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The beloved public transport vehicle will start shuttling passengers again — just in time for Fleet Week
San Francisco’s historically significant public transport vehicles elicit a certain winsome feeling. (Some people have even gone as far as to tattoo their adoration for Muni-operated vehicles on their legs.) And while cable cars contain no shortage of nostalgia, there’s something particularly prepossessing about a maritime-shaped streetcar gliding over the pavement that’s hard to describe. Or forget, for that matter. Or not to love.
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Well, SF’s beloved boat tram is scheduled to again start operating next week — just in…
Tales from the train
I like to think of BART as one of the great socio-economic and cultural equalizers of the Bay Area. People from all over, of vast backgrounds, careers, and motivations, come together to ride the train.
But anyone who has commuted on BART — an aging, decrepit, overcrowded train system that makes the average person’s daily commute a living hell — likely has a story to share. And they’re most likely gross or horrifying.
Personally, though, my most memorable moment was more heartfelt — witnessing a train car of people jump into superhero action to help a woman who had just…
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