[NFBSF] BART gates will sound when a Clipper card is recognized, according to KCBS.

[Cindy Fassler]

This is fantastic. Thank you for the update.


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From: NFBSF <nfbsf-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sheela Gunn via NFBSF
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Subject: [NFBSF] BART gates will sound when a Clipper card is recognized, acccording to KCBS.

Hey all,

Amidst all the chaos besetting our news feeds lately, a little blurb of
*good* news came out on yesterday's KCBS news cycle.

BART gates will now make a musical chime when a rider uses their Clipper card. A rising chime will sound if the card was recognized and tagged, and  make a falling sound if the card wasn't recognized correctly. The story specifically mentioned that this is to help riders with visual impairments to know when the otherwise silent gates have opened.

HUZZAH and kudos to the folks on the BART Accessibility Task Force who fought to make this happen, such as Shana, Josh and Daveed! If you hear this chime, and find it helpful, Ryan Green is the BART employee who is connected to this project. BART deserves some *good* feedback, for a change. :)

I have to go to work, so don't have time to hunt for Ryan's info, but calling BART's info center and asking to leave her a message should get you there. Maybe someone who has it can chime in. :)

S