Metro Magazine

Security and Safety

[Video] BART's Mammoth Machines: Escalators

[Video] BART's Mammoth Machines: Escalators

Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (BART) escalators are giant, complicated machines. Uneven wear from the tens of thousands of people who ride them every day sometimes breaks and cause outages — but BART has a team of experts on hand to keep these “meat grinders” in working order. If you like ‘How's It’s Made,’ you’ll love this video. Published on Feb 8, 2017

Multiple scenarios possible in the Trump era

Kevin McCoy

As I mentioned in this space last time, the November election was shaping up to be “quite momentous.” Few people knew what an understatement that was. Just as inconsistent as he has been on many other issues so far, how Donald Trump’s Administration governs public transportation is equally uncertain, and the industry must be ready to cope with the many outcomes.

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