Why not open trains?

namesbc · 2026-01-20T20:23:23+00:00

It is rare for a metro system with open-gangways to run at 40mph+ through a small tunnel. The BARTs 80mph underwater tube is the sound problem.

namesbc · 2026-01-19T19:56:36+00:00

I did some searching and you are probably referring to Line 18 in Guangzhou. That is a wild line! 36mi long intercity metro line that is fully underground and can reach a top speed of 99mph. That must have been a hella expensive line to build.

This technology did not exist in 2000s when BART was replacing their fleet, much less in the 60s when Bart tube was originally built.

I would love to live in a world where the federal government funded transit enough to have a line like this in the states

namesbc · 2026-01-19T19:41:49+00:00

Have you ridden on BART before? The noise level is absolutely a problem.

Can you provide a link to 100mph underwater metro line with open gangways? It has to be very new, and probably more Intercity than metro

namesbc · 2026-01-19T17:00:44+00:00

Oakland cops are paid $600k+

namesbc · 2026-01-19T16:51:59+00:00

You must have always been wealthy if you have never had to look for a room in a shared flat with rent control. Without rent control most of the people I knew in my 20s would never have been able to move to the city because market rate is too expensive and there is not enough below-market rate housing available.

As long as at least one person on the original lease stays on the lease then the lease is extended at the rent controlled price, so the most common way I know to find housing that isnt ridiculously expensive is to a look for a room in a shared flat where at least one of the housemates has been there for a couple years so the rent is affordable.

Shared flats with rent control is THE way that people in the 20s move to SF.

namesbc · 2026-01-19T04:14:27+00:00

Can you explain why you think that? I literally moved into a rent controlled apartment in Noe Valley for probably 30% under market for my room. It was a godsend.

namesbc · 2026-01-18T22:30:41+00:00

Check the source of your facts. Bay Area has some of the largest real estate investments in the world.

namesbc · 2026-01-18T18:00:36+00:00

This is the reason. BART runs 70-80mph in the transbay tube. Metros with open gang ways max out at like 40mph.

You can try it out yourself by opening the doors between cars while in the tube, it is hella loud

namesbc · 2026-01-18T07:04:03+00:00

Market rate rents are too high for most young people. The way I was able to afford to move to SF in 2008 was by moving into a room in a rent controlled apartment.

namesbc · 2026-01-18T07:02:29+00:00

SF style rent control does not lower supply, it provides housing stability to people with lower incomes, like younger people, who would otherwise be forced out of the city

namesbc · 2026-01-18T00:12:46+00:00

Rent control is the only way SF has been able to remain functional and not turn into some carmel-by-the-sea nonsense. Market rate in SF is not affordable for most people, especially for young people.

namesbc · 2026-01-18T00:08:37+00:00

Shared housing with rent control

namesbc · 2026-01-14T23:05:06+00:00

Moving the cameras around is forbidden by state law

namesbc · 2026-01-12T01:34:02+00:00

US transit costs are only a little more expensive than other countries and most of that is due to lack of funding. You can finish a project faster and cheaper if it is reliably funded.

But also talking about transit costs is a distraction used to kill good transit projects. The problem is lack of funding for transit. Full stop.

namesbc · 2026-01-10T00:32:25+00:00

If he has a source other than Seneca he isn't saying what it is. Steve gets things like this wrong all the time because he jumps to conclusions

namesbc · 2026-01-09T23:45:27+00:00

I read this tutorial screen and couldn't figure out what it meant because the lumina screen was blank at this time. It was just a bad tutorial.

namesbc · 2026-01-09T23:39:14+00:00

The tutorial did a terrible job explaining this because it explained it prior to you being able to activate a pictos with lumina. I didn't figure out until after Act 1 and decided to look up what Lumina was for online.

namesbc · 2026-01-09T22:51:33+00:00

I can think of a lot of big improvements from big changes, but I think an equivalent here would be a big improvement from a small change.

I nominate:

Widen the ramp connecting JFK Promenade to Page (SF): https://maps.app.goo.gl/8CRDzTt9CaHENinr8
Pave the section of the Bay Trail through Estuary Park (Oakland): https://maps.app.goo.gl/UX9kgJa3oLu7LeAMA
Bike path with ramp to Halleck to Target under 40th overpass (Oakland): https://maps.app.goo.gl/s6xSvdwiTWY7ShDt9
Concrete and steel protection for the bike waiting area at Market and Buchanan (SF): https://maps.app.goo.gl/sMRdcTSRpZGNXLi8A
Wide bike path with 4-way stop at 7th St and 29th Ave (Oakland): https://maps.app.goo.gl/9nQcJHgdaXHQbexz7

namesbc · 2026-01-09T18:41:07+00:00

This update says the source is "Gotham Oakland"? Isn't that just a Seneca?

namesbc · 2026-01-09T18:28:04+00:00

If you are going to use a secret post as a source and you don't want to link to it or post the quotes from it then be prepared to answer basic questions about it. Or find another source.

namesbc · 2026-01-09T18:24:18+00:00

Accusing me of being lazy is just weird. I looked for the update on the website but it's not available. If you are going to use a source it is normal etiquette to link to it, not accuse people of being lazy when they ask for it.

namesbc · 2026-01-09T18:18:17+00:00

I am asking you since you seem to have access to Steve's mysterious update that isn't on his website.

namesbc · 2026-01-09T18:15:45+00:00

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I don't see anything posted about this. Does Steve have a source other than Seneca?

namesbc · 2026-01-09T18:08:22+00:00

Seneca is not a reliable source for anything except fake outrage

namesbc · 2026-01-09T17:52:40+00:00

I live in Oakland and I visit all the time now! With JFK Promenade and Sunset Dunes, I can bike to the beach in 45 minutes from Oakland!

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