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A Taiwanese take on recent BART protests

jeff — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:00:42 +0000

By the amazing folks at NMA.tv/.

Via SFGate. So good. So good.

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World Series Undoes Normal BART Boredom

jeff — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:30:53 +0000

Jenny is a fan of the Giants and public transportation.

BART is boring. I used to live in San Francisco and loved riding Muni. There’s just general coolness going on around you at all times. Plus, you’re above ground so you get to take in the sites.

BART is another story. People are expressionless and generally in a sour mood. And you’re below ground so you see squat for scenery.

But the World Series changed that normal dourness on BART on Thursday night. On my ride to the city, the BART conductor announced the score mid-game. Post-game, on my ride home to the East Bay, people were talking to one another for once. There were cheers and smiles all around. People even gave up their seats for once.

That night was almost as good as Obama winning 2008 elections. Almost.

Go, Giants!

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San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, May 1958

jeff — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:47:58 +0000

Anyone expecting Eric Fischer to just go softly into that soft night is fooling themselves. Today, he gives us a May 1958 BART logo. Almost as cool as this.

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Photo Diary: Lady Gaga on BART?

jeff — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:00:55 +0000

Photo by AliThanawalla

Sure looks like it to my untrained eye. Either way, nice photo.

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More Ellingson BART Station Art

jeff — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:38:41 +0000

Josh Ellingson saw our post Friday about his new art at various BART stations, and tipped us off to more. Here’s a Flickr set that includes the images again, as well as process drawings he used to create them, and some of the signs iterated in BART stations.

Thanks, Josh!

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Josh Ellingson BART Art in BART Stations

jeff — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:00:36 +0000

Via Beth W. via Laughing Squid, we were informed of this triptastically awesome Ellingson art that’s popping up at area BART stations. Laughing Squid has more.

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If Stanley Kubrick Had Directed a BART Ad

jeff — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:44:43 +0000

Via Akit, we found this amazing BART video, purportedly from 1982.

The transit system wasn’t exactly new at that point, but this ad sure presents it as if it were.

Trippy, to say the least.

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SF Ballet Dancer Thwarts Would-be iPhone Thief on BART

jeff — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:43:14 +0000

Photo by annnna_

Via SF Weekly’s The Snitch, BART Diaries has learned of at least one iPhone owner who refused becoming another theft-victim:

“He hit me as hard as he could four times, and I just stood there, like dazed. I was like, you just got four free shots and you didn’t take me down. And then in a split second I decided I’m going to kill him. He unleashed the beast. I am basically 98-percent muscle, I’m a professional athlete, and all my muscle was on him. I pounced on him like a tiger.”

Read the whole story here.

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BART Birthday Cake

jeff — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:59:05 +0000

BART rider and Glen Park resident Beth sends us this charming story of a 4-year-old boy who had a wish, and that wish was fulfilled.

Yes, please.

Just the other day, I was in a grocery store and remembered what a freaking joy it was each year to dream up what I wanted on my birthday cake. For me, it was things like the shark from Jaws or, more often than not, anything Star Wars-related. But this kid’s choice, well, takes the … cake?

Thx: Beth and Glen Park News

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BART and Google Create New Map Tool

jeff — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:47:05 +0000

Andrew at Mission Mission tipped us off to this great innovation:

BART.gov just launched a new revamped trip planner that uses the Google Maps API. Now there’s an address tab in the QuickPlanner that allows you to enter addresses (or cross streets) in addition to mere BART stations in order to plan your Bay Area trips more precisely.