God I love BART. I used to be able to fall asleep in SF and wake up between Orinda and Walnut Creek, where I usually got off. A true superpower. And then I did it again last year, ten years after last regularly commuting on the train. I was impressed with myself.
And we should be impressed with trains! BART for all its shortcomings is impressive. A kind of technological sublime, but also a civic and social one. Falling in love on public transit, yes. Falling in love with public transit, yes.
Remember when the BART social media editor melted down and reminded people that the train might work better if the Bay had grown more densely, or if taxes had helped keep maintenance up to snuff? Good times.
God I love BART. I used to be able to fall asleep in SF and wake up between Orinda and Walnut Creek, where I usually got off. A true superpower. And then I did it again last year, ten years after last regularly commuting on the train. I was impressed with myself.
And we should be impressed with trains! BART for all its shortcomings is impressive. A kind of technological sublime, but also a civic and social one. Falling in love on public transit, yes. Falling in love with public transit, yes.
Remember when the BART social media editor melted down and reminded people that the train might work better if the Bay had grown more densely, or if taxes had helped keep maintenance up to snuff? Good times.