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@SFBART sure but now we all see the problems clearly. We need add'l tracks and late night hours on weekends! When does work start?

@EliPollak @SFBART - The theory around not having late hours is to avoid having bad folks travel into the city at odd hours of the night.

@ladyfox14 Bad theory - overnight hrs are the only time we can do maintenance without disrupting service. BART wasn't built w/ extra tracks.

@SFBART - Ah, yes. I forgot about the late night maintenance hours. Hopefully, if more tracks are built, this will remedy the situation. :)

@ladyfox14 It's one of our greatest challenges - but our engineers are really, really smart. We'll find a way.

@SFBART If your engineers are so smart why aren't your train wheels tapered, obviating the need for late night track grinding? @ladyfox14

@3ameam Our new train cars are engineered to mitigate this problem.

@SFBART @tquad64 but perhaps in planners in 2000? 2001? 2002? 2003? 2004? 2005? 2006? 2007? 2008? 2009? 2010? 2011? 2012? 2013? 2014? 2015?

@scottopia Government planning is complex, and funding even more so. It's not that simple. We saw things coming, and are doing our best.

@SFBART @tquad64 I don't blame you - the person typing this - but your agency is to blame for not seeing the growth coming

@SFBART Didn't all the housing being built in the East Bay over the past 50 years clue anyone into the need to expand the system?

@tnashw Transit funding is the furthest thing from simple. If there had been funds to improve and double BART capacity, we would've done it.

@SFBART @tquad64 I don't buy this. The first tech boom was well under way by 1996.