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Going across the bay for many people means getting on a train. While hundreds of passengers inch forward to squeeze onto a car, few people talk to each other, but everyone hears the familiar sound of these voices:
BART ANNOUNCEMENT: ...Richmond train now approaching, Platform One.
These voices belong to real people – real people who spoke with our transportation reporter Casey Miner for this next story.
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January 19, 2011
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Going across the bay for many people means getting on a train. While hundreds of passengers inch forward to squeeze onto a car, few people talk to each other, but everyone hears the familiar sound of these voices:
BART ANNOUNCEMENT: ...Richmond train now approaching, Platform One.
These voices belong to real people – real people who spoke with our transportation reporter Casey Miner for this next story.
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BERTA VILLALVA: My name is Berta Villalva, I’m a communications specialist in BART central.
TONY PASOL: I’m Tony Pasol, also a communications specialist at BART central.
CASEY MINER: Do you recognize those voices? Maybe not. You probably haven’t met Villalva or Pasol. But wait – how about now?
VILLALVA: “Please help us keep BART clean and safe for everybody.”
PASOL: “As a reminder, please be safe at all times, remain behind yellow median strip at the edge of platform...
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