Bay Area Transit in Pictures

[fieldsofdreams]

Mini collection, part 2: various transit agencies at El Cerrito Del Norte BART station. From my Flickr collection.

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DSC08324 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC08327 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC08332 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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[fieldsofdreams]

Mini collection, part 3: San Francisco Muni historic streetcars. From my Flickr collection.

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DSC08390 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC08391 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC08398 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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[fieldsofdreams]

For today, several mini collections once again, all from my Flickr collection.

Part 1: San Francisco Muni buses around Market & Montgomery Streets.

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DSC07315 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC07326 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC07327 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC07329 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC07331 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC07332 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC07333 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC07335 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC07339 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC07340 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

[fieldsofdreams]

Part 2: BART trains at various stations. Also includes train interiors and overhead destination signs.

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DSC07342 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC07344 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC07346 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC07477 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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[fieldsofdreams]

Part 3: AC Transit buses in Downtown Oakland.

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DSC08285 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC08286 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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DSC08290 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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[Benonie]

Great VanHool buses are showing here!

And I love those fine and well maintained vintage streetcars in SF!

[fieldsofdreams]

Originally Posted by Benonie

Great VanHool buses are showing here!

And I love those fine and well maintained vintage streetcars in SF!

Good to see you back again, Benonie! Indeed, those VanHool buses are still hard at work, and we've managed to convert some of them into Hydrogen Fuel Cell buses that use water to power those buses. See the interiors and exteriors of those on the previous pages, and I wonder if Belgium will also adopt such technology as well... I mean, that would be a great alternative to diesel buses to start with. Plus, using an abundant resource as hydrogen to power the bus not only saves the environment, but also less noise and fuel consumption.

[fieldsofdreams]

For today, let me do a little flashback as I've uncovered some mass transit images I've taken as far back as 2011... from my Flickr collection.

Part 1: Temporary Transbay Terminal.

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DSCI4997 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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Insignia screen shot by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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[fieldsofdreams]

Part 2: around Berkeley. First three downtown, last two at University & San Pablo Avenues.

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DSCI5088 by anthonynachor, on Flickr

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Insignia screen shot by anthonynachor, on Flickr

[Benonie]

Originally Posted by fieldsofdreams

I wonder if Belgium will also adopt such technology as well... I mean, that would be a great alternative to diesel buses to start with. Plus, using an abundant resource as hydrogen to power the bus not only saves the environment, but also less noise and fuel consumption.

Yep, The flemish transport compagny ordered hybrid buses and new and longer streetcars recently.

And there are current tram line extensions all over the country. In Antwerp, Charleroi, Brussels and the region north of Brussels.

In between cities light rail should replace the old and slow local trains in the future, but that projects haven't even started....

So there's a switch from diesel buses to enviromental friendlier trams and hybrid buses, but like most things in Belgium, things change way too slow...

[fieldsofdreams]

Originally Posted by Benonie

Yep, The flemish transport compagny ordered hybrid buses and new and longer streetcars recently.

And there are current tram line extensions all over the country. In Antwerp, Charleroi, Brussels and the region north of Brussels.

In between cities light rail should replace the old and slow local trains in the future, but that projects haven't even started....

So there's a switch from diesel buses to enviromental friendlier trams and hybrid buses, but like most things in Belgium, things change way too slow...

Ah yes... articulated streetcars. Are those the low-floored variant or high-floored? Plus, do the trams operate as a PreMetro service or a full-blown Metro (subway)? And yes, it takes time to replace public transit vehicles, especially from trains to trams... I've discovered lately that train-trams do exist, and I'm starting to like that concept as well! For me, I believe in system interconnections: similar to what's being done in Japan, commuter trains operated by other companies interoperate on both the traditional railway and underground Metro services, allowing passengers to enjoy one-ride services between the city and suburbs (or even suburb-to-suburb) without switching to any train type at all. To me, efficiency, speed, frequency, and design all play key roles in providing a superior public transportation network, and I truly believe that it will complement, not compete, with the highways, cars, and trucks.

[fieldsofdreams]

For today, various San Francisco Muni vehicles around Church Station and the Duboce Triangle, San Francisco. From my Flickr collection.

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[christos-greece]

Amazing, very nice new photos from San Francisco

[joshsam]

Originally Posted by fieldsofdreams

Ah yes... articulated streetcars. Are those the low-floored variant or high-floored? Plus, do the trams operate as a PreMetro service or a full-blown Metro (subway)?

Trams in Belgium are low floored trams, at least the new ones. In the Brussels region they have the Bombardier T3000 and T4000 models (and many older models ass well). In Brussels there is a full blown metro, but also an underground premetro tram network and an street level tramnetwork.

Here is a nice video showing Brussles Tramways: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w8SCvqEJNA (but also has some metro trains in it)
and here it's metro with both old and new trains: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV7i9Pxv3BE At the end of this vid starting around 2:14, you can see a joint underground station and platform between metro and premetro.

In Antwerp there is a premetro tram network and a street level tram network (very simalar to the one in the video about Brussels tramway) aswell. Ghent has a street level tramnetwork and all coastal towns are connected by the worlds longest single line tram called "Kusttram" The new low floor trams are the "Herlemijn" model also made by Bombardier. Antwerp has now ordered Flexity 2 from Bombardier.

[joshsam]

And I must add. i love this thread! It so nice to see all the differend kind of vehicules trams and trains!