Happy Belated Birthday, BART!

Oh look, a festive BART station-agent booth decked out in its finest party duds.

This Sept. 11 marked 40 years of BART ridership on our beloved BART. Listen to local historian Rick Prelinger tell the story of his BART ride on that very day, in this audio clip from a few years ago.

Happy 40th birthday, BART. The Bay Area would not be the same without you.

Please, for the love of god, don’t tell BART that “40 is the new 30,” because that just makes it angry.