23 19th St/Oakland Station
31:01 MacArthur Station