BARTor the Transitator!

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Back in good ol’ 2010, Black Maps, a collection of musings by an amateur cartographer, put this into the universe and I am pissed we didn’t know about it until now. In the author’s own words:

My friend Alee always saw something different in the olde Bay Area Rapid Transit map, (which comes as no surprise, cuz honestly, that kid is a genius). Anyways, ever since Alee teamed up with my pal David to create this harbinger of fire, fare hikes, and transfers-that-rarely-make-sense, I have never looked at the BART map the way I used to.

Proudly (not at all because it just worked out that way, design-wise), San Francisco composes what is arguably the noble beast’s mightiest parts. Sorry about the fire damage, Peninsula, and heads-up, Half Moon Bay.

What to do while waiting for Muni

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Update: According to a friend of the artist, this is more specifically the work of Oscar Wickman, who studied advertising at the Academy of Art. AAU posted this on its official Tumblr as the School of Advertising.

The Academy of Art’s School of Advertising came up with this nifty chart. It provides many options that aren’t “stare at your phone and then tweet about how late/terrible/non-existent Muni is right now.”

I’d like to try some of these out, especially, “Come up with alternative endings for movies.” One of mine would be: “George Lucas dies at the end of Return of the Jedi, and the prequels are never made.” What are yours?

Click here to embiggen the above image.

Transit News: BART police, BART fare discounts/hikes, corporate shuttles, SFMTA bond, BART rat, BART carolers

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Photo by cjmartin

  • Report Lauds BART Police For Improvements Following 2009 Killing Of Oscar Grant (SF Appeal)
  • BART to look at expanding fare discount to teenagers (Contra Costa County Times)
  • BART considers charging peak-hour premiums (SFGate)
  • SFMTA Set To Regulate Tech Company Shuttles Using Muni Bus Stops (CBS Bay Area)
  • SFMTA issues $75 million bond for infrastructure needs (SF Examiner)
  • San Francisco Rat Can’t Seem to Figure Out How to Get Off BART Escalator (Video) (SF Weekly)
  • BART Carolers Bring 2 Minutes of Holiday Cheer to Weary Commuters (SF Weekly)
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