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Rapid Transit Stations for the Bay Area Rapid Transit
1964Christopher Alexander, Van Maren King and Sara Ishikawa acted as consultants to Wuster, Bernardi and Emmons, analyzing design problems in the BART stations, and listing the 390 requirements the Rapid System Transit Station should cover, organized in thirty-three groups; all leading to a safer and more adequate functionally environment. .
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Rapid Transit Stations for the Bay Area Rapid Transit System: Preliminary Design Drawings
23/06/1964
“Schedule and Table of Contents” listing the 73 Conceptual Design-Drawings included, each addressing a specific design issue .
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Rapid Transit Stations for the Bay Area Rapid Transit System: Preliminary Design Drawings
23/06/1964
System 9 – “Sound and Air Movement Control at the Barrier” specifies the controls required at the platform’s edge to isolate tunnel noise, air movement and drift, proposing methods to alleviate the cavernous feeling that is created in enclosed subterranean ...
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Rapid Transit Stations for the Bay Area Rapid Transit System: Preliminary Design Drawings
23/06/1964
System 12 – “Adjoining Store Entrances and Window Displays” deals with the problems which will arise if there are different connections between stores and transit stations, as might be desired in certain of the urban subway stations; proposing alternative display ...
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Bay Area Rapid Transit: Review of System Solutions
02/04/1964
100-page report listing and analyzing design problems in the BART stations, organized in 73 related systems, with proposed solutions; it is followed by the list of the 390 requirements for the Transit Station, grouped as per the proposed systems .
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Bay Area Rapid Transit: 390 Requirements for the Rapid Transit Station
01/01/1964
40-page report listing the 390 requirements the Rapid System Transit Station should cover, organized in thirty-three groups; all leading to a safer and more adequate functionally environment. A 37-page draft with numbering variations of work priorities is also included .
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Bay Area Rapid Transit: Summary of Proposed Program for Transit Car Design and Mock-up Design and Construction
06/08/1964
2-page proposal summary of a program to be followed for the design of the transit cars.
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Bay Area Rapid Transit: Work Priority
06/08/1964
3-page partial list with two variations of work priorities addressing some of the 390 requirements for designing the Rapid System Transit Station .
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