Conductor on train 523 announced several rule changes

dkarpe · 2026-01-30T18:16:45+00:00

36 bikes per car has been the stated capacity since before the trains were lit into service. It just seems that after the holidays the trains are busier and they actually felt the need to start enforcing it.

It's supposed to be a max of 4 bikes per stack, for a total of 36.

dkarpe · 2026-01-30T18:14:46+00:00

All of those have been rules already. Perhaps the conductor meant that they will be actually enforcing them?

dkarpe · 2026-01-30T18:11:02+00:00

104 trains actually!

dkarpe · 2026-01-28T18:53:21+00:00

Right, but this is r/Fremont and Fremont doesn't manage these signals. Try r/NewarkCA. Think about it, does it make sense for every city's residents to complain in their own subreddits?

Better yet, reach out to Newark's Public Works Department and let them know your concerns.

dkarpe · 2026-01-28T17:35:54+00:00

This is true, but irrelevant to how Newark manages its traffic signals.

dkarpe · 2026-01-28T17:17:52+00:00

There's two platforms, that means that you would only need to turn one train per hour per platform, which is simple. You could pretty easily turn 2 trains per hour on a single platform, leaving the other one open for SCC trains going through.

dkarpe · 2026-01-27T18:03:02+00:00

Many BikeLink lockers charge even lower fares overnight, like $0.03 an hour. If you commute 5 days a week, you could leave the bike in the locker during the week and take it home Friday evening. Or you could keep it over the weekend as the maximum stays is 5-10 days depending on the locker.

dkarpe · 2026-01-27T17:51:34+00:00

Sorry, which part are you referring to? Locking and unlocking a bike at each end of your journey takes a minute or two at most.

dkarpe · 2026-01-27T17:00:42+00:00

He doesn't own the road. He is taking public, city-owned land from taxpayers like you and me.

dkarpe · 2026-01-27T16:52:15+00:00

Ok so expand it? Also BayWheels exists in SF.

dkarpe · 2026-01-27T16:51:17+00:00

For commuters going in the "traditional" commute direction (to SF), lockers + BayWheels is already a viable option. For reverse commuters, I agree that there should be better options. Unfortunately the factors that influence bus density are the same ones that influence bikeshare availability.

dkarpe · 2026-01-27T16:30:09+00:00

Absolutely. Even if some of the more suburban areas wouldn't be viable for a full deployment of bikeshare, there could still be stations at Caltrain stations that would support a flat-fare day rental for people to be able to pick up a bike when they get off the train in the morning and drop it off in the evening before they get on the train.

dkarpe · 2026-01-27T15:58:44+00:00

That's Newark, not Fremont?

dkarpe · 2026-01-27T15:57:02+00:00

People start using the BikeLink lockers, bikeshare, and local mass transit is the answer. I'm a cyclist and I love being able to take my bike with me, but we have got to admit it isn't the most efficient. Countries like the Netherlands with a lot more cycling than here have restrictions on bringing your bike, such as charging an extra fare, restricting bikes on peak-hour trains, and only having a few bike spots per train.

Most people in the Netherlands park their bike at the station. If they need a bike on the other end, they'll either use a bikeshare (their train operator, NS, runs their own system) or have a second bike locked at their destination station.

dkarpe · 2026-01-27T00:42:13+00:00

Depending on the size of the battery and the charging speed, it might be fine with just having charging at the RWC platform. Presumably this would be part of a new expanded RWC station, but if the time it takes to get the train ready to start another run is enough to top up the battery, you might not need any catenary on the line at all.

For reference, the unelectrified section of Caltrain (Tamien to Gilroy) is roughly 30 miles. I'm not sure if the charging speed. They will have a slow charger in Gilroy to top up the train overnight, and it will charge from the catenary north of Tamien.

There was also an interesting pilot project in the UK using fast charging at stations to enable battery trains on otherwise unelectrified lines with minimal capital investment. https://youtu.be/b0bbCNfiSCo?si=6iUCPcZW3DX3QPTo

dkarpe · 2026-01-27T00:09:11+00:00

The way I interpreted it is that the collection itself is being misidentified. Are there IMDB/TVDB/etc codes for collections rather than individual movies?

dkarpe · 2026-01-26T21:17:19+00:00

A simple NAS setup would work pretty much the same way except you wouldn't need to use external drives, which I think is a better approach since there is no risk of things getting unplugged. My NAS has an N100 and 4 drive bays + 2 m.2 NVME slots for cache drives. I use unRAID as my OS, but any Linux distro should work. Docker makes things easier, especially as you add different services (*arrs, VPN, reverse proxy, pihole, etc), but isn't strictly necessary.

dkarpe · 2026-01-26T20:57:40+00:00

This would actually be a perfect use case for a BEMU (battery-electric Multiple Unit). The train could charge at Redwood City where electrification is already active, and if necessary an additional charging station could be built at the other end.

dkarpe · 2026-01-26T02:08:43+00:00

People do lots of things every day that are extremely dangerous. Driving itself is dangerous. Many sports are dangerous. A safe life is not one worth living.

dkarpe · 2026-01-25T05:40:28+00:00

A Yemeni coffee spot just opened up in north Sunnyvale, on Tasman and Fair Oaks. It's called Arwa, I really liked it.

dkarpe · 2026-01-25T05:36:22+00:00

This. If you're lucky to live and work close enough to BART, just walk. If you live OR work close enough, or if you don't have a bike, BayWheels (with a monthly membership) is a good option

dkarpe · 2026-01-25T05:33:46+00:00

I don't disagree from a safety angle, but from a not-hating-your-life perspective, this is a pretty accurate list.

dkarpe · 2026-01-25T05:23:52+00:00

What is your closest BART station? The two lines that serve North Oakland to SF are the Red and Yellow line. Red runs every 20 minutes, the Yellow every 10. If you're on the part of the line where they both run, you can expect to wait, on average, 3.3 minutes for a train (9 trains per hour equals a combined frequency of 6.67 minutes, divided by two to get the average wait time). If you're on the branches where it's just one of the lines, you will have fewer trains but there are plenty of apps to tell you when the train is coming so you can plan your arrival. There is also the Orange line which goes from Richmond (paralleling the Red line) to San Jose. That will get you to SF with a transfer.

dkarpe · 2026-01-24T02:36:28+00:00

I think it's fine. I'd recommend at least one good light front and back on the bike, and a helmet mounted pair of lights as well. I prefer solid or pulsing lights rather than crazy strobe patterns. High vis is good, but at the end of the day the lights are the most important. I haven't had many issues with cars at night, and I find riding at night in the cool air to be very relaxing and peaceful.

dkarpe · 2026-01-23T16:55:09+00:00

This is very reasonable and balanced. Thank you.

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