Tag: bart
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My own unique piece of BART history
You may have been on it, or you may have seen it go “rohr”-ing past you. What could it be? I recently purchased a number […]
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NO cross-country skiing on BART
Last week I got on BART, turned around, and noticed an unfamiliar new rule: “NO cross-country skiing” according to a sticker on the door. Now […]
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There is now official BART merchandise, for some reason
Although BART ridership decreased significantly due to the pandemic, at some point in 2020 official BART merchandise became available. Online store Rail Goods launched sometime […]
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Why I have reservations about the Measure RR Caltrain tax (but I’m voting for it anyway)
Recently the three main counties that serve CalTrain were asked to add an additional sales tax to fund CalTrain service. This was initially rejected by […]
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Every single BART plaque I could find in San Francisco
“Always read the plaque” is the unofficial motto of one of my favorite podcasts, 99% Invisible. Following that advice, over the past months I’ve been […]
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Ambient sound of new and old BART trains
Now that BART’s new “Fleet of the Future” trains have been in regular service for a while, I’ve found myself on them dozens of times. […]
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Future transbay tube fantasy planning
Recently there’s been talk of building a second rail tube under the San Francisco Bay. This new tube would be larger than the existing transbay […]
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Narrow streets, remixed
Over at Steve Dombek’s Narrow Streets SF website, he proposes undoing America’s 20th century mistake of building ultra-wide streets here in San Francisco. Instead, the […]
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BART needs platform walls
Recently we’ve had a number of cases in and around San Francisco where someone was hit by a train in a subway station. These tragedies […]
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BART to the future fleet
Today BART launched the first of several workshops with a full-scale prototype of their new train cars. They’re looking for rider feedback before finalizing the […]
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