Why Are BART Trains So Loud?

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2016

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Sometimes the noise on BART is so loud you can hardly think. Why such a racket? And could it possibly damage your hearing? Sam Harnett and Eli Wirtschafter help host Olivia Allen-Price get to the bottom of this weeks questions, which comes from listener Eric Bauer. Ask a question at BayCurious.org. Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	I'm Olivia Allen Price, and today on Bay Curious, we're turning it up. What is the loudest sound in the Bay Area?
0:18.0	The roar of a jet engine over the peninsula?
0:26.0	Maybe it's a live show at Shoreline.
0:29.0	Or that siren that goes off in San Francisco every Tuesday at noon.
0:40.0	But there was one part to...
0:41.0	Oh, sorry. There was one particular sound that really stood out to Bay Curious Listener Eric Bauer when he moved to Livermore a few years ago.
0:50.0	The spine tingling noise of Bart.
0:58.0	And I've never heard anything like the way Bart screams.
1:02.0	It's just crazy.
1:03.6	Now, Eric is no stranger to trains.
1:06.3	He rode them all the time when he was living in suburban Chicago.
1:09.9	It's a steel wheels on a rail.
1:11.8	It should be virtually silent.
1:13.4	So Eric asked Bay curious.
1:15.4	Why does Bart scream like a banshee?
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1:37.2	We sent reporter Sam Harnet to Bart's repair shop,
1:40.0	where trains go when they get sick.
1:42.3	This is Henry Coulsar, Bart's chief vehicle engineer.
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