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Update:
Did you see Nick the puppeteer’s profile on SFGate and Mission Local? Cool stuff!
Original post:
Muni rider D felt compelled to share something underground: The Flat Broke Puppet Co.’s puppet show.
Here’s what D had to say: “Ok so maybe it wasn’t really *on* the platform per se but it was a nice surprise as I exited the Powell St. Station.”
No matter. Puppets, wolfie smooches, what more can you ask for in a commute?
Image courtesy BART via SFGate
Holy transit geekery! BART folks are floating a rather expensive, rather … laborious upgrade for San Francicso’s Embarcadero and Montgomery BART stations.
According to Matier and Ross:
The rebuilding of the Embarcadero and Montgomery Street stations would require tearing out the existing walls, installing new platforms, boring additional tunnels for staircases, and putting in extra elevators.
For added safety, the new platforms would have automated sliding glass doors that would open when the trains arrive.
The whole job could take more than five years, but the stations would remain open during that time.
The price tag currently sits at $900 million, and work wouldn’t begin until the next decade.
Get all the juicy details at SFGate.
My god, we need more people like this. So sweet.
We had trouble figuring out what song this is. Anyone know? Could it be … gulp … an original?
Video via Beth
I have no words for this level of assholery, so I’ll just let @Krothko speak for us all: “I’m sorry, you can’t have a seat on a packed train because I’m busy doing yoga.”
Hey, a DJ is on BART but everything’s quiet, and why is everyone wearing headphones? We just got this flash mob video from Russ Megowan, who’s been doing these “silent disco” flash mobs on BART on Saturdays. The guys brought a box full of wireless headphones and a DJ setup, and promptly started a party in your ears (only) on a BART train.
It’s all fun and games until a BART cop shows up, so you should watch the video to see what happens.
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Clipping your fingernails on public transit* is a felony written directly into the U.S. Constitution. Seriously. Look it up.
We see complaints of this behavior perhaps more than any other complaints about Bay Area public transportation, and understandably so. But the other day, I was lucky enough to sit down on BART in a seat next to the clipped nails themselves. Just sitting there, telling me how civilized I am.
*File under: WHAT’S WRONG WITH PEOPLE?