Posts Tagged ‘(BART)’

Newsflash: Obama is a Lefty! Why are so many U.S. Presidents Left-Handed?

Friday, July 11th, 2008

This was the scene at famous Pier 39 in San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf the other day. Barack Obama has a new T-shirt.

But what’s that, John McCain is left-handed as well? And Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton?

That means four out the last six U.S. presidents be lefties. And, as of next year, the stat will be five out the last seven presidents. That’s 71%, or a rate ten times higher than what you’d expect.

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Why are so many of our Presidents Left-Handed?

BART is Free for Kids all day on May 4th - “Ride the Chocolate Line” with the Nesquik Bunny

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Hey parents! Are you sick of getting only a 62.5% discount for your kids aged 4 to 12 when you ride on the Bay Area Rapid Transit? Well then, May 4, 2008 is your lucky day because that’s when the discount goes up all the way to 100%, courtesy of the Nestle Nesquik Bunny.

The Bunny’s neck bling used to be a giant letter “Q” but it looks like he’s moved on to a giant letter “N”. Fair enough. Mark your calendar today.

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yayjackieyay via Flickr

Do you Know the Way to San Jose? Google Transit is Here in the San Francisco Bay Area!

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Google Transit has come to the Bay Area, finally. Watch the video here.

What about getting down over to San Hoser? You’ve been away so long, you may go wrong and lose your way

Check it out. Now, do you know the way to San Jose

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Thank you India/ thank you providence/ thank you disillusionment/ thank you nothingness/ thank you clarity/ thank you GOOGLE!

Welcome to San Francisco

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Perhaps it’s the abnormal width of Market Street that attracts so many sleepy folks?

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San Diego Shooter via Flickr

It’s On! It’s on AGAIN! Free Tully’s Coffee at Bay Area BART Stations.

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Next Tuesday, April 22, 60 volunteers from TransFair USA will hand out vouchers for free Fair Trade and organic coffee from Tully’s at six busy BART stations.

So if you’re riding BART from 6:00 to 9:00 AM and you’re at any of the following stations - Montgomery Street, Embarcadero, Powell Street, Civic Center, Oakland City Center/12th Street or Downtown Berkeley - make sure you get your Tully’s swag.

Tuesday, Tuesday Tuesday! It’s on!

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Street Scene - San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza at Market Street

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

This recent detention of a couple people who obviously had some kind of altercation in San Francisco’s U.N. Plaza attracted attention from hundreds of onlookers. Both detainees had blood visible on them. One of them took an argumentative approach (”yes, I have paraphanalia, but I don’t have any drugs on me”) while the other kept quiet.

What happened? Who was at fault for attempted robbery or whatever? Impossible to tell.

On it goes…

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Help Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Choose a New Fare Chart Design

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

BART is currently evaluating three alternate designs for the fare charts located in its stations. Take a moment or two to give them your opinion, if you want.

And while you’re at it ask them to roll back rates to what they were in 1997, if you want.

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