Category: BART

Just what we all needed to hear: People are still contracting measles and still spreading it on public transit in the Bay Area.

The latest possible contagion, reported this afternoon on SFGate, involves a Peninsula passenger who rode BART from Millbrae to SF last week. According to SFGate:

“The exposure is the second time this month that a person with measles rode BART, prompting a campaign to alert riders to possible exposure. In the most recent case, the individual got on a Richmond-bound train at the Millbrae Station at about 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 20 and got off at the Civic Center Station about 5 p.m.”

Two weeks ago, we told you about the first measles scare for BART riders, as well as some choice rider responses. What do you guys have for us this time?

Read the whole story on SFGate.

Photo by Daniel Parks

What’s grosser than gross? Fingernail clippings on a train seat.

What’s grosser than that? Watching someone clip their toenails on BART. Grab a barf bag and see above.

This also reminds us of that one time (we hope) when someone cleaned between their toes on Muni.

Via BART rider Jonathan: “dude cutting his TOE nails on BART this morning #gross #somecivilitypls #minger”

Anna and Dentrick McNorton met on BART 19 years ago and got married a few years later, proving that budding romance, alongside measles and rage over bike-related rule breaks, can also incubate on those trains.

Their story reminds us of friends of Muni Diaries Nick and Lisa, who also had a chance encounter on BART. They even incorporated BART blue into the wedding design!

Congratulations, you crazy kids.