T-Third to Chinatown Station?
Author: jeff
BART train derails near Concord Station (update)
Update (10:34 a.m.): The Examiner has a quote from BART spokesman Linton Johnson.
Original post: Eileen sends us the news. According to 511.org:
Major BART Delay
On Sunday, March 13th, at 9:45am, there is a major delay on the Pittsburg/Bay Point Line in the Pittsburg / Bay Point and SFO directions due to a train derailment. Currently, there is no service past Pleasant Hill as BART organizes a bus bridge to make service available.
And from BCN via SF Appeal:
A BART train in Concord headed for San Francisco this morning has derailed, causing major delays on the Bay Point line in both directions, according to BART officials.
No injuries have been reported as a result of the derailment, officials said.
The cause of the derailment was not immediately available.
We’ll keep scanning the wires for more information.
Free drinks with Clipper Card?
Photo by Jamison Wieser
Not quite. But that didn’t stop a gaggle of tweeters yesterday evening from fantasizing.
It started with a casual tweet from @murphstahoe:
Bars should be able to get a Clipper reader, and give $2 off your first drink if you rode Muni in the last 20 minutes.
We spawned a hashtag: #clipperbooze, and from there, imagination ran wild. Here are some of the musings:
and free rides over a certain BAC %! the drivers can get those portable breathalyzers 😀 — @cripsahoy
bars should just take Clipper. Would speed adoption! — @jcsnotes
I think the breathalyzers would be better used on the #muni drivers… — @duggi
They’d have to put a breathalyzer on the clipper card, though. #clipperbooze — @geekpondering
Yes! To alleviate IRS on pretax $$$, bars name drinks after lines “I’ll have a K-Ingleside straight up” #clipperbooze — @jcsnotes
Broken Clipper fare readers in bars = free drink! #clipperbooze — @LSH
Ah, San Francisco. This all reminds us of another creative use for Clipper Cards. If you’ve got other creative, alcohol-infused ideas for Clipper, don’t forget to use “#clipperbooze” on Twitter.
About those ladybugs on the N-Judah Monday
On Monday, we ran a photo and micro-story by @sunaena about ladybugs running wild on the N-Judah. Today, Marta reports on the incident in deeper detail:
No one attempted to recapture the bugs right away, so they proceeded to start crawling all of the floor, walls, ceiling… and people.
Some started smashing them with their feet, and when the guy who released the bugs got off the train and there was more space, a sweet young girl started trying to sweep them back into the container so they could be released outside. So if this was some kind of social experiment… at least there are some people with a heart out there for creatures large and small.
I was reminded to submit this story when a ladybug crawled out of my bag this morning. No joke.
So now you know.
Photo Diary: Running for your Muni
On Caliber, Troy Holden‘s title for this photo is: “Running, Man.” Heh.
Take Muni to the Rapture
At least that’s what some pamphleteers have in mind. As seen on the 49 by Muni rider Charles. Click image to embiggen.