About BART’s poop-covered escalators


Photo by Jeremy Brooks

On Wednesday, SFGate ran a story about human waste being the cause of so many broken escalators at downtown San Francisco’s BART stations. You might want to wait to eat breakfast until well after reading this story.

The most vomit-inducing passage:

All those biological excretions can gum up the wheels and gears of BART’s escalators, shutting them down for long periods of extended repairs, increasing station cleaning costs and creating an unpleasant aroma for morning commuters.

Read on, if your stomach will allow.

Photo Diary: Learn Your Bay Area Literature on BART


Photo by Jeremy Anderson

Rider Jeremy Anderson noticed this new poster at Glen Park BART station and dropped it in our Flickr pool. It’s a part of the poster series by Owen Smith commissioned by BART.

The series “Literary Journeys” depicts BART riders immersed in books by Dashiell Hammett, Jack London and Amy Tan, with scenes from the books coming to life in their imaginations.

There are 60 posters in all, placed in stations throughout the BART system, so there’s a good chance that you might see one of these surreal posters on your commute. Do you know the book referenced by the poster Jeremy saw?

Transit News: Central Subway opposition and re-routes, high-speed rail boost, strollers on Muni, new Caltrain announcement system


Photo by eviloars

  • Central Subway: Opponents Claim Charter Violation Dooms Project (SF Weekly)
  • Will the SFMTA Gut Muni Improvements to Prop Up the Central Subway? (Streetsblog SF)
  • Legislature approves high-speed rail spending (SFGate)
  • Muni weeks away from letting babies in strollers on buses (SFGate)
  • Plans pitched for youth Muni rides (SF Examiner)
  • Muni to re-route bus lines around Central Subway construction (Central Subway Blog)
  • Caltrain Testing New Arrival And Departure System This Week (SF Appeal)
  • BART Officially Clears James Crowell, Officer Who Shot And Killed Charles Hill (SF Weekly)
  • SFPD Seeking Suspect In Muni-Related Shooting (SF Appeal)

Transit News: Van Ness and Geary BRT, Central Subway money and extensions, BART arson


Photo by Johnny Grim

  • After Delay, SFCTA Board Approves Van Ness BRT Design (Streetsblog SF)
  • Options for Geary BRT Come Into Focus (Streetsblog SF)
  • “Central Subway Is Going to Extend to Washington Square!”? Well, Not Really. (SF Appeal)
  • California Transportation Commission unanimously approves commitment of state bond funds for Central Subway (Central Subway Blog)
  • BART Commuter Found Unconscious Doesn’t Know What Happened to Him (SF Weekly)
  • Fire that disrupted BART was arson, feds say (SFGate)
  • High-speed rail: Bay Area legislators’ support key (SFGate)
  • Central Subway going forward despite House’s vote to yank $850M in funds (SF Examiner)
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